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3 unusual facts about A Gun for Sale


A Gun for Sale

The 1941 film was remade as a TV movie in 1991 starring Robert Wagner.

Several film and television adaptations have been made: a 1941 film version starred Alan Ladd under the title This Gun for Hire (the title of the book's U.S. edition), a Turkish adaptation (Günes Dogmasin) was made in 1961, and an Italian television mini-series, Una pistola in vendita, followed in 1970.

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These "Superior Reprints" complemented the ASE titles and leaned toward mystery and detective fiction, including such works as Graham Greene's This Gun for Hire, Liam O'Flaherty's The Informer, and Frank Gruber's The Mighty Blockhead.



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