This Gun for Hire1942
About
- Runtime
- 1 hour 21 minutes
- Language
- English
- Tagline
- A Lone Wolf…dynamite with a girl or a gun!
- Overview
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.
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller, Mystery
- Released
- April 24, 1942
- Budget
- $512,423
- Revenue
- $1,000,000
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
Credits
Directing
- Frank TuttleDirector
- George TempletonAssistant Director
- George KingStage Director
Writing
- W.R. BurnettScreenplay
- Graham GreeneNovel
- Albert MaltzScreenplay
Art
- Robert UsherArt Direction
- Hans DreierArt Direction
- Lynd WardProduction Design
Camera
- John F. SeitzDirector of Photography
- Mal BullochStill Photographer
Costume & Make-Up
- Wally WestmoreMakeup Department Head
- Edith HeadCostume Design
Crew
- Frank TuttleAdditional Writing
- William L. PereiraSpecial Effects
- Gordon JenningsSpecial Effects
- Farciot EdouartSpecial Effects
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- Jack BaxleyStunts
- Jimmy GrippoTechnical Advisor
- Frank HermanTechnical Advisor
- Marian ChavezTechnical Advisor
Editing
- Archie MarshekEditor
Production
- Buddy G. DeSylvaExecutive Producer
- Richard BlumenthalAssociate Producer
- Teet CarlePublicist
Sound
- David ButtolphOriginal Music Composer
- Walter ScharfOrchestrator
- George ParrishOrchestrator
- Frank LoesserSongs
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- Leo ShukenOrchestrator
- Jacques PressSongs
- Buck WaltersBoom Operator
- John CopeSound Recordist
- Philip WisdomSound Recordist
Trailers
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