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Titolo originale: Johnny Eager
Regia: Mervyn LeRoy |
Anno: 1941
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Crime Dramma
Tag: self sacrifice | gambling | staged death | gangster | taxi driver | fiancé | deception | film noir | unrequited love | shootout | nervous breakdown | district attorney | racetrack | racketeers | ex-con | frame up | parole officer | illegal gambling | drunkenness | hero worship | dog racing | gangland killing | father daughter relationship |
Cast: Robert Taylor | Lana Turner | Edward Arnold | Van Heflin | Robert Sterling | Patricia Dane | Glenda Farrell | Henry O'Neill | Diana Lewis | Barry Nelson | Charles Dingle | Paul Stewart | Cy Kendall | Don Costello | Lou Lubin | Joe Downing | Connie Gilchrist | Robin Raymond | Leona Maricle | Byron Shores | Hooper Atchley | Arthur Belasco | Sheldon Bennett | Gladys Blake | Joyce Bryant | Jack Carr | Larry Clifford | Georgie Cooper | Jules Cowles | Cliff Danielson | John Dilson | Mike Donovan | Edward Earle | Harry Evans | Franklyn Farnum | Harrison Greene | Alice Keating | Richard Kipling | King Lockwood | Robert Locke Lorraine | Art Miles | Johnny Mitchell | James C. Morton | Nestor Paiva | Emory Parnell | Alexander Pollard | Paul Power | Alonzo Price | Stanley Price | Fred Rapport | Janet Shaw | Elliott Sullivan | Charles Thomas | Gohr Van Vleck | Beryl Wallace | Anthony Warde | Pat West | Joe Whitehead | Florence Wix |

Johnny, dopo alcuni anni in galera, fa l'autista, ma è anche il capo di una banda di gangster. Maria, la figlia del procuatore distrettuale, si innamora di lui, e Johnny, pur amandola, se ne serve per ricattare il padre della ragazza.