This Gun for Hire (1942) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Frank Tuttle.

Cast

• Alan Ladd as Philip Raven
• Veronica Lake as Ellen Graham
• Robert Preston as Det. Michael Crane
• Laird Cregar as Willard Gates
• Tully Marshall as Alvin Brewster
• Marc Lawrence as Tommy
• Olin Howland as Blair Fletcher
• Roger Imhof as Senator Burnett
• Pamela Blake as Annie
• Frank Ferguson as Albert Baker
• Victor Kilian as Drew
• Patricia Farr as Ruby
• Harry Shannon as Steve Finnerty
• Charles Cahill Wilson as Police Captain
• Mikhail Rasumny as Slukey
• Bernadene Hayes as Albert Baker's Secretary
• Mary Davenport as Salesgirl
• Chester Clute as Rooming House Manager
• Charles Arnt as Male Dressmaker
• Earle S. Dewey as Mr. Collins
• Clem Bevans as Scissor Grinder
• Lynda Grey as Gates' Secretary
• Virita Campbell as Little Girl
• George Anderson as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
• Don Barclay as Piano Player (uncredited)
• Ernest Baskett as Porter (uncredited)
• Jack Baxley as Innocent Dupe (uncredited)
• Karin Booth as Waitress (uncredited)
• Harry Brown as Superintendent (uncredited)
• William Cabanne as Laundry Truck Driver (uncredited)
• Eddy Chandler as Demolition Foreman (uncredited)
• Jack Cheatham as Policeman (uncredited)
• Kenneth Chryst as Workman (uncredited)
• Yvonne De Carlo as Showgirl at Neptune Club (uncredited)
• Gordon De Main as Superintendent (uncredited)
• Joan Evans as Saleslady's Mother (uncredited)
• Jim Farley as Night Watchman (uncredited)
• Virginia Farmer as Maid in Dress Shop (uncredited)
• Betty Farrington as Woman on Bridge (uncredited)
• Chuck Hamilton as Policeman (uncredited)

Crew

• David Buttolph — Original Music Composer
• W.R. Burnett — Screenplay
• Graham Greene — Novel
• Albert Maltz — Screenplay
• John F. Seitz — Director of Photography
• Frank Tuttle — Director

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