Saigon (1947)
December 5, 1947Release Date
Saigon (1947)
December 5, 1947Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Alan Ladd
Major Larry Briggs
Veronica Lake
Susan Cleaver
Douglas Dick
Captain Mike Perry
Wally Cassell
Sergeant Pete Rocco
Luther Adler
Lieutenant Keon
Morris Carnovsky
Alex Maris
Luis van Rooten
Simon
Mikhail Rasumny
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Eugene Borden
Boat Captain (uncredited)
Griff Barnett
Surgeon (uncredited)
Robert Emmett Dolan
Original Music Composer
Leslie Fenton
Director
Wally Westmore
Makeup Artist
Bertram C. Granger
Set Decoration
William Shea
Editor
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 5, 1947
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 33m
Content RatingNR
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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).