Mar 04, 1999
58 min
Full-HD

Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man (1999)

In the 1942 film "This Gun For Hire," he was only a supporting actor. But his portrayal of a cold, ruthless killer with a core of gentle sadness had an impact on audiences everywhere. Teamed with diminutive Veronica Lake, he became an immediately saleable commodity, and in the process helped launch the age of film noir. By 1954, Photoplay Magazine voted him the world's most popular male film star; his fellow award-winner was Marilyn Monroe. But Alan Ladd's fabulous success already contained within it the mechanism to self-destruct.

Category

Documentary TV Movie

Country

United States of America

Companies

Janson Media Wombat Productions

Alan Ladd

Self (archive footage)

Sue Carol

Self (archive footage)

Anthony Caruso

Self

Jeff Corey

Self

Edward Dmytryk

Self

Edith Fellows

Self

Mona Freeman

Self

Samuel Goldwyn Jr.

Self

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