Editing Johnny Eager (section)

{{short description|1942 film by Mervyn LeRoy}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Johnny Eager
| image          = Johnny-Eager-1941.jpg
| alt            =
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Mervyn LeRoy]]
| producer       = [[John W. Considine Jr.]]<br/>Mervyn LeRoy
| screenplay     = [[John Lee Mahin]]<br/>[[James Edward Grant]]
| story          = James Edward Grant
| narrator       =
| starring       = [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]]<br/>[[Lana Turner]]<br/>[[Edward Arnold (actor)|Edward Arnold]]<br/>[[Van Heflin]]
| music          = [[Bronislau Kaper]]
| cinematography = [[Harold Rosson]]
| editing        = [[Albert Akst]]
| studio         = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
| distributor    = [[Loews Cineplex Entertainment|Loew's Inc.]]
| released       = {{Film date|1941|12|9|Los Angeles}}
| runtime        = 107 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $651,000<ref name="Mannix">{{Citation | title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}.</ref>
| gross          = $2,586,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
}}
'''''Johnny Eager''''' is a 1941 American [[film noir]] directed by [[Mervyn LeRoy]] and starring [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]], [[Lana Turner]] and [[Van Heflin]]. Heflin won an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]].<ref>{{AFI film|id=26764|title=Johnny Eager}}.</ref> The film was one of many spoofed in ''[[Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid]]'' (1982).