THIS GUN FOR HIRE (1942)
One of the seminal films in Hollywood's noir movement, this taut thriller made stars of Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake, who would become Paramount's biggest box-office duo of the 1940s. Ladd plays lone-wolf assassin Philip Raven, who enlists the aid of Lake's Ellen Graham in freeing himself from a frame-up by a secret cadre of "fifth columnists." John Seitz's camerawork presages the shadowy dread he'd bring to sunny Los Angeles in DOUBLE INDEMNITY. The film co-stars Robert Preston and Laird Cregar and features Lake's amazing costumes, courtesy of Edith Head. A must-see! (Note adapted from Film Noir Foundation.) DIR Frank Tuttle; SCR W.R. Burnett, Albert Maltz, from the novel by Graham Greene. U.S., 1942, b&w, 81 min. NOT RATED
THIS GUN FOR HIRE (1942) screens as part of a Double Feature with LE SAMOURAÏ on Fri, Oct. 11 (introduced by Eddie Muller) and Mon, Oct. 14. View details here.
Run Time: 81 Minutes
Opening Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Genre: Film noir