I wasn't expecting much from this movie but i was surprised. I'm not even really a fan of Robert Taylor or Lana Turner but Van Heflin is all right. I've seen several of Melvin LeRoy's films and i liked most of them. This one stars out with Taylor going to the parole board and he's driving a cab but that's just a front because he's still a gangster. The prosecutor who sent him to jail came out of retirement to put the pressure on him and when Taylor falls for Turner who happens to the prosecutor's daughter. The prosecutor is willing to frame Taylor if he doesn't leave taylor alone and Van Heflin is Taylor's only friend he's willing to trust. Heflin won best supporting actor and rightly so.
Review of Johnny Eager
