Tough ... trigger mad ... and Terrific !
Lucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he's drafted into the army, he tries to escape duty by using an old con woman named Annie to convince the draft board he's needed at home. When that fails, Jordan is sent to boot camp, but he doesn't stay there long. He takes a beautiful USO worker hostage and flees back to New York. There, he learns that a rival gangster is plotting against America.
- 6.0
- 1942
- Released
- 1h 24m
Alan Ladd
Lucky Jordan
Helen Walker
Jill Evans
Sheldon Leonard
Slip Moran
Mabel Paige
Annie ('Ma')
Marie McDonald
Pearl
Lloyd Corrigan
Ernest Higgins
Dave Willock
Angelo Palacio
Russell Hoyt
Eddie
John Wengraf
Herr Kesselman
Miles Mander
Kilpatrick
Clem Bevans
Gas Station Attendant
Anthony Caruso
Hired Gun
Charles Cane
Sergeant
George Meader
Clarence
Virginia Brissac
Clarence's Wife
Kitty Kelly
Vera Maggotti
George Humbert
Joe Maggotti
Al Hill
First Killer (as Al M. Hill)
Fred Kohler Jr.
Second Killer
Kirk Alyn
Pearl's Boyfriend
Georgia Backus
Toy Shop ClerkJack Baxley
Passerby with Quarter
Sara Berner
Helen
Dorothy Dandridge
Hollyhock School Maid
Joe Downing
HarrisonDanny Duncan
Cigar Store Clerk
Ralph Dunn
Army Guard
Edward Earle
Government Courier with BriefcaseEdythe Elliott
Second SecretaryAlbert Ferris
GardenerFrederick Giermann
Bulky Gardener
Roy Gordon
Colonel
William Halligan
Miller
John Harmon
Big-Ears
Carol Hughes
Girl in Back Room
Olaf Hytten
Charles
Arthur Loft
Hearndon
Edwin Max
Sergeant
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart
Second Soldier
Harold Minjir
Flower Shop ClerkJimmy O'Gatty
Mug
Ralph Peters
Brig SergeantPaul Phillips
Pick-Up ManTerrance Ray
Sentry
Keith Richards
Third Soldier
Ronald R. Rondell
Florist
Paul Stanton
George Hunnicutt
Elliott Sullivan
First Soldier
Crane Whitley
GardenerReleased
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- #new york city
- #gangster
- #nazi spy
- #draft dodger
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I never really rated Alan Ladd but he's quite decent in this wartime thriller. He's the gangster "Lucky" who finds himself drafted! Despite the best efforts of his lawyer "Higgins" (Lloyd Corrigan) to get him off, he is duly posted - and promptly absconds. Not before, though, he encounters "Jill" (Helen Walker) who disapproves heartily of his unpatriotic attitude. She ends up his hostage and the b