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Lucky Jordan is a american film of genre Drama directed by Frank Tuttle released in USA on 16 november 1942 with Alan Ladd
Lucky Jordan (1942)
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Add to a movie listLucky 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. A self-centered gangster tangles with Nazi spies.
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Gangster Lucky Jordan (Alan Ladd) narrowly escapes death at the hands of an assassin hired by his ambitious right hand man, Slip Moran (Sheldon Leonard); his decoy double Eddie is killed instead.Actors
Alan Ladd
(Lucky Jordan)
Mabel Paige
(Annie ('Ma'))
Helen Walker
(Jill Evans)
Sheldon Leonard
(Slip Moran)
Dave Willock
(Angelo Palacio)
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