Johnny Guitar1954
Johnny Guitar (1954)
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Critic Consensus: Johnny Guitar confidently strides through genre conventions, emerging with a brilliant statement that transcends its period setting -- and left an indelible mark.
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Cast
as Vienna
as Emma Small
as Johnny Guitar
as Dancin' Kid
as John McIvers
as Turkey Ralston
as Bart Lonergan
as Old Tom
as Corey
as Marshal Williams
as Eddie
as Mr. Andrews

as Pete
as Ned
as Jake
as Sam
as Jenks

as Posse Member
as Posse Member
as Posse Member

as Posse Member
as Frank
Critic Reviews for Johnny Guitar
All Critics (42) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (40) | Rotten (2) | DVD (4)
A cheap Western from Republic Pictures, yes. And also one of the boldest and most stylized films of its time, quirky, political, twisted.
A movie for anyone who's ever been judged on their appearance, their outlook or the way they choose to live.
It's not just Joan's campiness -- her line readings take on an almost incantatory quality -- but the way the whole thing feels like a stealth therapy session for smart actors trapped in horse-opera stereotypes.
A slyly radical psychosexual oddity busting through genre conventions, beyond its Old West Arizona setting ...
The acidulous palette of the costumes and the décor conjure Ray's insolent, isolated fury; though the action is set in the nineteenth century, the actors break out of the story to foreshadow the stylishly electric revolutions to come.

It proves [Joan Crawford] should leave saddles and levis to someone else and stick to city lights for a background.
Audience Reviews for Johnny Guitar
The first 45 minutes are perfect, with impeccable performances (Crawford at her best) and an exceptional dialogue, but then the film starts to lose steam and drag in a few moments, while Vienna's peaceful (passive, that would be) motivations become a bit exasperating.
Super Reviewer
It's quite a weird western with Joan Crawford filling the John Wayne shoes, glossy romantic scenes which could be thrown into a Douglas Sirk film and all painted with dramatic red strokes - from the sunsets, to a dramatic fire to Crawford's iconic lips. And it all ends in a rootin' tootin' gun shooting between its two female leads - a sort of Western version of a women's catfight. Peppered with great dialogue and a performance by Mercedes McCambridge which leaves no doubt why she was chosen to play the demon in "The Exorcist", there's little not to love.
Super Reviewer
I hate westerns, so I rated it lower because of that, but it is a different kind of western than normal. The story is sort of boring, but the characters aren't is another way of putting it. Anyway, it's interesting.
Super Reviewer
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