Johnny Eager

Johnny Eager
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMervyn LeRoy
Screenplay byJohn Lee Mahin
James Edward Grant
Story byJames Edward Grant
Produced byJohn W. Considine Jr.
Mervyn LeRoy
StarringRobert Taylor
Lana Turner
Edward Arnold
Van Heflin
CinematographyHarold Rosson
Edited byAlbert Akst
Music byBronislau Kaper
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's Inc.
Release date
  • December 9, 1941 (1941-12-09) (Los Angeles)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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).

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ Johnny Eager at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.