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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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Reviews for Johnny Guitar
It's about time it was acclaimed for it what it really is: a genuine western film classic.
Joan Crawford as a gunslinger. Some of the best unintentionally funny dialogue ever.
For all its violence, this is a surpassingly tender, sensitive film, Ray's gentlest statement of his outsider theme.
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.
Like the other great American films of the 50's, Johnny Guitar breaks through the mold.
One of those classic westerns that has maintained its status by reinventing itself every decade since its release in 1954.
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