Saigon (1947)
December 5, 1947Release Date
Saigon (1947)
December 5, 1947Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Alan Ladd
Maj. Larry Briggs
Veronica Lake
Susan Cleaver
Douglas Dick
Capt. Mike Perry
Wally Cassell
Sgt. Pete Rocco
Luther Adler
Lieutenant Keon
Leslie Fenton
Director
Morris Carnovsky
Alex Maris
P.J. Wolfson
Writer
Luis van Rooten
Simon
Arthur Sheekman
Writer
Mikhail Rasumny
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Julian Zimet
Writer
Eugene Borden
Boat Captain (uncredited)
Robert Emmett Dolan
Composer
Griff Barnett
Surgeon (uncredited)
Henry Bumstead
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 5, 1947
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 33m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Saigon is a 1948 American crime film directed by Leslie Fenton starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake. In their fourth and final film together. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures and was one of the last films Veronica Lake made under her contract with the studio. Ladd and Lake made four films together; This Gun for Hire and The Glass Key, both in 1942, The Blue Dahlia in 1946 and Saigon. While the earlier films all proved to be big box office successes, Saigon did not do as well financially. Ladd continued to remain one of Paramount's top male stars, while Lake's career was in decline. By the end of 1948 her contract with Paramount had expired and the studio chose not to renew it.
For Ladd, Saigon was one of a series of adventure films set in foreign locales, starting with Two Years Before the Mast (1946) and Calcutta (1947).