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This Gun For HireThis Gun for Hire (1942) Directed by Frank Tuttle and based on the novel by Graham Greene A hit man, called Raven (Alan Ladd), is doublecrossed by nightclub owner Willard Gates (Laird Cregar) who acts as a middleman for a traitorous industrialist, the president of Nitro Chemical, Alvin Brewster (Tully Marshall). Traveling to Los Angeles to kill his way to the top of his bretrayers, Raven meets up with Ellen Graham (Veronica Lake) a nightclub magician and singer. Graham's been enlisted by a senator to use Gates to find out who is making deals to manufacture poison gas for the Japanese. Ellen's fiance Lt. Michael Crane (Robert Preston) tries as best he can to keep up, tracking Raven while wondering if his girlfriend has been kidnapped or is a willing accomplice. Yvonne De Carlo also has a small role. thumb Cast: Veronica Lake as Ellen Graham Robert Preston as Det. Lt. Michael Crane Laird Cregar as Willard Gates Alan Ladd as Philip Raven Tully Marshall as Alvin Brewster Marc Lawrence as Tommy This Gun for Hire
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