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Budget. $651,000 [1] Box office. $2,586,000 [1] 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).
Johnny Eager: Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. With Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold, Van Heflin. The step-daughter of a district attorney falls in love with a gangster on parole who her father originally imprisoned.
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- Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
- Mervyn LeRoy
- 1942-01-17
The gangster Johnny Eager has a scheme to pose of taxi driver to his parole officer Mr. Verne. However he is unsuccessfully trying to get the license to open a dog racing track. Johnny is a ruthless and handsome man and his only friend and partner is the alcoholic Jeff Hartnett. When Mr. Verne visits Johnny at home, he brings the social ...
Oct 24, 2003 · Johnny Eager (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Things Like Crime Racketeer Robert Taylor (title character) with second-cousins Matilda (Robin Raymond) and Peg (Connie Gilchrist), who are alibis for his parole officer Verne (Henry O'Neill), who drops in unannounced with students Judy (Diana Lewis) and Lisbeth (Lana Turner), early in Johnny Eager, 1943.
- Mervyn Leroy, Al Shenberg
- Robert Taylor
Brian D This movie is killer. I wish they made movies like this now. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/09/22 Full Review david l Johnny Eager has strong acting performances across the ...
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- Mervyn Leroy
- Crime, Drama
- Robert Taylor
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An exceptional noir melodrama from the earliest phase of the cycle, Mervyn LeRoy’s Johnny Eager stars Robert Taylor in the title role as an ex-con teetering between perception and reality, arrogance and desperation. Eager’s parole officer Verne (Henry O’Neill) sees him as a humble taxi driver, completely unaware that he’s also running ...
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