This Gun for Hire (1942)
- Directed by
- Frank Tuttle
- Genre
- drama film, film noir, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 191 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A cold-blooded hitman becomes entangled in a web of betrayal and corruption after a job goes wrong. He teams up with a nightclub singer to pursue a traitorous businessman while staying one step ahead of the police.
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What happens
This Gun for Hire is a 1942 American film noir crime film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, and Alan Ladd. It is based on the 1936 novel A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene (published in the United States with the same title as the film). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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