China 1943 Alan Ladd, Loretta Young & William Bendix

China is a 1943 film directed by John Farrow and starring Loretta Young, Alan Ladd and William Bendix. Ladd's character David Llewellyn Jones, wearing a fedora, a leather jacket, khakis and a beard stubble, was an inspiration for Indiana Jones. Aside from Tala Birell as one of Jones' paramours at the beginning of the film, the entire supporting cast is Asian, including Philip Ahn and Richard Loo.

Plot
A war profiteer (Alan Ladd) and his buddy (William Bendix) protect a U.S. teacher (Loretta Young), her Chinese schoolgirls and a baby from the Japanese.