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Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man (1999)

Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man (1999)

TV Movie Documentary
Release Date: 1999, March 4
Directors: Gene Feldman
Countries: United States of America
Production: Janson Media, Wombat Productions
Cast: Peter Hansen, Alan Ladd, Jeff Corey, John Veitch, David Ladd, Mona Freeman, Don Murray, Edith Fellows, Anthony Caruso, Patricia Medina, Lizabeth Scott, Sue Carol

Overview:

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.