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Ladd only had fourth billing in the film, but similar to how To Have and Have Not launched Bacall to stardom and made her the co-lead in some of Humphrey Bogart's best movies, This Gun for Hire ...

The character frequently references movies like "The Big Heat" -- his handler, Ruby (Kirby Howell-Baptiste) gets him the gun Glenn Ford used in the 1950 noir -- as well as several Humphrey Bogart ...