Johnny Eager

Johnny Eager

1941 | 1h 47m | Romantic Drama, Drama | TV-G

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Brief Synopsis

A paroled convict pretends to go straight, but he's really trying to open a dog-racing track. His only impediment is the district attorney responsible for his trial.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Mervyn LeRoy

CAST

Lana Turner

Robert Taylor

Edward Arnold

Van Heflin

Robert Sterling

Patricia Dane

Glenda Farrell

Henry O'Neill

Diana Lewis

Barry Nelson

Charles Dingle

Paul Stewart

PRODUCERS

John W. Considine

WRITERS

John Lee Mahin

James Grant

Host Intros

12:42
Noir Alley: Eddie Muller on Johnny Eager (1942)
Intro Aired: Feb 2020
Noir Alley host Eddie Mullers introduction and comments following Johnny Eager, 1942.
01:54
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Johnny Eager (1942)
Intro Aired: Dec 2017
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Johnny Eager, 1942.

Related Videos

03:37
Johnny Eager (1942) -- (Movie Clip) High And Handsome
Clip
Opening scene, Robert Taylor (title character), evidently a cabbie, drops in on his parole officer Verne (Henry O'Neill), his aide Miss Mines (Leona Maricle) not interested, but visiting students (Diana Lewis, Lana Turner) are, in Mervyn LeRoy's Johny Eager, 1943.
03:31
Johnny Eager (1942) -- (Movie Clip) A Modern Boswell
Clip
Paroled Robert Taylor (title character), still in the rackets but posing as a cabbie, walks in on girlfriend Garnet (Patricia Dane) and dipsomaniac sidekick Jeff (Van Heflin, his first scene) in Mervyn LeRoy's Johnny Eager, 1942.
03:24
Johnny Eager (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Things Like Crime
Clip
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.
02:16
Johnny Eager - (Re-issue Trailer)
Trailer
A handsome racketeer (Robert Taylor) seduces the District Attorney's daughter (Lana Turner) for revenge in Johnny Eager (1942), directed by Mervyn LeRoy.

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