This Gun for Hire

A Lone Wolf…dynamite with a girl or a gun!

Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen, on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.

Crime Thriller Mystery

Veronica Lake

Robert Preston

(Det. Michael Crane)

Laird Cregar

(Willard Gates)

Alan Ladd

Tully Marshall

(Alvin Brewster)

Marc Lawrence

Olin Howland

(Blair Fletcher)

Roger Imhof

(Senator Burnett)

Pamela Blake

Frank Ferguson

Victor Kilian

Patricia Farr

Harry Shannon

(Steve Finnerty)

Charles C. Wilson

(Police Captain)

Mikhail Rasumny

Bernadene Hayes

(Albert Baker's Secretary)

Mary Davenport

Chester Clute

(Rooming House Manager)

Charles Arnt

(Male Dressmaker)

Earle S. Dewey

Clem Bevans

(Scissor Grinder)

Lynda Grey

(Gates' Secretary)

Virita Campbell

George Anderson

(Plainclothesman (uncredited))

Don Barclay

(Piano Player (uncredited))

Ernest Baskett

(Porter (uncredited))

Jack Baxley

(Innocent Dupe (uncredited))

Karin Booth

(Waitress (uncredited))

Harry Brown

(Superintendent (uncredited))

William Cabanne

(Laundry Truck Driver (uncredited))

Eddy Chandler

(Demolition Foreman (uncredited))

Jack Cheatham

(Policeman (uncredited))

Kenneth Chryst

(Workman (uncredited))

Yvonne De Carlo

(Showgirl at Neptune Club (uncredited))

Gordon De Main

(Superintendent (uncredited))

Joan Evans

(Saleslady's Mother (uncredited))

Jim Farley

(Night Watchman (uncredited))

Virginia Farmer

(Maid in Dress Shop (uncredited))

Betty Farrington

(Woman on Bridge (uncredited))

Chuck Hamilton

(Policeman (uncredited))

Sam Harris

(Man at Rehearsal (uncredited))

Harry Harvey

(Passenger (uncredited))

Harry Hayden

(Man in Restaurant Recognizing Gates (uncredited))

Charles Irwin

(Old Irishman (uncredited))

Louise La Planche

(Dancer (uncredited))

Lora Lee

(Girl in Car (uncredited))

Arthur Loft

(Man who Bumps into Raven (uncredited))

Patsy Mace

(Young Girl in Reception Room (uncredited))

George Magrill

(Policeman (uncredited))

John Marston

(Superintendent (uncredited))

Charles McMurphy

(Detective (uncredited))

Ivan Miller

(Doorman (uncredited))

Charles R. Moore

(Pullman Waiter (uncredited))

Frances Morris

(Receptionist (uncredited))

Pat O'Malley

(Conductor (uncredited))

Sarah Padden

(Mrs. Mason (uncredited))

Reed Porter

(Workman (uncredited))

Lee Prather

(Gateman (uncredited))

Cyril Ring

(Neptune Club Waiter (uncredited))

Julian Rivero

(Man with Monkey (uncredited))

Dick Rush

(Lt. Clark (uncredited))

Tim Ryan

(Weems, Guard (uncredited))

John Sheehan

(Keever (uncredited))

Oscar Smith

(Train Porter (uncredited))

Alan Speer

(Frog (uncredited))

Edwin Stanley

(Police Captain at Train Station (uncredited))

Elliott Sullivan

(Officer Glennon (uncredited))

Phil Tead

(Machinist (uncredited))

Emmett Vogan

(Police Sgt. Charlie Carlisle (uncredited))

Fred Walburn

(Walt - Newsboy (uncredited))

Richard Webb

(Young Man (uncredited))

Pat West

(Janitor (uncredited))

Gloria Williams

(Woman (uncredited))

Robert Winkler

(Jimmie (uncredited))