signorelli-girl:

Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd in This Gun for Hire (1942)

signorelli-girl:

Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd in This Gun for Hire (1942)

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eye-contact:

This Gun for Hire

eye-contact:

This Gun for Hire

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retrogoddess:

This Gun for Hire (1942)

retrogoddess:

This Gun for Hire (1942)

Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd in This Gun For Hire (Frank Tuttle, 1942)

Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd in This Gun For Hire (Frank Tuttle, 1942)

This Gun for Hire (1942)

This Gun for Hire (1942)

oldhollywood:

Alan Ladd in publicity still for This Gun for Hire (1942, dir. Frank Tuttle)
“Murder didn’t mean much to Philip Raven. It was just a new job. You had to be careful. You had to use your brains. It was not a question of hatred.”
-Graham Greene, A Gun for Sale

oldhollywood:

Alan Ladd in publicity still for This Gun for Hire (1942, dir. Frank Tuttle)

“Murder didn’t mean much to Philip Raven. It was just a new job. You had to be careful. You had to use your brains. It was not a question of hatred.”

-Graham Greene, A Gun for Sale

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moviescenes:

This Gun for Hire (Frank Tuttle, 1942)

moviescenes:

This Gun for Hire (Frank Tuttle, 1942)

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French film poster for This Gun for Hire designed by Boris Grinsson

French film poster for This Gun for Hire designed by Boris Grinsson

Veronica Lake in This Gun For Hire

Veronica Lake in This Gun For Hire

This Gun For Hire is also a potent piece of wartime propaganda. The plot hinges on the selling of a secret chemical formula to the Japanese by an American turncoat. In this scene, the employees of a major company wear masks for a gas drill. 

This Gun For Hire is also a potent piece of wartime propaganda. The plot hinges on the selling of a secret chemical formula to the Japanese by an American turncoat. In this scene, the employees of a major company wear masks for a gas drill.