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).
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.
Sep 22, 2021 · The queer storyline and fascinating lives of the lead actors set 'Johnny Eager' apart from other crime romances before and since.
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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Ruthless hood Johnny Eager is pretending to his parole officer that he has chucked the rackets and is working as a taxi driver. In fact, he's as deep into crime as he ever was and desperately needs official permission to open his new dog racing track.
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.
