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This Gun for Hire (1942)

Based on a novel by Graham Greene this film noir stars Veronica Lake, Robert Preston and Alan Ladd. When the man that hired him tries to double cross a hit man it puts him on collision course with the police and his employers.

There is not too much originality in this war time picture but it is fairly well made and leaves the viewer with few complaints. Maybe the only criticism of the plot is that it does shift between characters a little too much, it might have been better if they had stuck to one point of view as the there may have been a bit more tension if the story was told from just the hit man's point of view. Otherwise this is a decent, if average effort.

3/5