This Gun For Hire [1942] Part 1/9

Hit man Philip Raven, who's kind to children and cats, kills a blackmailer and is paid off by traitor Willard Gates in "hot" money. Meanwhile, pert entertainer Ellen Graham, girlfriend of police Lieut. Crane (who's after Raven) is enlisted by a Senate committee to help investigate Gates. Raven, seeking Gates for revenge, meets Ellen on the train; their relationship gradually evolves from that of killer and potential victim to an uneasy alliance against a common enemy.

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[000266617]

The villians name here is Bill Gates? Ahead of its time.

[tegrimm]

You are outdoing yourself with these great films!

[opencurtin]

@gallantrycross My favourite is "Out of the past" with Bob Mitchum .

[gallantrycross]

Possibly the best film noir movie ever made.

[mvies77]

@cleopatrabonz Agree about Calcutta. As to saying they matched, the more correct word was fit. Their sizes complemented each other. I have seen pretty much every movie Alan Ladd made and all of the ones he did with Veronica. I have also seen several more Lake movies and I still feel the same. She is still an enigma to me. Great in some, not so great in others. Really miss them both though. Wish there had been many more movies.

[cleopatrabonz]

@mvies77  Actually Lake was 5'1" Alan was 5'5" so he had her by 4"...They were also good in "the Glass Key" and "The Blue Dahlia...which is shown on here also..I think Veronica was a decent actress she was better with him than Gail Russell in Calcutta...

[peekaboots01]

That bitch! How could she be so mean to a kitten?! Bitch!

[mvies77]

@miltsar I have read several comments mentioning I Married A Witch. I will watch it, although since I made the comment about Lake I have seen her in some more movies. She is an enigma. In some she is as you say, wooden. In others she is actually charming. It is usually one or the other. Really good or awful, but I'll watch witch. thanks.

[miltsar]

@mvies77 You're right bout Veronica Lake in this film. She is woooden.but she is really very good in I Married Witch and Sullivans Travels. Agree with you about the kitten !

[mvies77]

1 If anyone ever knocked my kitten out of a window they would have much more than a blouse torn!

2 No, this is not the best acted psycho villain, James Cagney in White Heat beats them all.

3 Veronica Lake matched Ladd in height only. She could not act. If she ever showed any expression in her face, it would crack.

4 Very few books transfer to screen, either on purpose or creatively.

[stefan103]

Very underrated actor. Outside of Cagney, this is the best noir psycho. Not outdated either.

[scotnick59]

one of finest B noirs EVER!