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Lucky Jordan (1942)

NR 11/16/1942 Comedy, Crime, Drama 1h 24m
60%
User
Score
6.4/10

Tough ... trigger mad ... and Terrific !

Overview

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.

Frank Tuttle

Director

Darrell Ware

Screenplay

Karl Tunberg

Screenplay

Charles Leonard

Story

Top Billed Cast

Alan Ladd

Alan Ladd

Lucky Jordan

Helen Walker

Helen Walker

Jill Evans

Sheldon Leonard

Sheldon Leonard

Slip Moran

Mabel Paige

Mabel Paige

Annie ('Ma')

Marie McDonald

Marie McDonald

Pearl

Lloyd Corrigan

Lloyd Corrigan

Ernest Higgins

Dave Willock

Dave Willock

Angelo Palacio

Russell Hoyt

Russell Hoyt

Eddie

John Wengraf

John Wengraf

Herr Kesselman

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on May 27, 2024

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 briefcase she was carrying becomes the hottest property in town. We discover it contains some top secret army designs and that there's a group of Nazi fifth columnist's out to retrieve it. Now "Lucky" has to make some tough choices (and a fairly impassioned speech at the end) before their secrets fall into enemy hands. The drama itself is quite well put together and decently paced. There's a solid,...

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