Johnny Apollo

1940
Approved
1h 34m

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Tyrone Power and Dorothy Lamour in Johnny Apollo (1940)

The son of a jailed Wall Street broker turns to crime to pay for his father's release.The son of a jailed Wall Street broker turns to crime to pay for his father's release.The son of a jailed Wall Street broker turns to crime to pay for his father's release.

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6.9/10

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Awards
- 2 wins total

Trivia
In the scene with Johnny and his father talking in the bedroom, the photo over Johnny's shoulder of his mother, is a picture of Tyrone Power's mother.

Goofs
When Mickey comes into the judge's offices after the judge has smashed the two whisky bottles, he comments that the room smells like a brewery. It is more likely that the room would smell like a distillery rather than a brewery and Mickey would be aware of the difference.

Quotes
Prisoner Tom Dugan: I steal an empty slot machine and get 10 years, and this guy steals a million and gets 5. Figure that out, will yuh?
Main Reporter: [Sarcastically] That's why you got the 10 - to figure it out.

Connections
Featured in Les enquêtes de Remington Steele: Cast in Steele (1984)

Soundtracks
This Is the Beginning of the End
(1940)
Written by Mack Gordon
Performed by Dorothy Lamour (uncredited) with Harry Rosenthal (uncredited) at piano
Played as background music often

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Dorothy Lamour Won My Heart

"Johnny Apollo" is a better than average film for 1940, and it's worth watching if for no other reason than a four-minute segment in which sultry Dorothy Lamour, all dark eyes and pouty lips, sings "This Is the Beginning of the End" in a stunning, torchy alto. The song was a 1952 hit for singer Don Cornell, but his version pales beside Lamour's soulful rendition here. Her role as "Lucky" completely trumps her best known role as a foil for Hope & Crosby in the Road pictures. I have a whole new respect for her now as a singer, an artist and a sex symbol.