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Johnny Eager Overview:

Johnny Eager (1941) was a Crime - Film Noir Film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Mervyn LeRoy and John W. Considine Jr..

Academy Awards 1942 --- Ceremony Number 15 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Supporting ActorVan HeflinWon
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Johnny Eager BlogHub Articles:

Johnny Eager (1941): Taylor and Turner Spark Dynamite

By 4 Star Film Fan on May 6, 2021 From 4 Star Films

“Are you thinking of allowing her to play Roxanne to your Cyrano?” – Van Hefflin to Robert Taylor Pretty faces don’t always add up to a quality movie and if you want to find where the faults lie, you might look between the players and the script then split the difference. Joh... Read full article

Johnny Eager (1941)

By Beatrice on Jun 10, 2014 From Flickers in Time

Johnny Eager Directed by Mervyn LeRoy Written by James Edward Grant and John Lee Mahin 1941/USA Loew’s/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing/Warner Archive DVD Something about the title of this early film noir told me I might love this movie.  I was so right. Spoiler alert:  The plot is full o... Read full article

31 Days of Oscar Blogathon: Van Heflin in Johnny Eager (1941)

By shadowsandsatin on Feb 15, 2014 From Shadows and Satin

Van Heflin was a standout in Johnny Eager. You don’t hear a lot about Van Heflin these days. When the classic conversation rolls around to actors of the Golden Age, you can pretty much count on the names of Clark Gable and Cary Grant popping up, along with Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney – mayb... Read full article

Johnny Eager (1941)

By Amy on Jan 7, 2014 From Random Pictures

Dir. Mervyn LeRoy David Thomson’s The New Biographical Dictionary of Film refers to Johnny Eager (1941) as “fatuous,” which I think unfair. (The IMDb hordes gave it a 7.1, for whatever that’s worth.) Casting the famously good-looking Robert Taylor was something of a gamble; Thomson’s other... Read full article

Johnny Eager (1941)

By Amy on Jan 7, 2014 From Random Pictures

Dir. Mervyn LeRoy David Thomson’s The New Biographical Dictionary of Film refers to Johnny Eager (1941) as “fatuous,” which I think unfair. (The IMDb hordes gave it a 7.1, for whatever that’s worth.) Casting the famously good-looking Robert Taylor was something of a gamble; Thomson’s other... Read full article

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Johnny Eager Quotes:

John 'Johnny' Eager: Oh, now don't turn ordinary on me. I get tired of ordinary dames. And I don't want to get tired of you.
John Benson Farrell: You couldn't stop being a thief any more than a weasel could stop sucking chicken blood.
John 'Johnny' Eager: She's shakin' like a dice box.
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Johnny Eager Facts
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 21, 1946 with Robert Taylor reprising his film role.
In one of the bedrooms in Johnny's apartment at the track is a large painting, done in the art deco style, of a reclining blonde woman. Coincidentally, this same painting is featured briefly but prominently in Eyes in the Night, released the same year and also starring Edward Arnold, referred to in that film by Marty as "a blonde tomato."
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