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Year: 1951

Director:
Lewis Allen

Appointment with Danger

Al Goddard: Sure I know what love is - it's what goes on between a man and a .45 that won't jam.

-- Alan Ladd (as Al Goddard) in Appointment with Danger (1951)

Year: 1955

Director:
Gordon Douglas

The McConnell Story

Capt. Joseph C.'Mac' McConnell, Jr.: I think I'm going to call you 'Butch'
Pearl 'Butch' Brown: Why?
Capt. Joseph C.'Mac' McConnell, Jr.: Because when I look at you, you cut me into pieces.

-- Alan Ladd in The McConnell Story (1955)

Year: 1950

Director:
Rudolph Maté

Branded

Choya: All my life, I've been a snake. I've lived by my wits. I've gotten what I've wanted anyway I wanted it. Just lately I've been wondering just for once if I couldn't do something straight... do something a little decent.

-- Alan Ladd (as Choya) in Branded (1950)

Year: 1950

Director:
Rudolph Maté

Branded

Choya: Posses I can dodge. Young ladies spitting insults I can't handle.

-- Alan Ladd (as Choya) in Branded (1950)

Year: 1957

Director:
Jean Negulesco

Boy on a Dolphin

Dr. Hawkins: [Suddenly realizing that he's going to receive a smaller share of the treasure than originally thought] Well, there's an old Greek proverb, that says a third of something is better than half of nothing.

-- Alan Ladd (as Dr. James Calder) in Boy on a Dolphin (1957)

Year: 1935

Director:
Frank Tuttle

The Glass Key

Ed Beaumont: You're gonna die laughing.

-- Alan Ladd in The Glass Key (1942)

Year: 1952

Director:
Gordon Douglas

The Iron Mistress

Jim Bowie: Ma...I killed a man.
Mrs. Bowie: Did he need killin'?
Jim Bowie: About as much as any man ever did.

-- Alan Ladd (as Jim Bowie) in The Iron Mistress (1952)

Year: 1954

Director:
Delmer Daves

Drum Beat

Johnny MacKay: [narrating] And thus ended the killing in the Modoc country, and the peace began amoung our people that lives to this day. A peace that wasn't won by just wanting it, but costs plenty - but left scars. But it showed the country something we had to learn and remember - that among the Indians, as amongst our people, the good in heart outnumber the bad, and they will offer their lives to prove it.

-- Alan Ladd (as Johnny MacKay) in Drum Beat (1954)

Year: 1954

Director:
Delmer Daves

Drum Beat

Johnny MacKay: More killing means more war, Jack.
Kintpuash, aka Captain Jack: Then there will be war.
Johnny MacKay: War is no good. In war one side wins; in peace, both sides win.

-- Alan Ladd (as Johnny MacKay) in Drum Beat (1954)

Year: 1946

Director:
George Marshall

The Blue Dahlia

Johnny Morrison: [discovering his wife in close proximity to Harwood] You've got the wrong lipstick on, Mister.

-- Alan Ladd (as Johnny Morrison) in The Blue Dahlia (1946)

Film Quotes by Alan Ladd