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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).
On Broadway, Raymond portrayed Blossom Le Verne in See My Lawyer (1939). [3]She signed a movie contract with MGM in 1941 and was cast in incidental roles for one year. The she began freelancing, ultimately appearing in more than 40 films including Johnny Eager (1942) and as a slave girl in Arabian Nights (1942).
During the early 1940s, Turner established herself as a leading lady, and one of MGM's top stars, appearing in such films as the film noir Johnny Eager (1941), the musical Ziegfeld Girl (1941), the horror Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), and the romantic war drama Somewhere I'll Find You (1942), the latter being one of several films in which she ...
He received a stock deal from MGM, which initially cast Heflin in supporting roles in films such as The Feminine Touch (1941) and H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941). [7]: 37–39 He had a part as Robert Taylor's doomed best friend in Johnny Eager (1942), which won Heflin an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and was a box office success. [7]: 42
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Accent on Love: Ray McCarey: George Montgomery, Osa Massen, J. Carrol Naish: Drama: 20th Century Fox: Across the Sierras: D. Ross Lederman: Wild Bill Elliott, Luana Walters, Richard Fiske
He appeared in The Penalty (1941) and had the lead in I'll Wait for You (1941), The Getaway (1941), and Ringside Maisie (1941) with Ann Sothern, whom he would later marry. He had a good support role in Two-Faced Woman (1941) with Greta Garbo and Johnny Eager (1941) with Robert Taylor.
Billy the Kid (1941) as Mildred (uncredited) Down in San Diego (1941) as Proprietress (uncredited) Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941) as Jennie the Maid (uncredited) Married Bachelor (1941) as Mother with Baby on Train (uncredited) H. M. Pulham, Esq. (1941) as Tillie, Elevator Operator (uncredited) Johnny Eager (1941) as Peg; Born to Sing (1942 ...
Oh Johnny, How You Can Love (1940) as 'Doc' Kendrick, Bank Robber; Castle on the Hudson (1940) as Gangster in Car (uncredited) Sandy Is a Lady (1940) as Nick Case; The Secret Seven (1940) as Lou Bodie; The San Francisco Docks (1940) as Cassidy; Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941) as Cigar Store Killer (uncredited) Double Date (1941) as Burglar