Johnny Eager
"They’re Dynamite"
A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.
"They’re Dynamite"
A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.
Robert Taylor
Johnny Eager
Lana Turner
Lisbeth Bard
Edward Arnold
John Benson Farrell
Van Heflin
Jeff Hartnett
Robert Sterling
Jimmy Courtney
Patricia Dane
Garnet
Glenda Farrell
Mae Blythe
Henry O'Neill
Mr. Verne
Diana Lewis
Judy Sanford
A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.
Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them.
An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.
An aging gambler on a losing streak attempts to rob a casino in Monte Carlo. But someone's already tipped off the cops before he even makes a move.
When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
In New York City, a bank robbery of $300,000 goes unsolved for a year, until some of the marked bills are found in a Los Angeles drugstore theft. Police detectives Cal Bruner and Jack Farnham investigate and are led from the drugstore to a nightclub, where singer Lilli is another recipient of a stolen bill. With Lilli's help, the partners track down the remaining money, but both Lilli and Jack are dismayed when Cal decides he wants to keep part of it.
Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.