Guns for Hire (film) explained

Guns for Hire
Director:	Lewis D. Collins
Producer:	Willis Kent
Cinematography:	James Diamond
Editing:	S. Roy Luby
Studio:	Willis Kent Productions
Distributor:	Hollywood Film Exchange
Runtime:	58 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Guns for Hire is a 1932 American Western film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Lane Chandler, Sally Darling and Neal Hart.^[1]

Plot

Gunfighter Wayne helps Thornton, who has been erroneously accused of killing a card shark. While doing so, Wayne encounters a gang led by his foster father (Carlyle), who is working with a cattle rancher and the sheriff to take control of the sheep ranch owned by Thornton and his father.^[2]

Cast

• Lane Chandler as Flip LaRue - aka Ken Wayne
• Sally Darling as Sue Thornton
• Neal Hart as Whispering Carlyle
• Yakima Canutt as Sheriff Pete Peterson
• John Ince as Matt Thornton
• Slim Whitaker as Hank Moran
• Jack Rockwell as Monk Weaver
• Ben Corbett as Fatso Gans
• Steve Clemente as Flash Gomez - aka Gunnison
• Bill Patton as Joe Patron
• Hank Bell as Duke Monahan
• John McGuire as Jim Thornton
• Frances Morris as Polly Clark
• Nelson McDowell as inquest official
• John Bacon as Frank Lloyd
• Ed Porter as Dr. Peter Bartlett

Production notes

Interior scenes were filmed at Talisman Studio in Hollywood, with location shooting at Lone Pine, California.

Notes and References

1. Book: Pitts, Michael R.. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company. 2005. 06–207. 0786423196.
2. Web site: Wollstein . Hans J. . Guns for Hire (1932) . AllMovie . October 31, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211031214921/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/guns-for-hire-v94080 . October 31, 2021.