A pop-culture madhouse dressed up in spurs and a cowboy hat
Johnny Guitar (1954)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:21
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Westerns
Synopsis: An off-kilter but intriguingly sensational western about a lady saloon-keeper who learns her wealth and power can't buy everything as a town full of jealous monsters try to overrun her property.... An off-kilter but intriguingly sensational western about a lady saloon-keeper who learns her wealth and power can't buy everything as a town full of jealous monsters try to overrun her property. Women wear the pants (and guns) in this pre-feminist exercise in gender neutrality. [More]
Starring: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Ernest Borgnine
Starring: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Ernest Borgnine, Scott Brady, Ben Cooper, Ward Bond, John Carradine
Director: Nicholas Ray
Director: Nicholas Ray
Screenwriter: Philip Yordan
Producer: Herbert J. Yates
Composer: Victor Young
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Reviews for Johnny Guitar
Like the other great American films of the 50's, Johnny Guitar breaks through the mold.
Quite possibly the weirdest Western ever made by a mainstream studio in the 1950s... I flat-out loved this movie.
It's about time it was acclaimed for it what it really is: a genuine western film classic.
For all its slightly tatty sets and off-the-mark decor, the film abounds in wonderful lines and acting that doesn't betray them.
Compelling, confounding and at times verging on the downright camp, this picture takes a slow- burning but startlingly vivid look at humanity in the outlands.
Joan Crawford as a gunslinger. Some of the best unintentionally funny dialogue ever.
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