Johnny Eager
I've heard all about you, Johnny Eager . . . but I still want you to kiss me!
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DVD-R Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 47 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: May 5, 2009
- Originally Released: 1942
- Label: Warner Archive Collection (MOD)
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Robert Taylor, Edward Arnold, Lana Turner, Van Heflin, Robert Sterling, Glenda Farrell & Patricia Dane | |
Directed by | Mervyn LeRoy | |
Produced by | John W. Considine Jr. |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1942 -
Best Supporting Actor: Van Heflin
Entertainment Reviews:
78%
AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 524
Rating: C --
Nothing can save this syrupy crime melodrama from its eagerness to please as a romantic sudser.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
...Lana Turner, 21 here, sizzles as a sheltered innocent who's on the verge of a nervous breakdown....[Van Heflin] took a supporting Oscar...
USA Today
Rating: C+ --
Mervyn LeRoy's picture is more a melodrama than a crime-gangster due to star Robert Taylor and the studio behind it (MGM), but it's worth seeing for Van Heflin's Oscar performance as the cynical alcoholic given to philosophical observations.
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Variety
Mr. Taylor won't toughen up. He's too nice to be a melodramatic mobster, and he shows it. Lana Turner is similarly handicapped: Metro has swathed her best assets in a toga, swears that she shall become an actress, or else.
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TIME Magazine
Description by OLDIES.com:
Lana Turner ("Peyton Place," "The Postman Always Rings Twice") stars as the daughter of a prominent D.A. who is manipulated by gangster Robert Taylor ("Ivanhoe," "All the Brothers Were Valiant") when she falls head over heels for him. Van Heflin ("Shane," "The Three Musketeers") received an Academy Award as Taylor's alcoholic confident. With Edward Arnold ("Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"), Robert Sterling ("Show Boat"), Emmy-winner Glenda Farrell ("Kissin' Cousins"), and Barry Nelson ("The Shining"). Directed by Oscar-winner director/producer Mervyn LeRoy ("The Wizard of Oz," "Little Caesar").
Product Description:
Robert Taylor stars as Johnny Eager, a hard-nosed gangster leading a double life. To fulfill his parole, he works as a cabbie and pretends to occupy a small hovel with his relatives but secretly continues to be an underworld gambling kingpin. Sweater Girl Lana Turner is Lisbeth, a naive socialite. Lisbeth meets Johnny in her efforts to study life on the other side of the tracks for a sociology class and falls hard for him. She believes he is a reformed man, but even after she learns of his criminal activities, Lisbeth remains loyal. Oblivious to his own feelings, Johnny uses her as a pawn to gain control over her father, the prosecutor who landed him in the clinker in the first place. Johnny loves Lisbeth, but if he can't figure out how much quick, he'll lose more than just their romance. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, JOHNNY EAGER is one of the best gangster flicks of the 1940s, combining stellar performances with a gut-wrenching plot.
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