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By Ollie W (539) on 10 Nov 2011

Watching Alan Ladd shoot, run, kidnap, coerce and bitch-slap his way through this sprawling politically incorrect 1940's thriller is an absolute…

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By Ricardo O (219) on 09 Nov 2011

Adapted from Graham Greene's novel, This Gun for Hire is one of the quintessential noirs…

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By Jay K (144) on 13 Oct 2011

A fairly loose adaptation of Graham Greene's novel A Gun for Sale…

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By Riley H (411) on 24 Jun 2011

Ladd and Lake work well apart and together, but most of the film is taken up with a chase that doesn't generate enough suspense…

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By Barry R (84) on 12 Jun 2011

Quality, if sometimes corny, noir, and great railroad shots…

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By Joel K (153) on 06 Mar 2011

Another great film from the golden era of film-noir. Veronica Lake is charming and absolutely stunning…

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By Kevin N (818) on 25 Nov 2010

Excellent Film Noir with great Story, Stylish Cinematograpy and Superb Acting Raven is one of the coolest Anti-Heroes in Film History…

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By Ripö M (410) on 28 Aug 2010

Perfectly paced adaption of a story by Graham Greene which made Alan Ladd a star…

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By Mark D (2,239) on 28 Aug 2010

Perfectly paced adaption of a story by Graham Greene which made Alan Ladd a star…

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By Michael W (3,003) on 21 Jul 2010

Hitman seeks revenge against a double-crossing nightclub owner…

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By Roger T (757) on 27 Jun 2010

Excellent. Robert Preston plays one of the best antiheroes I've seen in Film Noir…

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By Martin T (888) on 15 Apr 2010

One of those many 40's films that was just a good solid film but not great…

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By Allen R (298) on 11 Apr 2010

I love these kind of movies. Film-noir is just awesome. While not the greatest example, this is a good flick…

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By Pedro R (75) on 05 Mar 2010

A run-of-the-mill noir. The old patriotic angle makes it feel a bit dated (like Pickup on South Street)…

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By Randy T (648) on 01 Nov 2009

Alan Ladd is a patriotic hit man with a soft spot for cats in this war era film noir classic…

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By Stephanie C (567) on 25 Sep 2009

An excellent film noir with great dialogue, interesting characters, a fine plot, and Alan Ladd looking young, lovely, and dangerously attractive…

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By Fernando F. Croce (840) for CinePassion (694) on 24 Sep 2009

A great vein of noir tropes, greatly mined…

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By Doug C (199) on 24 Aug 2009

One of the suspense noirs, adapted from a Graham Greene novel…

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By Timothy F (226) on 24 Aug 2009

One of the suspense noirs, adapted from a Graham Greene novel…

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By Ryan J (799) on 22 Jul 2009

The sociopathy and vulnerability of the main character is quite revealing for the time (at least for American film), but it comes too little…

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