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This Gun for Hire (1991 film)

1990 film by Lou Antonio

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ4264934 ↗
Source-derived summary

This Gun for Hire is a 1991 American TV movie. It is an adaptation of A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene which had been filmed several times previously, notably with Alan Ladd in 1942. It was directed by Lou Antonio for the USA Network. It starred Robert Wagner who in 2000 said it was one of his favorite roles.

Cast

Robert Wagner

Nancy Everhard

Patrik Baldauff

Lenore Banks

James Borders

Dean Cochran

George Jones

Fredric Lehne

Joe Warfield

Reception

The Vancouver Sun said "the unlikely romance between Wagner and his stripper hostage, played by Nancy Everhard, never ignites.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “This Gun for Hire (1991 film)” as 1990 film by Lou Antonio. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Hire, film and Antonio.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1991, 1942, 2000—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1990-01-01, 1991-01-09—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Hire, film and Antonio providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “This Gun for Hire (1991 film)”, the useful work is to connect “1990 film by Lou Antonio” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4264934. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1991, 1942 and 2000.

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This entry incorporates text from “This Gun for Hire (1991 film)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.