This Gun for Hire

UK PG Certificate
In cinemas
May 29, 1942
Buy it from
September 14, 2020
Director
Runtime
1 Hour 19 Minutes
Genre
Crime, Drama
Language
English
From Eureka Entertainment
Contains infrequent moderate violence

Lake is nightclub chanteuse Ellen, and her police detective boyfriend Michael is on the hunt for assassin-for-hire Philip Raven, after Raven performed a hit on a chemist with a secret formula and a taste for blackmail. When Raven's employer Gates double crosses him after the job is done, Raven seeks revenge, and his path crosses with Ellen after she is hired to perform at Gates' club. Raven learns that the stolen formula is for a poison gas that is to be sold to the Japanese, and his pangs of conscience – and revelations of his tortured past – turn Ellen's fear into compassion, just as dangerous forces close in on Raven. But Ellen is still unsure if Raven can be trusted...

Last updated
July 13, 2020

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