Saigon (1948 film)

Saigon is a 1948 film 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 Paramounts top male stars, while Lakes career was in decline. By the end of 1948 her contract with Paramount had expired and the studio chose not to renew it.

When Larry sees Mike falling for Susan, he wants the romance to end and despite her carrying 500,000 fro Maris, Larry tells her to leave immediately. When Mike longs for Susan, Larry relents and blackmails her into seeing him or he will turn her into Keon. Sailing to Saigon on a boat, Larry tricks Keon by stowing the money away into an envelope he mails to himself, and throws all suspicion off Susan.In reaching Saigon, Larry knows he has fallen in love with Susan even though Mike has proposed to her. At Susans hotel, an enraged Maris and his valet Simon Luis Van Rooten hold Larry hostage, demanding the money that has been posted. Bursting in, Pete realizes what is happening, and fights with Simon, but both falls off a balcony to their deaths. Susan has secretly arranged to retrieved the money from the post office, returning it to Maris. Mike and Larry confront him but in an exchange of gunfire, Mike and Maris are killed. After Mikes funeral, Larry and Susan start a new life together. ........

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