China Seas - DVD

Set in 1941, China is an explosive wartime epic starring Loretta Young and Alan Ladd that "stirringly and impressively tells many truths" (The Hollywood Reporter). Ladd plays an American gasoline salesman in China who supplies his wares to the highest bidder, in this case, the enemy Japanese. His unbiased business philosophy is tested on a trip to Shanghai when he meets an American schoolteacher (Young) and her Chinese students who tell

In the Philippines during World War II, Japanese soldiers overrun a sugar cane plantation. The remaining survivors, including Martin French (David Brian, Intruder in the Dust), take over a small escape boat called the USS Frankenstein. French attempts to lead a ragtag group, including American expatriates, Filipino natives and a lost sailor, to safety, dodging the Japanese along the way. Newly remastered.

A ship captain is tried for the murder of seventeen crew members after a tragic accident at sea in this rousing adventure tale about the slave trade in 1842. Gary Cooper toplines a cast that includes George Raft, Frances Dee, Harry Carey and Robert Cummings. Directed by Henry Hathaway (True Grit, 1969, Airport, 1970) and nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Art Direction, Best Music Score and Best Assistant Director.