In 1898, during the Cuban War of Independence from Spain, a former U.S. Cavalry Captain Read More »
Tag Archives: Alan Ladd
The Proud Rebel (1958) Michael Curtiz, Alan Ladd, Olivia de Havilland, Dean Jagger
Searching for a doctor who can help him get his son to speak again–the boy hadn’t uttered a word Read More »
The McConnell Story (1955) Gordon Douglas, Alan Ladd, June Allyson, James Whitmore
Mac’s plans to settle down and raise a family are upset by the Korean War. He goes as a fighter pilot and returns a hero, the first triple ace of the war. Read More »
Botany Bay (1952) John Farrow, Alan Ladd, James Mason, Patricia Medina
In 1787 prisoners from London’s Newgate Gaol are to be shipped to New South Wales. Read More »
One Foot in Hell (1960) James B. Clark, Alan Ladd, Don Murray, Dan O’Herlihy
Mitch Barrett becomes embittered because his wife is allowed to die when he can’t pay for the medicine she needs. Read More »
Guns of the Timberland (1960) Robert D. Webb, Alan Ladd, Jeanne Crain, Gilbert Roland
Logger Jim Hadley (Alan Ladd) and his lumberjack crew are looking for new forest to cut. They locate a prime prospect outside the town of Deep Wells. Read More »
Two Years Before the Mast (1946) John Farrow, Alan Ladd, Brian Donlevy, William Bendix, Drama, Adventure
Based on a famous book by Richard Henry Dana, Jr., this grueling saga of shipboard oppression is set in the mid-19th century. Read More »
The Great Gatsby (1949) Elliott Nugent, Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey, Drama
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifetyle of his landlord, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. Read More »
Lucky Jordan (1942) Frank Tuttle, Alan Ladd, Helen Walker, Sheldon Leonard, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Lucky Jordan, cynical gambler and racketeer, finds one thing his luck and connections can’t fix: the draft board. Read More »
Appointment with Danger (1951) Lewis Allen, Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert, Paul Stewart, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Relentless postal inspector Al Goddard is set to Gary, Indiana, when another officer is murdered. Read More »
Chicago Deadline (1949) Lewis Allen, Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, June Havoc, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
On Chicago’s South Side reporter Ed Adams finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads to a host of names of men frightened by her death but claiming never to have known her. Read More »
The Blue Dahlia (1946) George Marshall, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When Johnny comes home from the navy he finds his wife Helen kissing her substitute boyfriend Eddie, the owner of the Blue Dahlia nightclub. Read More »
The Man in the Net (1959) Michael Curtiz, Alan Ladd, Carolyn Jones, Diane Brewster, Mystery, Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
John Hamilton leaves a comfortable New York job to take up as an artist in a quiet Connecticut town. Read More »
Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950) Mitchell Leisen, Alan Ladd, Wanda Hendrix, Francis Lederer, Drama, Thriller
Webb Carey returns to Orta, near Milan, to find out who betrayed his World War II O.S.S. team and caused the death of several villagers. Read More »
Desert Legion (1953) Joseph Pevney, Alan Ladd, Richard Conte, Arlene Dahl, Adventure
Paul Lartal leads a troop of legionnaires into ambush at the hands of Omar Ben Calif. Read More »