This Gun for Hire
Graham Greene's novel was published in the U.S. as "This Gun for Hire" in 1936, and several movie studios considered obtaining rights to the book. These included 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures. Paramount bought the rights, and announced Gertrude Michael as a possible star. Later that year, the cast was announced as being Akim Tamiroff, Ray Milland, and Ida Lupino, with Dore Schary writing the script.