This Gun for Hire Comments

  • Janiya 2022-11-10 11:41:57

    Compared with the well-made movies of the same period, the protracted editing in some places makes people seem to be watching a movie in the 1930s; the rhythm of the first half is tight and climaxing, and the viewing experience is pushed to the direction of the playing cards thrown by lake. The pinnacle of tension; the standout feature compared to other Sombra is that lake's female character becomes the absolute center of the storyline rather than the traditional femme fatale seducing men to...

  • Colt 2022-10-23 18:04:41

    Lake's curls, Ryder's top hat and trench...

  • Mittie 2022-10-18 18:44:03

    A Gun for Sale by Graham...

  • Libby 2022-10-18 04:36:11

    Ladd's small appearance is pitiful, and it is perfect for playing angelic killer. "a pair of diminutive and sullenly pretty blonds, they seem an almost incestuous couple, and the dark, Germanic setting provides a foil to their California-style beauty" (More than...

  • Melyna 2022-10-17 22:32:07

    Veronica Lake, who would have thought that only 1.5...

  • Clay 2022-10-16 15:53:44

    The plot is a bit silly, but the male and female protagonists are very...

  • Jean 2022-10-14 19:08:29

    Film noir, the killer is the protagonist, the adaptation of Graham Greene's work, and the adaptation of his other work, "The Cabinet of Horrors", has a similar problem, and the second half of the film is strange. Seemingly influenced Melville's "Lone Killer," though, the two works have very different temperaments. In Graham Greene's own words: "The goal of film is to turn thought into image, and Americans are wrong in turning thought into...

  • Melisa 2022-10-11 12:46:56

    Like children playing at...

  • Madelyn 2022-10-07 23:51:44

    The Lone Ranger's iconic big buttoned coat and stern look, the original prototype of Alandron was here. The female protagonist has a feminine face but wants to act pure and pure, probably because of the poor people in...

  • Shannon 2022-10-07 23:39:00

    The legacy of the sea in the film noir. The shaping of the male protagonist is particularly wonderful. In just 80 minutes, his image and motives have undergone an earth-shaking reversal, and this is the reason why the female protagonist can fall in love with him. All future generations of "Lone Killers" who are "externally strong and internally soft" seem to be able to find their source in the character and dress of this...

Extended Reading
  • Margarita 2022-10-07 19:55:02

    When the killer meets the magician

    I would not interpret the ambiguous relationship between the killer Raven and the female magician Ellen as-"They both suffer from Stockholm Syndrome". This is really boring. "Movies shouldn't be appreciated in this way." I personally prefer to interpret the emotional connection between them in this...

  • Adolfo 2022-10-07 22:38:51

    The first generation of lone killers

    Round-brimmed top hat, closed lips, knee-length windbreaker, collar raised, hands in pockets... This image has become a model for lone killers in the past, starting from Lane in the "contract killer", from the "Lone Killer" Jeff inherited, until finally he was eliminated by the bart in "Buying the...

This Gun for Hire quotes

  • Sen. Burnett: No mystery about me, just a hick lawyer the voters got stuck with.

  • Albert Baker: This is the gal.