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Johnny Guitar

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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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Apr 4, 1995

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Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
12/01/08
Variety

Let's put it down as a fiasco. Miss Crawford went thataway.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
03/25/06
Bosley Crowther
Bosley Crowther
New York Times

It's about time it was acclaimed for it what it really is: a genuine western film classic.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
10/23/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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07/03/05
Brandon Judell
Brandon Judell
Critics Inc./America Online

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10/17/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

A pop-culture madhouse dressed up in spurs and a cowboy hat

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07/30/09
Chris Cabin
Chris Cabin
Filmcritic.com

Joan Crawford as a gunslinger. Some of the best unintentionally funny dialogue ever.

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10/11/02
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

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11/01/05
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

No review available.

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07/16/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

For all its violence, this is a surpassingly tender, sensitive film, Ray's gentlest statement of his outsider theme.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
01/01/00
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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The film makes much to do about sexual role-reversals.

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01/01/00
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

For all its slightly tatty sets and off-the-mark decor, the film abounds in wonderful lines and acting that doesn't betray them.

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01/15/04
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
Guardian [UK]

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07/03/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

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.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
05/24/03
Fran Hortop
Fran Hortop
Channel 4 Film

Like the other great American films of the 50's, Johnny Guitar breaks through the mold.

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07/19/09
Gabe Leibowitz
Gabe Leibowitz
Film and Felt

Ray's film is not a romantic comedy, but a Western. Or is it?

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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

One of those classic westerns that has maintained its status by reinventing itself every decade since its release in 1954.

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07/11/02
John Petrakis
John Petrakis
Chicago Tribune
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02/29/08
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