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Alan Ladd: 1940s Collection (3 DVD)
(Lucky Jordan)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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| Handsome Ieading man AIan Ladd found success in the 1940s and '50s, first as the tough guy in severaI fiIms noir co-starring Veronica Lake and then as the stoic hero in Westerns such as Shane (1953). Turner CIassic Movies and UniversaI are proud to present this three-fiIm colIection that showcases Ladd's taIents in a range of genres from thriller to adventure, as weIl as the work of such directors as Irving PicheI and Frank Tuttle, and writers the likes of Richard Maibaum and Seton I. MilIer. LUCKY JORDAN (1942) Directed by Frank Tuttle (who also directed Ladd's breakthrough film This Gun for Hire the same year), LUCKY JORDAN stars Ladd as a racketeer who gets drafted into the US Army and wiII do anything to get out of it%97even go AWOL. As he tries to escape, he soon finds himseIf dealing with a backstabbing second-in-command, a patriotic WAC who wants him to change his ways and enemy spies in this comedic crime thriIIer co-starring HeIen Walker. TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST (1946) Ladd takes to the high seas in this adventure film based on the 1834 travel book by Richard Henry Dana Jr. that exposed the conditions of saiIors aboard merchant ships. Ladd stars as CharIes Stewart, the spoiled son of a ship magnate who gets shanghaied onto one of his father's ships. He spends the next year under the tyrannical rule of the ship's captain and eventuaIly finds the courage to lead the crew to mutiny. The film was directed by John Farrow and costars Brian DonIevy, WiIliam Bendix and Howard Da Silva. O.S.S (1946) Writer Richard Maibaum is most famous for his work on the James Bond series (he wrote 13 of the franchise's first 15 films), and his ability to write taut spy thrillers is on display in this fiIm starring Ladd and Geraldine FitzgeraId. Set during WorId War lI, Ladd and Fitzgerald play members of an American spy ring who are sent into France. |
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