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Lucky Jordan
Film / 1942

Lucky Jordan

Directed by Frank Tuttle
ComedyCrimeDrama

★ 7.4/10Audience rating

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 …

The story

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 LaddLucky Jordan Helen WalkerJill Evans Sheldon LeonardSlip Moran Mabel PaigeAnnie ('Ma') Marie McDonaldPearl Lloyd CorriganErnest Higgins Dave WillockAngelo Palacio Russell HoytEddie John WengrafHerr Kesselman Miles ManderKilpatrick Clem BevansGas Station Attendant Anthony CarusoHired Gun
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Charles CaneSergeant George MeaderClarence Virginia BrissacClarence's Wife Kitty KellyVera Maggotti George HumbertJoe Maggotti Al HillFirst Killer (as Al M. Hill) Fred Kohler Jr.Second Killer Kirk AlynPearl's Boyfriend Georgia BackusToy Shop Clerk Jack BaxleyPasserby with Quarter Sara BernerHelen Dorothy DandridgeHollyhock School Maid Joe DowningHarrison Danny DuncanCigar Store Clerk Ralph DunnArmy Guard Edward EarleGovernment Courier with Briefcase Edythe ElliottSecond Secretary Albert FerrisGardener Frederick GiermannBulky Gardener Roy GordonColonel William HalliganMiller John HarmonBig-Ears Carol HughesGirl in Back Room Olaf HyttenCharles Arthur LoftHearndon Edwin MaxSergeant Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggartSecond Soldier Harold MinjirFlower Shop Clerk Jimmy O'GattyMug Ralph PetersBrig Sergeant Paul PhillipsPick-Up Man Terrance RaySentry Keith RichardsThird Soldier Ronald R. RondellFlorist Paul StantonGeorge Hunnicutt Elliott SullivanFirst Soldier Crane WhitleyGardener

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