The Alan Ladd Collection, Volume Three [Import]

Lucky Jordan (1942)

For New York gambler and gangster Lucky Jordan (Alan Ladd), his trademark good fortune finally ran out when the draft board came calling. Going AWOL at the first opportunity, his flight leads him right into the toils of a ring of fifth columnists...and into the arms of a pretty WAC (Helen Walker) determined to bring him in. Engaging wartime adventure also stars Sheldon Leonard, Marie McDonald, Lloyd Corrigan, Mabel Paige. 84 min. BW/Rtg: NR

China (1943)

Set in China during pre-Pearl Harbor World War II, this rousing action tale stars Alan Ladd as David Jones, a mercenary trader who deals with both Chinese natives and the Japanese invaders with an equal lack of conscience, until he comes to the aid of a teacher (Loretta Young) and a group of refugee schoolgirls. With William Bendix, Philip Ahn; directed by John Farrow. 79 min. BW/Rtg: NR

And Now Tomorrow (1944)

Returning to the hometown where he grew up poor to hang out his shingle, standoffish doctor Merek Vance (Alan Ladd) didn’t have much use or patience for the local gentry. When beautiful heiress Emily Blair (Loretta Young) is abruptly stricken with hearing loss, she approaches the reticent Vance about his radical new treatments...and he finds his resentments giving way to a growing affection. Effective sudser co-stars Susan Hayward, Barry Sullivan. 86 min. BW/Rtg: NR

Saskatchewan (1954)

Impressively filmed adventure from director Raoul Walsh featuring Alan Ladd as Thomas O’Rourke, Canadian Mountie raised by Indians who tracks down Sioux Indians trying to persuade other Northwestern tribes to fight the white man following Little Big Horn. Shelley Winters is O’Rourke’s romantic interest, saloon gal Grace Markey; with Robert Douglas, J. Carrol Naish, and Jay Silverheels. 87 min. C/Rtg: NR

Standard; Soundtrack: English. Region Free