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 was released in 1942 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 71 reviews, giving This Gun for Hire (1942) an average rating of 74%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 86%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 80%.
With a score of 74%, This Gun for Hire is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1942, which stands at 61%.
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