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It is based on the 1936 novel A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene (published in America with the same title as the film). You can find out more about this movie from Wikipedia . A detailed article from online blog Film Noir Board may still be available.
This Gun for Hire at WIKIPEDIA. This Gun For Hire (1942) — one of the finest of the early film noirs — and the first to profile the mutual talents of Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd — is a film noir to the core. This classic film noir features a troubled protagonist, a strange mix of genres, and a mean streak that has you questioning the ...
THIS GUN FOR HIRE. Directed by. Frank Tuttle. United States, 1942. Drama, Thriller, Film noir, Crime. 81. Synopsis. When assassin Philip Raven shoots a blackmailer and his beautiful female companion dead, he is paid off in marked bills by his treasonous employer who is working with foreign spies.
10 de ene. de 2018 · A Hired Assassin. An upstanding Police Lieutenant. A ruthless Robber-Baron. Veronica Lake. What more could you want from Film Noir?
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 ...
At any rate, This Gun For Hire is mandatory viewing for any film noir fan and, along with John Boulting's Brighton Rock (1947), is among the finest film adaptations of a Graham Greene novel. Of course, Greene's original screenplays for The Fallen Idol (1947) and The Third Man (1948) rank even higher among film historians.
Sadistic killer-for-hire Raven (Alan Ladd) becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates (Laird Cregar ...
