This Gun for Hire
1942 · 81 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 11,052 VOTES · DIR. Frank Tuttle
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 905 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:58 It's after 2:00. Can I come in now?
00:08:29 Oh, he's very shy. I couldn't discuss him.
00:11:20 My firm wants to know what the police up here are doing, if anything
00:14:01 You're hand in glove
00:16:44 Miss Graham, Senator Burnett.
00:19:05 Oh, Mama. I feel sick.
00:21:24 Do some magic.
00:24:02 Lift the receiver.
00:27:24 Michael!
00:31:37 Oh, yes, sir.
00:35:13 That's excellent.
00:37:45 See you later, honey. Come on, girls. Hurry up, line up.
00:40:56 Are you Will Gates? What can I do for you?
00:43:52 Not for an old trooper.
00:46:35 It's right over there. Thanks.
00:51:50 Excuse me, uh... that was business. I've got to leave.
00:55:21 I did a job for him.
00:59:26 Why don't you hop a rattler and get out of this?
01:02:34 That's why I want to wait 'til morning and gas him out.
01:05:42 My mother died right after that, and I went to live with that woman... my aunt.
01:08:11 Okay, I'll shoot it out with 'em. I hope your copper gets the first slug.
01:12:24 What was he doing there?
01:16:36 Put that thing away.
05:00:20 It's kind of unusual.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed905
Dialogue density11.2 lines / min
First line00:02:58
Final line05:00:20
Production Record
DirectorFrank Tuttle
LanguageEnglish
Budget$512,423
Revenue$1,000,000
IMDb votes11,052