Directed by:
Mervyn LeRoyCinematography:
Harold RossonComposer:
Bronislau KaperCast:
Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold, Van Heflin, Robert Sterling, Patricia Dane, Glenda Farrell, Henry O'Neill, Diana Lewis, Barry Nelson, Charles Dingle (more)Plots(1)
Robert Taylor stars as Johnny Eager, a hard-nosed gangster leading a double life. To fulfill his parole, he works as a cabbie and pretends to occupy a small hovel with his relatives but secretly continues to be an underworld gambling kingpin. Sweater Girl Lana Turner is Lisbeth, a naive socialite. Lisbeth meets Johnny in her efforts to study life on the other side of the tracks for a sociology class and falls hard for him. She believes he is a reformed man, but even after she learns of his criminal activities, Lisbeth remains loyal. Oblivious to his own feelings, Johnny uses her as a pawn to gain control over her father, the prosecutor who landed him in the clinker in the first place. Johnny loves Lisbeth, but if he can't figure out how much quick, he'll lose more than just their romance. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Stanley Price](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/559/158559794_031654.jpg)
Stanley Price
USA
Best movies:
The Lost Weekend (1945)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
State of the Union (1948)
![Franklyn Farnum](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948620_a1d5f2.jpg)
Franklyn Farnum
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
![John Dilson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/767/160767459_2755b9.jpg)
John Dilson
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
![Gladys Blake](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/996/160996746_296f2e.jpg)
Gladys Blake
USA
Best movies:
To Each His Own (1946)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Robin Raymond
USA
Best movies:
Wild in the Country (1961)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Tortilla Flat (1942)
Hooper Atchley
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Freaks (1932)
The Little Foxes (1941)
Pat West
USA
Best movies:
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Ball of Fire (1941)
His Girl Friday (1940)
Jack Carr
USA
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
Viva Zapata! (1952)
Elliott Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Joe Downing
USA
Best movies:
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Another Thin Man (1939)
Johnny Eager (1941)
![Lou Lubin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/595/165595348_38c269.jpg)
Lou Lubin
USA
Best movies:
Scarlet Street (1945)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)