In this classic tough-guy film noir, genre mainstay Alan Ladd plays Philip Raven, a double-crossed gun-for-hire who is out for revenge. Veronica Lake is Ellen Graham, his platinum blond bombshell companion. Raven is kind to everyone that's not a target but, after he kills an extortionist and receives stolen money in compensation, he himself becomes the target of a Senate investigation that ultimately puts Ellen in his crosshairs.

Professional hit man Philip Raven is out for revenge when he is double-crossed by his latest client, Willard Gates. Assisting Raven is a beautiful blonde investigating Gates' plan to sell chemical weapons to the Japanese.

"This Gun for Hire" was the first screen pairing of Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake.

Film was remade in 1957 as "Short Cut to Hell" (directed by James Cagney) and in 1991 as the made-for-TV movie "This Gun for Hire" (starring Robert Wagner).

Additional cast: Pamela Blake (as Annie), Roger Imhoff (Senator), Victor Killian (Brewster's secretary), Bernadene Hayes (Baker's secretary), James Farley (Night watchman), and Virita Campbell (Cripple girl).

Excerpt: "How do you feel when you are doing a job like this?" -- Willard Gates (Laird Cregar) to hitman Philip Raven (Alan Ladd)
"I feel fine." -- Raven

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Alan Ladd: Actor, BLUE DAHLIA, THIS GUN FOR HIRE
Veronica Lake: Actress, SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS
Robert Preston: American Actor
Marc Lawrence: American Character Actor
Mikhail Rasumny: Russian Character Actor
Pamela Blake: Actress
Harry Shannon: American Character Actor
Frank Ferguson: Actor, PEYTON PLACE
Bernadene Hayes: Actor- Idiot's Delight

Frank Tuttle: American Director

Richard M. Blumenthal: Producer/Upm

W.R. Burnett: Screenwriter - Gangsters

David Buttolph: American Composer/B. 1902

Archie Marshek: