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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302760163
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 630276016X
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: September 01, 1998
Running Time: 107 minutes
Sales Rank: 19493
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: January 17, 1942
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A Minority Opinion!
Oh, those minority opinions! This reviewer agrees with previous writer Keehn in giving a 3.5 rating to "Johnny Eager". JE falls short of noir or true crime superiority: As the film opens, Robert Taylor is a hard working cabdriver, meeting with his avuncular parole officer (A.J. Verne) and trying to stay straight after a spell in the Big House. It quickly-all too quickly-becomes clear that the cab is a front. Taylor is actually operating a dog track! This reviewer deemed RT a bit too debonair to ... Read More
Rating:  - The love will be his bliss and redemption ; alpha and omega of a rutheless existence!
The untamed personality of Johnny Eager always finds a door for his own ambitions and nothing is capable to stop him in this pursuit. But what it really nourishes this early Noir resides in the characters: Jeff hartnett as the lawyer who believed in him ,making feel himself as a perverse and morbid human being; on the other hand we have the angelical figure of that sociology student Lisbeth Bard who is mesmerized by that underworld razor' edge and the excitement it generates.
So ... Read More
Rating: - Taylor + Turner = "pure TNT"!
In this excellent, if unoriginal film noir from 1941, Robert Taylor stars as Johnny Eager, a well-known racketeer (and ex-convict) who conceals his criminal activities by reporting regularly to his parole officer as well as masquerading as a humble taxi driver. He shares a large penthouse apartment with his best friend Jeff Hartnett (Van Heflin), an alcoholic whose offbeat philosophy annoys those around him, including Johnny. One day Eager meets a pretty sociology student, Lisbeth Bard (Lana Turner), ... Read More
Rating: - Let's Give it a 3.5 Rating
I was interested in seeing this movie because of Van Heflin's Best Supporting Actor award. I came away with an appreciation of an award well-deserved. Heflin supports an interesting leading cast of Robert Taylor and Lana Turner. This is one of those on-screen romances that seems to generate a fair amount of electricity. The movie moves along at a pretty good clip and has a fairly decent though generally predictable plot. Taylor is a pretty smooth ex-con who's secretly back in the business. Behind ... Read More
Rating: - Van Heflin shines in his Oscar-winning performance
MGM produced this well-written, well-produced gangster saga, a type of
film that was very unusual for the studio.
As the alcoholic, self-loathing, philosophizing buddy of Johnny Eager
(Robert Taylor), Heflin steals the show. He plays his role with great
intensity and complexity, making his performance one of the most
deserved Best Supporting Actor Oscars in the history of the Academy
Awards. His crying scenes are enough to choke a person up, and his
possible ... Read More
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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302760163
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 630276016X
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: September 01, 1998
Running Time: 107 minutes
Sales Rank: 19493
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: January 17, 1942