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.
Cast
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 Clerk
Jack Baxley
Passerby with Quarter
Sara Berner
Helen
Dorothy Dandridge
Hollyhock School Maid
Joe Downing
Harrison
Danny Duncan
Cigar Store Clerk
Ralph Dunn
Army Guard
Edward Earle
Government Courier with Briefcase
Edythe Elliott
Second Secretary
Albert Ferris
Gardener
Frederick 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 Clerk
Jimmy O'Gatty
Mug
Ralph Peters
Brig Sergeant
Paul Phillips
Pick-Up Man
Terrance Ray
Sentry
Keith Richards
Third Soldier
Ronald R. Rondell
Florist
Paul Stanton
George Hunnicutt
Elliott Sullivan
First Soldier
Crane Whitley
Gardener
Crew
Frank Tuttle
Director
Darrell Ware
Screenplay
Karl Tunberg
Screenplay
Charles Leonard
Story
Archie Marshek
Editor
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Charles C. Coleman
Assistant Director
Fred Kohlmar
Associate Producer
Edith Head
Costume Design
Wally Westmore
Makeup Artist
Walter Oberst
Sound Recordist
Hugo Grenzbach
Sound Recordist
Adolph Deutsch
Original Music Composer
Stephen Seymour
Set Decoration
Ernst Fegté
Art Direction
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Leo Shuken
Orchestrator
George Parrish
Orchestrator
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