Noir Alley: Eddie Muller on Johnny Eager (1942)

Johnny Eager - (Re-issue Trailer)

A handsome racketeer (Robert Taylor) seduces the District Attorney's daughter (Lana Turner) for revenge in Johnny Eager (1942), directed by Mervyn LeRoy.

Johnny Eager (1942) -- (Movie Clip) High And Handsome

Opening scene, Robert Taylor (title character), evidently a cabbie, drops in on his parole officer Verne (Henry O'Neill), his aide Miss Mines (Leona Maricle) not interested, but visiting students (Diana Lewis, Lana Turner) are, in Mervyn LeRoy's Johny Eager, 1943.

Johnny Eager (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Things Like Crime

Racketeer Robert Taylor (title character) with second-cousins Matilda (Robin Raymond) and Peg (Connie Gilchrist), who are alibis for his parole officer Verne (Henry O'Neill), who drops in unannounced with students Judy (Diana Lewis) and Lisbeth (Lana Turner), early in Johnny Eager, 1943.

Johnny Eager (1942) -- (Movie Clip) A Modern Boswell

Paroled Robert Taylor (title character), still in the rackets but posing as a cabbie, walks in on girlfriend Garnet (Patricia Dane) and dipsomaniac sidekick Jeff (Van Heflin, his first scene) in Mervyn LeRoy's Johnny Eager, 1942.