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This Gun For Hire
1942
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 .. Read more
| Starring | Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Veronica lake, Robert Preston |
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| Director | Frank Tuttle |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
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This Gun For Hire
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.
| Starring | Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Veronica lake, Robert Preston, Marc Lawrence |
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| Director | Frank Tuttle |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 18 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1942 To Rent: DVD: 12 Feb 2007 |
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Alan Ladd -Small but Great
I’m fanatical about old black and white movies especially Film Noir types from the 40’s and this movie offering ticked all the right boxes for me.
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DESMONDY DESMOND
THIS WAS ALAN LADDS FIRST FILM AND HIS ACTING WAS FIRST CLASS.ALSO VERONICA LAKE WAS EXCELLENT, A SLIGHTLY BETTER FILM THAN THE BLUE DAHLIA WHICH ALSOSTARRED ... read more »
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neo-noir missing the grit
Alan Ladd seems to have a fairly blank face which allows the viewer to interpret his behaviour purely on his actions, in Shane he'e the good guy helping the... read more »
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Early work of the great Alan Ladd
James Mason said the following about Alan Ladd, presumably referring to their work together in the apparently disappointing film of 1953, Botany Bay: “... read more »
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This Gun For Hire
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 ...
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