Movie · 1942
This Gun for Hire
Released 24 April 1942 More from 1942 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Tully Marshall
as Alvin Brewster
Olin Howland
as Blair Fletcher
Chester Clute
as Rooming House Manager
Don Barclay
as Piano Player (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
as Police Sgt. Charlie Carlisle (uncredited)
Virginia Farmer
as Maid in Dress Shop (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson
as Albert Baker
Harry Harvey
as Passenger (uncredited)
Alan Ladd
as Philip Raven
Richard Webb
as Young Man (uncredited)
Robert Preston
as Det. Michael Crane
Veronica Lake
as Ellen Graham
Yvonne De Carlo
as Showgirl at Neptune Club (uncredited)
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The numbers
59years between the oldest and youngest billed
78Tully Marshall — oldest on the call sheet
19Yvonne De Carlo — youngest billed
40average age of the credited cast