This Gun for Hire

This Gun for Hire
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFrank Tuttle
Screenplay byAlbert Maltz
W.R. Burnett
Based onA Gun for Sale
by Graham Greene
Produced byRichard Blumenthal
StarringVeronica Lake
Robert Preston
Laird Cregar
Alan Ladd
CinematographyJohn Seitz
Edited byArchie Marshek
Music byDavid Buttolph
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • April 24, 1942 (1942-04-24)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
BudgetLess than $500,000[1] or $512,423.16[2]
Box office$1 million (US rentals)[3]

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 America with the same title as the film).[4]

  1. ^ Linet, Beverly. Ladd: A Hollywood Tragedy. p. 67.
  2. ^ Mank, Gregory William (2018). Laird Cregar: A Hollywood Tragedy. McFarland.
  3. ^ "101 Pix Gross in Millions". Variety. January 6, 1943. p. 58.
  4. ^ eMoviePoster.com

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