"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie onJanuary 25, 1943 with Laird Cregar reprising his film role.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 2, 1945 with Alan Ladd reprising his film role.
Dickie Jones (Raven as a Boy) and Hermine Sterler (Raven's Aunt) are listed in studio records as members of the cast, but those scenes were cut before the film's release. Studio records also indicate a running time of about 93 minutes, indicating about 12 minutes were eventually cut from the film.
Although the original book was published in the UK with the title "A Gun for Sale" in 1936, it was published in the US with the title "This Gun for Hire" also in 1936.
Loosely based on "This Gun For Hire" by Graham Greene.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
The movie's poster was as #17 of "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by Premiere.