This Gun for Hire

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.

Cast

Alan Ladd

Philip Raven

Veronica Lake

Ellen Graham

Robert Preston

Det. Michael Crane

Laird Cregar

Willard Gates

Tully Marshall

Alvin Brewster

Marc Lawrence

Tommy

Olin Howland

Blair Fletcher

Roger Imhof

Senator Burnett

Pamela Blake

Annie

Frank Ferguson

Albert Baker