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This Gun for Hire

By Jandy • Jan 3rd, 2007 • Category: Capsule Reviews

Early noirish film depicts a hitman (Alan Ladd in his first big role), trying to revenge himself on a former-employer-turned-police-informant, while evading the police (led by Robert Cummings), with the help of the policeman’s girlfriend (Veronica Lake), who also happens to be a spy trying to ferret out information on the informant, who is smuggling [...]