This Gun For Hire (Universal Noir Collection)
by Frank Tuttle
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Actor: Alan Ladd, Laird Cregar, Robert Preston, Tully Marshall, Veronica LakeDirector: Frank Tuttle
Brand: Universal
Cinematographer: John F. Seitz
Editor: Archie Marshek
Producer: Richard Blumenthal
Writer: Albert Maltz
Writer: Graham Greene
Writer: W.R. Burnett
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 80 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-07-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Reviews of This Gun For Hire (Universal Noir Collection)
DVD Review: THIS GUN FOR HIRE
Summary: 5 Stars
GOOD EXAMPLE OF FORTIES FILM NOIR. GOOD CHANCE TO SEE ALAN LADD AND VERONICA LAKE IN ACTION. FAIRLY GOOD STORY. RECOMMENDED FOR FOLKS WHO ENJOY EARLY FILM NOIR DETECTIVE STORIES. I GIVE IT A B-.DVD Review: Fall in love
Summary: 5 Stars
Hey, it's not a film moir classic for nothing. And you'll fall in love with Veronica Lake all over again. Add this film to your collection.DVD Review: Riveting and beautifully made - first rate
Summary: 5 Stars
"This Gun for Hire" is a cleverly adapted version of an excellent thriller "A Gun for Sale", written by Grahame Greene. Released in 1942, the film launched Alan Ladd to stardom. Ladd was a taciturn and limited actor who oozed charisma and the film is an excellent example of good casting and that mature acting skills were not required for cinematic success.
As a tormented and isolated loner, Ladd plays a hired killer who seeks revenge on the gross Llaird Cregar who has employed him for an assassination but paid him in marked currency thereby setting him up to be incriminated. The introduction of Ladd, filmed with almost no dialogue is justly famous.
The film is very well made by the anonymous director Frank Tuttle. Maybe the material inspired him. There are some excellent location scenes, fluid camerawork and excellent editing, linking all the incidents logically and smoothly together.
The film is famous as the first appearance together of Ladd with Veronica Lake. Lake was another good example of a performer with limited acting skills but overwhelming charisma. She is at her best here, performing with some range as she interacts warmly with boyfriend cop Robert Preston (a thankless role), with natural friendliness then distrust with employer Cregar and finally with toughness then gentility with twisted Ladd. This is an excellent performance.
The DVD print is in superb condition but there are no extras except a few trailers of subsequent Ladd/Lake teamings.
DVD Review: Raven vs. Rooster
Summary: 5 Stars
A gun for hire is backstabbed by the people who hired him. So he, Raven, goes to get them. And the classical film of crime, love, trains, nightclubs, tough guys, lovely women is born. Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake and Robert Preston in a Black and White film from 1942, full of action, cats and people who need to learn how to shoot. I mean, come on, they kept missing Raven so many times!DVD Review: This Gun is a Goodie
Summary: 5 Stars
A very good film, and with very slightly better direction and a bit more depth to the bit parts it would have been up there with Casablanca among the great black and white films of the early '40s. As it is, it seems to have become almost forgotten. I'd never seen it before, and those who'd told me about it didn't seem wildly enthusiastic. Seeing it was therefore a very pleasant surprise. It zips along at a great pace; the story is intricate and exciting, yet easy to follow, and keeps you guessing, although you know it's all going to work out ok in the end. Basically, it's telling you that everyone, even hitmen with traumatized childhoods, just have to pull together in the war effort. Ladd and Lake are terrific, sharply defined and individual characters, with strongly unusual personalities --- especially Lake. Don't believe those negative reviews: they're in denial. This is an entertaining film.
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A marked hit man flees with a nightclub singer and stops a fifth-column poison-gas plot. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 07/06/2004 Starring: Alan Ladd Robert Preston Run time: 80 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Frank TuttleGeneral DVDs
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