Johnny Apollo (1940)
Jolting, Dynamic DRAMA!
Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release. As assistant to mobster Mickey Dwyer, then falls for Dwyer's girl Lucky. He winds up in the same prison as his father.
- Date of release
- 1940-04-19
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (22)
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime, Romance
- Director
- Henry Hathaway
Casting
- Tyrone Power — Robert Cain Jr. (aka Johnny Apollo)
- Dorothy Lamour — 'Lucky' Dubarry
- Edward Arnold — Robert Cain Sr.
- Lloyd Nolan — Mickey Dwyer
- Charley Grapewin — Judge Emmett T. Brennan
- Lionel Atwill — Jim McLaughlin
- Marc Lawrence — Bates
- Jonathan Hale — Dr. Brown
- Harry Rosenthal — Piano Player
- Russell Hicks — District Attorney
- Fuzzy Knight — Cellmate
- Charles Lane — Assistant D.A.
Interesting facts
Johnny Apollo is a 1940 American film noir crime film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Tyrone Power and Dorothy Lamour.
Production
Lamour sings several songs in the film, including the 1938 hit song "They Say" by Edward Heyman, Paul Mann and Stephen Weiss. Lamour also dances in nightclub scenes.
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