China

A hard-hitting propaganda war film where Ladd appears as an unscrupulous trader of goods without conscience or national loyalty. Bendix, his buddy, picks a Chinese baby out of the rubble after a Japanese air raid and takes it to Ladd, who is just leaving a blonde floozy. Ladd tells him to drop "Donald Duck" (his casual nickname for the baby) and get into their truck; they are to drive to Japanese headquarters to sell the invaders oil. Bendix's blandishments fall on deaf ears; the Japanese "are good business," Ladd answers. During a rainstorm the truck is slowed by the refugees clogging the roadway. Next Chinese guerrillas stop the truck and force Ladd to take a gro...