Alan Ladd
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
The Carpetbaggers is a 1964 American drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk, based on the best-selling 1961 novel The Carpetbaggers by Harold Robbins and starring George Peppard as Jonas Cord, a character based loosely on Howard Hughes, and Alan Ladd in his last role as Nevada Smith, a former Western gunslinger turned actor. The supporting cast feat...
Starring: James Mason•Martin Balsam•Gilbert Roland•Brian Donlevy•Loretta Young•Paulette Goddard•Dean Jagger
13 West Street (1962)
13 West Street is a 1962 American neo noir crime film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Rod Steiger and Alan Ladd whose own production company produced the film. It was based on the 1957 novel The Tiger Among Us (1957) by Leigh Brackett, who called the film "very, very dull".
Starring: Martin Balsam•Leo Carrillo•Charles Bickford
All the Young Men (1960)
All the Young Men is a 1960 Korean War feature film directed by Hall Bartlett and starring Alan Ladd and Sidney Poitier dealing with desegregation in the United States Marine Corps. Poitier plays a sergeant unexpectedly placed in command of the survivors of a platoon in the Korean War. The film explores the racial integration of the American milita...
Starring: Martin Balsam•Bruce Cabot•Jack La Rue
Guns of the Timberland (1960)
Guns of the Timberland is a 1960 American Technicolor lumberjack Western film directed by Robert D. Webb and starring Alan Ladd, Jeanne Crain, Gilbert Roland and Frankie Avalon.
Starring: J. Carrol Naish•Martin Balsam•Olivia de Havilland
One Foot in Hell (1960)
One Foot in Hell is a 1960 Western DeLuxe Color and CinemaScope film starring Alan Ladd, Don Murray (actor) and Dan O'Herlihy, directed by James B. Clark and co-written by Sydney Boehm and Aaron Spelling from a story by Spelling.
Starring: Martin Balsam•Robert Cummings
The Man in the Net (1959)
The Man in the Net is a 1959 American film noir starring Alan Ladd and Carolyn Jones. The taut drama was directed by Michael Curtiz. The supporting cast features Diane Brewster.
Starring: Martin Balsam•Dorothy Lamour•Joan Woodbury
The Badlanders (1958)
The Badlanders is a 1958 American western caper film directed by Delmer Daves and starring Alan Ladd and Ernest Borgnine. Based on the 1949 novel The Asphalt Jungle by W. R. Burnett, the story was given an 1898 setting by screenwriter Richard Collins. It is the second film adaptation of the novel following 1950's The Asphalt Jungle.
Starring: Martin Balsam•Barry Fitzgerald•Robert Preston
The Deep Six (1958)
The Deep Six is a 1958 American World War II drama film directed by Rudolph Maté, loosely based on a novel of the same name by Martin Dibner. The film stars Alan Ladd, who co-produced it, William Bendix, Dianne Foster, Keenan Wynn, James Whitmore, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. It also marked the film debut of Joey Bishop. It was distributed by Warner Bro...
Starring: Martin Balsam•Ruth Hussey•Geraldine Fitzgerald
The Proud Rebel (1958)
The Proud Rebel is a 1958 American Technicolor Western film directed by Michael Curtiz, with a screenplay by Joseph Petracca and Lillie Hayward that was based on a story by James Edward Grant. It is the story of a widowed Confederate veteran and his mute son who struggle to make a new life among sometimes hostile neighbors in the Midwest. Despite t...
Starring: Brenda Marshall•Betty Field•Martin Balsam
The Big Land (1957)
The Big Land is a 1957 American Western film in Warnercolor directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo and Edmond O'Brien
Starring: Martin Balsam•Alan Ladd•Peter Cushing
Boy on a Dolphin (1957)
Boy on a Dolphin is a 1957 American romantic adventure film from 20th Century Fox set in Greece and shot in DeLuxe Color and CinemaScope. It was directed by Jean Negulesco and produced by Samuel G. Engel from a screenplay by Ivan Moffat and Dwight Taylor, based on the 1955 novel of the same name by David Divine.
Starring: Martin Balsam•Edmond O'Brien
Hell on Frisco Bay (1956)
Hell on Frisco Bay is a 1956 American CinemaScope film noir crime film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Alan Ladd, Edward G. Robinson and Joanne Dru. It was made for Ladd's own production company, Jaguar.
Starring: Arthur Kennedy•Martin Balsam•Veronica Lake
Santiago (1956)
Santiago, also known as The Gun Runner, is a 1956 film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring and co-produced by Alan Ladd set in 1898 Cuba against the background of the Cuban War of Independence. Martin Rackin wrote the screenplay, based on his unpublished novel, as well as producing the film.
Starring: Martin Balsam•William Bendix
The McConnell Story (1955)
The McConnell Story is a 1955 dramatization of the life and career of United States Air Force (USAF) pilot Joseph C. McConnell (1922–1954) directed by Gordon Douglas. McConnell served as a navigator in World War II before becoming the top American ace during the Korean War and was killed on August 25, 1954, while serving as a test pilot at Edwards ...
Starring: Martin Balsam•June Havoc
The Black Knight (1954)
The Black Knight is a 1954 British-American Technicolor adventure film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Alan Ladd as the title character and Peter Cushing and Patrick Troughton as two conspirators attempting to overthrow King Arthur. It is the last of Ladd's trilogy with Warwick Films, the others being The Red Beret and Hell Below Zero based on...
Starring: Martin Balsam•Martha Hyer•Richard Conte
Drum Beat (1954)
Drum Beat is a 1954 American CinemaScope Western film in WarnerColor written and directed by Delmer Daves and co-produced by Daves and Alan Ladd in his first film for his Jaguar Productions company. Ladd stars along with Audrey Dalton, Charles Bronson as Captain Jack, and Hayden Rorke as President Ulysses S. Grant.
Starring: Martin Balsam•Jeanne Crain•Gail Russell
Hell Below Zero (1954)
Hell Below Zero is a 1954 British-American adventure film directed by Mark Robson and starring Alan Ladd, Joan Tetzel, Basil Sydney and Stanley Baker. It was written by Alec Coppel and Max Trell based on the 1949 novel The White South by Hammond Innes, and presents interesting footage of whaling fleets in action. It was the second of Ladd's films f...
Starring: Martin Balsam•Shelley Winters•Lizabeth Scott
Saskatchewan (1954)
Saskatchewan is a 1954 American Northern adventure film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Alan Ladd, Shelley Winters and J. Carrol Naish. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. The title refers to Fort Saskatchewan in present-day Alberta, Canada. Shooting took place in Banff National Park not far from the headwaters of the Saskat...
Starring: Joanne Dru•Martin Balsam•Esther Fernandez
Botany Bay (1953)
Botany Bay is a 1953 American drama film directed by John Farrow and starring Alan Ladd, James Mason and Patricia Medina. It was based on a novel of the same name by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall.
Starring: Brandon De Wilde•Martin Balsam•Martha Hyer
Desert Legion (1953)
Desert Legion is a 1953 American adventure film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Alan Ladd.
Starring: Martin Balsam•Dan O'Herlihy•Leo Genn
Paratrooper (1953)
The Red Beret is a 1953 British-American war film directed by Terence Young and starring Alan Ladd, Leo Genn and Susan Stephen.
Starring: Martin Balsam•Patricia Medina
Shane (1953)
Shane is a 1953 American Technicolor Western film starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur and Van Heflin. Released by Paramount Pictures, the film is noted for its landscape cinematography, editing, performances, and contributions to the genre. The picture was produced and directed by George Stevens from a screenplay by A. B. Guthrie Jr., based on the 1949...
Starring: Ernest Borgnine•Jack Palance•Martin Balsam•Sidney Poitier•Audrey Dalton•Carolyn Jones
Botany Bay (1952)
Botany Bay is a 1953 American drama film directed by John Farrow and starring Alan Ladd, James Mason and Patricia Medina. It was based on a novel of the same name by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall.
Starring: Brandon De Wilde•Martin Balsam
The Iron Mistress (1952)
The Iron Mistress is a 1952 American Western film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Alan Ladd and Virginia Mayo. It ends with Bowie's marriage to Ursula de Veramendi and does not deal with his death at the Battle of the Alamo in 1836.
Starring: Martin Balsam•Peter Cushing
Appointment with Danger (1951)
Appointment with Danger is a 1950 American crime film noir directed by Lewis Allen and written by Richard L. Breen and Warren Duff. The drama features Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert and Paul Stewart, among others.
Starring: Martin Balsam•Marisa Pavan
Red Mountain (1951)
Red Mountain is a 1951 American Western historical film, starring Alan Ladd, set in the last days of the US Civil War. The plot centres on an attempt by Quantrill's Raiders to stir up rebellion in the West.
Starring: Martin Balsam•Rod Steiger•Carroll Baker
Branded (1950)
Branded is a 1950 American Technicolor Western film starring Alan Ladd, Mona Freeman, Charles Bickford, and Robert Keith. It was adapted from the novel Montana Rides by Max Brand under pen name Evan Evans. A gunfighter on the run from the law is talked into posing as the long-lost son of a wealthy rancher.
Starring: Rossana Podestà•Martin Balsam•Diane Brewster
Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950)
Captain Carey, U.S.A. is a 1949 American crime film noir directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Alan Ladd and Wanda Hendrix. An American returns to post–World War II Italy to bring a traitor to justice.
Starring: Martin Balsam•George Peppard
Chicago Deadline (1949)
Chicago Deadline is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Lewis Allen and starring Alan Ladd and Donna Reed.
Starring: Martin Balsam•Elizabeth Ashley•Brian Donlevy
The Great Gatsby (1949)
The Great Gatsby is a 1949 American drama film directed by Elliott Nugent, and produced by Richard Maibaum, from a screenplay by Richard Maibaum and Cyril Hume. It is based on the 1925 novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The music score was by Robert Emmett Dolan, and the cinematography by John F. Seitz. The production was designed by Ro...
Starring: Loretta Young•Paulette Goddard•Martin Balsam
Beyond Glory (1948)
Beyond Glory is a 1948 American drama film directed by John Farrow and starring Alan Ladd and Donna Reed. Written by William Wister Haines, Jonathan Latimer, and Charles Marquis Warren, the film is about a former soldier who thinks he may have caused the death of his commanding officer in Tunisia. After visiting the officer's widow, they fall in lo...
Starring: Martin Balsam•Elizabeth Ashley
Saigon (1948)
Saigon is a 1948 American crime film directed by Leslie Fenton starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake. In their fourth and final film together. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures and was one of the last films Veronica Lake made under her contract with the studio. Ladd and Lake made four films together; This Gun for Hire and The Glass Key, both ...
Starring: Martin Balsam•Hugh Beaumont
Whispering Smith (1948)
Whispering Smith is a 1948 American Western film directed by Leslie Fenton and starring Alan Ladd as a railroad detective assigned to stop a gang of train robbers. The supporting cast includes Robert Preston, Brenda Marshall and Donald Crisp.
Starring: Patric Knowles•Bruce Cabot•Martin Balsam
Calcutta (1947)
Calcutta is a 1947 American film noir crime film directed by John Farrow, and written and produced by Seton I. Miller. The drama features Alan Ladd, Gail Russell and William Bendix.
Starring: Martin Balsam•Jack La Rue•Victor Mature
Wild Harvest (1947)
Wild Harvest is a 1947 film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Alan Ladd and Dorothy Lamour.
Starring: Betty Field•Patric Knowles•Martin Balsam
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
The Blue Dahlia is a 1946 American crime film and film noir with an original screenplay by Raymond Chandler directed by George Marshall and starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake and William Bendix. It was Chandler's first original screenplay.
Starring: Martin Balsam•Hugh Beaumont•Ruth Hussey•Joan Woodbury
O.S.S. (1946)
O.S.S. is a 1946 American war film starring Alan Ladd and Geraldine Fitzgerald about the Office of Strategic Services. It was directed by Irving Pichel, who would later be blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee, and written by Richard Maibaum, a World War II veteran who would later write twelve of the first 15 James Bond films. M...
Starring: Barry Fitzgerald•Robert Preston•Martin Balsam
Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
Two Years Before the Mast is a 1946 adventure film based on Richard Henry Dana Jr.'s travel book of the same name. It stars Alan Ladd, Brian Donlevy, William Bendix, and Barry Fitzgerald.
Starring: Susan Hayward•Martin Balsam•Ruth Hussey
Duffy's Tavern (1945)
Duffy's Tavern is a 1945 American comedy film directed by Hal Walker and written by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama. The film stars Ed Gardner, Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton, Paulette Goddard, Alan Ladd, Dorothy Lamour, Eddie Bracken and Brian Donlevy. The film was released on September 28, 1945, by Paramount Pictures.
Starring: Geraldine Fitzgerald•Brenda Marshall•Betty Field•Martin Balsam•Louise Platt
Salty O'Rourke (1945)
Salty O'Rourke is a 1945 American drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Alan Ladd and Gail Russell. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1946.
Starring: Martin Balsam•Victor Mature
And Now Tomorrow (1944)
And Now Tomorrow is a 1944 American drama film based on the best-selling novel, published in 1942 by Rachel Field, directed by Irving Pichel and written by Raymond Chandler. Both center around one doctor's attempt for curing deafness. The film stars Alan Ladd, Loretta Young, and Susan Hayward. Its tagline was Who are you that a man can't make love ...
Starring: Veronica Lake•Sheldon Leonard•Martin Balsam
China (1943)
China is a 1943 film directed by John Farrow and starring Loretta Young, Alan Ladd and William Bendix. Ladd's character David Llewellyn Jones, wearing a fedora, a leather jacket, khakis and a beard stubble, was an inspiration for Indiana Jones. Aside from Tala Birell as one of Jones' paramours at the beginning of the film, the entire supporting cas...
Starring: Veronica Lake•Martin Balsam•Ruth Hussey
The Glass Key (1942)
The Glass Key is a 1942 American crime drama based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. The picture was directed by Stuart Heisler starring Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd. A successful earlier film version starring George Raft in Ladd's role had been released in 1935. The 1942 version's supporting cast features Willia...
Starring: Laird Cregar•Martin Balsam•Hugh Beaumont•Ruth Hussey
Lucky Jordan (1942)
Lucky Jordan is a 1942 film directed by Frank Tuttle, starring Alan Ladd in his first leading role, Helen Walker in her film debut, and Sheldon Leonard. The screenplay concerns a self-centered gangster who tangles with Nazi spies.
Starring: Martin Balsam•June Havoc•Helen Walker
This Gun for Hire (1942)
This Gun for Hire is a 1942 American film noir crime film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, and Alan Ladd. It is based on the 1936 novel A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene.
Starring: Martin Balsam•Hugh Beaumont•Gail Russell
Paper Bullets (1941)
Paper Bullets is a 1941 American film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Joan Woodbury. It was the first film produced by the King Brothers, launching their career.
Starring: Esther Fernandez•Leo Carrillo•Martin Balsam
Captain Caution (1940)
Captain Caution is a 1940 American adventure film directed by Richard Wallace set during the War of 1812. The film stars Victor Mature, Bruce Cabot and Alan Ladd. It was based on the novel of the same name by Kenneth Roberts. Elmer Raguse was nominated for an Academy Award for Sound Recording.
Starring: Bruce Cabot•Julie Bishop•Edith Fellows•Joan Woodbury•Martin Balsam
Her First Romance (1940)
Her First Romance is a 1940 American musical comedy film directed by Edward Dmytryk. based on Gene Stratton-Porter's novel Her Father's Daughter.
Starring: Louise Platt•Victor Mature•Martin Balsam