Robert Taylor Lana Turner Edward Arnold Van Heflin
Cinematography
Harold Rosson
Edited by
Albert Akst
Music by
Bronislau Kaper
Production company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by
Loew's Inc.
Release date
December 9, 1941 (1941-12-09) (Los Angeles)
Running time
107 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$651,000[1]
Box office
$2,586,000[1]
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).
^ abThe Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
^Johnny Eager at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
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