John "Johnny" Eager
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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).
Robert Taylor stars as a gangster who tries to go straight and falls for the daughter of his parole officer, played by Lana Turner. The film won an Oscar for Van Heflin's supporting role and features a classic song by Ernie Burnett.
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- Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
- Mervyn LeRoy
- 1942-01-17
Sep 22, 2021 · Johnny Eager is a 1941 film noir starring Robert Taylor and Lana Turner as a gangster and a sociology student who fall in love. The film also features Van Heflin as Johnny's right-hand man, who may have a hidden romance with him.
Johnny Eager. After Johnny Eager (Robert Taylor) is released from jail, the unreformed gangster fools his parole officer (Henry O'Neill) into believing his ways are...
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- Mervyn Leroy
- Crime, Drama
- Robert Taylor
A gangster on parole falls in love with the stepdaughter of a district attorney who imprisoned him. He schemes to open a dog racing track and blackmails the DA, but faces a dilemma when his lover is threatened.
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.
Oct 24, 2003 · Johnny Eager - (Re-issue Trailer) A handsome racketeer (Robert Taylor) seduces the District Attorney's daughter (Lana Turner) for revenge in Johnny Eager (1942), directed by Mervyn LeRoy.
