Alan Ladd: The 1940s Collection

Alan Ladd took the title role in "Lucky Jordan" (1942) as a gambler and gangster whose trademark good fortune ran out when the draft board came calling. Immediately going AWOL, he runs afoul of a WAC (Helen Walker) determined to bring him in and a spy ring. Sheldon Leonard, Mari e McDonald co-star. A 19th-century playboy (Ladd) learns about the family shipping fortune the hard way, when he's shanghaied into hard labor on one of their vessels, in "Two Years Before the Mast" (1946). Brian Donlevy, William Bendix, Barry Fitzgerald also star. Dropped into occupied France and charged with destroying critical rail systems, an American intelligence agent (Ladd) finds his dismissiveness toward a female colleague (Geraldine Fitzgerald) turning into something more, in "O.S.S." (1946). Patric Knowles, Bobby Driscoll co-star. 4 3/4 hrs. total on three discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.