Johnny Eager (1941) | |
| Director(s) | Mervyn LeRoy |
| Producer(s) | John W. Considine Jr., Mervyn LeRoy |
| Top Genres | Crime, Film Noir |
| Top Topics | Gambling, Gangsters |
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Johnny Eager Overview:
Johnny Eager (1941) was a Crime - Film Noir Film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Mervyn LeRoy and John W. Considine Jr..
Academy Awards 1942 --- Ceremony Number 15 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Supporting Actor | Van Heflin | Won |
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Johnny Eager (1941): Taylor and Turner Spark Dynamite
By 4 Star Film Fan on May 6, 2021 From 4 Star Films“Are you thinking of allowing her to play Roxanne to your Cyrano?” – Van Hefflin to Robert Taylor Pretty faces don’t always add up to a quality movie and if you want to find where the faults lie, you might look between the players and the script then split the difference. Joh... Read full article
Johnny Eager (1941)
By Beatrice on Jun 10, 2014 From Flickers in TimeJohnny Eager Directed by Mervyn LeRoy Written by James Edward Grant and John Lee Mahin 1941/USA Loew’s/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing/Warner Archive DVD Something about the title of this early film noir told me I might love this movie. ?I was so right. Spoiler alert: ?The plot is full of ... Read full article
31 Days of Oscar Blogathon: Van Heflin in Johnny Eager (1941)
By shadowsandsatin on Feb 15, 2014 From Shadows and SatinVan Heflin was a standout in Johnny Eager. You don?t hear a lot about Van Heflin these days. When the classic conversation rolls around to actors of the Golden Age, you can pretty much count on the names of Clark Gable and Cary Grant popping up, along with Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney ? maybe Wi... Read full article
Johnny Eager (1941)
By Amy on Jan 7, 2014 From Random PicturesDir. Mervyn LeRoy David Thomson?s The New Biographical Dictionary of Film refers to Johnny Eager (1941) as ?fatuous,? which I think unfair. (The IMDb hordes gave it a 7.1, for whatever that?s worth.) Casting the famously good-looking Robert Taylor was something of a gamble; Thomson?s other complaint... Read full article
Johnny Eager (1941)
By Amy on Jan 7, 2014 From Random PicturesDir. Mervyn LeRoy David Thomson?s The New Biographical Dictionary of Film refers to Johnny Eager (1941) as ?fatuous,? which I think unfair. (The IMDb hordes gave it a 7.1, for whatever that?s worth.) Casting the famously good-looking Robert Taylor was something of a gamble; Thomson?s other complaint... Read full article
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Quotes from
John Benson Farrell: You couldn't stop being a thief any more than a weasel could stop sucking chicken blood.
John 'Johnny' Eager: Oh, now don't turn ordinary on me. I get tired of ordinary dames. And I don't want to get tired of you.
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In one of the bedrooms in Johnny's apartment at the track is a large painting, done in the art deco style, of a reclining blonde woman. Coincidentally, this same painting is featured briefly but prominently in Eyes in the Night, released the same year and also starring Edward Arnold, referred to in that film by Marty as "a blonde tomato."
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