Movie
Johnny Eager
Overview
A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.
Details
- Release date
- 1941-12-09
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Loew's Incorporated, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Robert Taylor as Johnny Eager
- Lana Turner as Lisbeth Bard
- Edward Arnold as John Benson Farrell
- Van Heflin as Jeff Hartnett
- Robert Sterling as Jimmy Courtney
- Patricia Dane as Garnet
- Glenda Farrell as Mae Blythe
- Henry O'Neill as Mr. Verne
- Diana Lewis as Judy Sanford
- Barry Nelson as Lew Rankin
- Charles Dingle as Marco
- Paul Stewart as Julio
Crew
- Mervyn LeRoy - Director
- James Edward Grant - Screenplay
- John Lee Mahin - Screenplay
- James Edward Grant - Story
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