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This Gun for Hire

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This Gun for Hire (1942)

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Reviews Counted: 11 Fresh: 10  Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.2/10
Runtime: 81 mins
Synopsis:
In this classic film noir, tough-guy thriller, Alan Ladd plays Philip Raven, a double-crossed gunman who is out for revenge, with Veronica Lake as Ellen Graham, his platinum blond bombshell companion. A hired gun, Raven is kind to everyone but his targets, and when he kills an extortionist... [More]
In this classic film noir, tough-guy thriller, Alan Ladd plays Philip Raven, a double-crossed gunman who is out for revenge, with Veronica Lake as Ellen Graham, his platinum blond bombshell companion. A hired gun, Raven is kind to everyone but his targets, and when he kills an extortionist and receives stolen money in compensation, he becomes the target of a Senate investigation that leads him to set his gunsight on Ellen. [Less]

Genre: Action/Adventure

Starring: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Marc Lawrence, Mikhail Rasumny

Director: Frank Tuttle
Producer: Richard M. Blumenthal
Screenwriter: W.R. Burnett
Composer: David Buttolph

DVD Info

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Jul 6, 2004

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DVD Features:

  • Region [unknown]
  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33

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Bosley Crowther
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Noir favorite; Ladd and Lake are a gangbusters team.

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03/10/06 01:26 PM
Carol Cling
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02/09/06 03:17 AM
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07/04/05 11:37 AM
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05/19/05 03:56 PM
Thomas Delapa
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01/14/05 08:43 AM
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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For good reason it made Alan Ladd a star.

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10/25/04 08:09 PM
Steve Crum
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03/13/03 11:29 PM
Beth Accomando
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A fairly lackluster reading of Greene's novel.

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01/27/03 12:46 PM
Jeffrey M. Anderson
San Francisco Examiner
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Fine Frank Tuttle thriller that first teamed Ladd and Lake

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08/21/02 01:31 PM
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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Enjoyable, although the plot is a little incredible and Ladd isn't the most charming leading man in the world.

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03/17/02 08:09 AM
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
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This is the film noir that made Alan Ladd a hot star after many years as a struggling actor.

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08/12/01 02:51 PM
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THIS GUN FOR HIRE is loaded with tough guys, but Veronica Lake steals the show!
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THIS GUN FOR HIRE is loaded with tough guys, but Veronica Lake steals the show!
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THIS GUN FOR HIRE is loaded with tough guys, but Veronica Lake steals the show!
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