This Gun for Hire
The novel was first published by Doubleday Doran in the US in June 1936 as "This Gun for Hire" and by William Heinemann in the UK in July 1936 as "A Gun for Sale". Several film and television adaptations have been made; a 1942 film version transposed to wartime California starred Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake under the title "This Gun for Hire", a Turkish adaptation ("Günes Dogmasin") was made in 1961 and 1972 as "Yaralı Kurt", and an Italian television mini-series, "Una pistola in vendita", followed in 1970. The 1942 film was remade in 1957 under the title "Short Cut to Hell" and as a TV movie in 1991 starring Robert Wagner.