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Johnny Eager is a 1941 American film noir directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Robert Taylor, Lana Turner and Van Heflin. Heflin won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. [2] The film was one of many spoofed in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982).
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. “I’ve heard all about you, Johnny Eager…but I still want you to kiss me!” A charming racketeer seduces the DA’s stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
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- Loew's Incorporated, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Mervyn Leroy
In an astonishingly explicit depiction of gay adoration for 1941, Van Heflin plays Jeff Hartnett, Eager’s closest friend and longtime admirer who drinks himself into oblivion while dreaming of a day when they can run away together to the Rocky Mountains.
Johnny Eager (1941) was a Crime - Film Noir Film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Mervyn LeRoy and John W. Considine Jr.. Academy Awards 1942 --- Ceremony Number 15 (source: AMPAS) Award
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- John W. Considine Jr., Mervyn LeRoy
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Crime, Film Noir
Johnny Eager (1942) starring Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold and directed by Mervyn LeRoy.
- Mervyn Leroy
- January 17, 1942
- Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold
Play Trailer. "I've heard all about you, Johnny Eager...but I still want you to kiss me!" Overview. A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love. James Edward Grant. Screenplay, Story. Mervyn LeRoy. Director. John Lee Mahin. Screenplay.
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