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This Gun for Hire

  • TV Movie
  • 19911991
  • RR
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
126
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Robert Wagner and Nancy Everhard in This Gun for Hire (1991)
Thriller
A killer for hire named Raven kills his target. However, he believes that he was just killing an ordinary person, but before he knows it, there's a massive manhunt for him. It seems that the... Read allA killer for hire named Raven kills his target. However, he believes that he was just killing an ordinary person, but before he knows it, there's a massive manhunt for him. It seems that the man he killed is a senator. While trying to evade the police, he takes a woman, Anne host... Read allA killer for hire named Raven kills his target. However, he believes that he was just killing an ordinary person, but before he knows it, there's a massive manhunt for him. It seems that the man he killed is a senator. While trying to evade the police, he takes a woman, Anne hostage. Though he eventually lets her go. She develops some kind of fascination for him, whic... Read all
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
126
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    • Lou Antonio
    • Graham Greene(novel "A Gun For Hire")
    • Nevin Schreiner(teleplay)
  • Stars
    • Robert Wagner
    • Nancy Everhard
    • Fredric Lehne
    • Lou Antonio
    • Graham Greene(novel "A Gun For Hire")
    • Nevin Schreiner(teleplay)
  • Stars
    • Robert Wagner
    • Nancy Everhard
    • Fredric Lehne
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    • 3User reviews
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    Robert Wagner
    Robert Wagner
    • 'Raven'
    Nancy Everhard
    Nancy Everhard
    • Anne
    Fredric Lehne
    Fredric Lehne
    • Mather
    John Harkins
    John Harkins
    • Boynton
    John McConnell
    John McConnell
    • Lt. Leoville
    • (as John 'Spud' McConnell)
    Joe Warfield
    Joe Warfield
    • Mr. Souverain
    Kristina Loggia
    • Cynthia
    Patrik Baldauff
    • Spicer
    Lenore Banks
    Lenore Banks
    • Mrs. Acky
    James Borders
    • Bridge Cop
    Dean Cochran
    Dean Cochran
    • Larry
    David Dahlgren
    David Dahlgren
    • FBI Agent
    Margaret Dubuisson
    • Anchorwoman
    Robert Earle
    • Acky
    Ron Flagge
    • FBI Agent
    Larry Gamell Jr.
    • Marvin
    Leslie Fortenberry
    • Callgirl
    C. Robert Holloway
    • Harald
      • Lou Antonio
      • Graham Greene(novel "A Gun For Hire")
      • Nevin Schreiner(teleplay)
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      Anne: You killed those people!

      'Raven': What's the difference? They were dead anyway.

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    10/10
    This Gun for Hire Is an Excellent Mystery Shot in the French Quarter
    Robert Wagner plays a hit-man, Raven, who is hired to kill a man whom he thinks is a commonplace-average hit. Unbeknownst to Raven the hit is no ordinary Joe, but a US Senator and Raven has been set up to take the fall. He takes Anne, a stripper played by Nancy Everhard, hostage while attempting to elude the authorities who have initiated a massive manhunt for him. He also attempts to figure out who set him up and why. His attempt to evade the cops and figure out what really went down is one plot which the viewer may assume is the central plot, while what may seem a subplot, Raven's interaction with Anne and what perchance may really matter in life to him, actually becomes the main plot of the film. Raven's complexity (he is not the one dimensional character one would assume), and how this is developed in the film is done very well.

    Wagner convincingly portrays Raven as a (40s to mid 60s) middle-aged, cold, hard, hit-man. He does not have the cherubic boyish appearance we associate with him; he is quite convincing in the role. Like Wagner, Nancy Everhard at 33 or 34 may have been at the upper age range for a modern stripper, but like Wagner, she appears younger and pulls it off very well. While watching the movie, one sees Raven and Anne, not Wagner and Everhard. Casting of the supporting cast is excellent, especially the slimy local politicians. The French Quarter is an appropriate locale and is used to advantage.

    This was a made for TV film, but is certainly as good as any of its genre released theatrically in the last several decades.
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      • January 9, 1991 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    • Production company
      • MCA Television Entertainment (MTE)
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    • 1 hour 40 minutes
      • Color
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