This Gun for Hire (1942)
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Directors
Frank Tuttle
Cast
Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Alan Ladd, Tully Marshall
The story
In San Francisco, chemist and blackmailer Albert Baker is killed by hitman Philip Raven, who recovers a stolen chemical formula. Raven is double-crossed by his employer, Willard Gates, who pays him with marked bills and reports them to the Los Angeles Police Department as stolen from his Los Angeles-based company, Nitro Chemical Corporation. Raven learns of the setup and seeks revenge.
Genres
Crime, Film Noir, Gangster Film, crime film, drama film, film noir
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