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Johnny Apollo is a 1940 American film noir crime film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Tyrone Power and Dorothy Lamour.
Johnny Apollo: Directed by Henry Hathaway. With Tyrone Power, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold, Lloyd Nolan. The son of a jailed Wall Street broker turns to crime to pay for his father's release.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Henry Hathaway
- 1940-04-19
Nov 28, 2022 · Johnny Apollo is an interesting 1940 proto-noir from 20th Century-Fox. The American FILM NOlR style had not yet emerged fully formed but a number of the key elements are already present in this movie. It was directed by Henry Hathaway and stars Tyrone Power, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold and Lloyd Nolan.
- 94 min
The first in director Henry Hathaway’s streak of noir classics from 1940 to 1953 , Johnny Apollo is a quaint, entertaining, and tough-enough film with all the tidiness of early noir.
After his father, a multimillion-dollar stockbroker, is indicted for embezzlement and sentenced to prison, Bob Cain Jr., feels betrayed and condemns the old man. He then quits college and begins to search for a job. Because of his father's notoriety, however, Bob is denied job after job and is still unemployed one year later.
- Henry Hathaway, Ad Schaumer
- Tyrone Power
After finishing college, Bob Cain (Tyrone Power) is on the job hunt. However, the reputation of his embezzling father, Robert Cain Sr. (Dorothy Lamour), precedes him, making it all but impossible...
- Crime, Drama
When millionaire Wall Street stockbroker Robert Cain is indicted by a grand jury for embezzlement, his spoiled collegiate athlete son, Bob Jr., feels humiliated and turns his back on his father.
