IMDb
7.3 /10
12k votes


Crime · Thriller · Mystery · 1942 · 1h 21min
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.
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This Gun for Hire trailer

IMDb
7.3 /10
12k votes
Rotten Tomatoes
94 /100
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Metacritic took the day off
TMDB
7.0 /10
190 votes
Letterboxd
7.2 /10
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Weighted average
7.7/10