This Gun for Hire

This Gun for Hire

A Lone Wolf…dynamite with a girl or a gun!

Directed by Frank Tuttle

Produced by Paramount Pictures

194281 min7.0 / 10

A classic film noir thriller about a sadistic hitman and the woman who tries to redeem him, built on paranoia, double-crosses, and the tension between violence and moral redemption.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is This Gun for Hire scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Is This Gun for Hire violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is This Gun for Hire sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Does This Gun for Hire end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is This Gun for Hire easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

58/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity39

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise69

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love70

How much audiences actually like it

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Like This Gun for Hire

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

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Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like This Gun for Hire, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like This Gun for Hire, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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