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Johnny Guitar is a 1954 American Western drama film directed by Nicholas Ray. The cast includes Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, and Scott Brady. Philip Yordan and Ben Maddow wrote the screenplay, while Peggy Lee composed the music. Harry Stradling served as director of photography, and Richard L. Van Enger edited the film. James P. Sullivan was the production designer. The movie was produced by Nicholas Ray and Herbert Yates for Republic Pictures, which also distributed it. The narrative is set in Arizona, and the original language is English.
The film has a runtime of 110 minutes. It was released on May 26, 1954, and is available in video on demand format, including through Netflix. Johnny Guitar is part of the National Film Registry. Review scores include 8.5/10, 83/100, and 94%. The film has a TMDb vote average of 7.414 based on 470 votes and an IMDb rating of 7.6 from 21,597 votes. Its tagline reads, "Gun-Queen of the Arizona Frontier! And her kind of men!"
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7.4On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the region, including Dancin' Kid and his gang. Another patron of Vienna's establishment is Johnny Guitar, a former gunslinger and her lover. When a heist is pulled in town that results in a man's death, Emma Small, Vienna's rival, rallies the townsfolk to take revenge on Vienna's saloon – even without proof of her wrongdoing.
Cast
- Joan Crawford as Vienna
- Sterling Hayden as Johnny 'Guitar' Logan
- Mercedes McCambridge as Emma Small
- Scott Brady as Dancin' Kid
- Ward Bond as John McIvers
- Ben Cooper as Turkey Ralston
Themes
- saloon
- saloon owner
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Nicholas Ray
- Screenplay by
- Philip Yordan , Ben Maddow
- Based on
- Johnny Guitar , by Roy Chanslor
- Produced by
- Herbert J. Yates
- Starring
- Joan Crawford Sterling Hayden Mercedes McCambridge Scott Brady
- Cinematography
- Harry Stradling
- Edited by
- Richard L. Van Enger
- Music by
- Victor Young
- Color process
- Trucolor
- Production company
- Republic Pictures
- Distributed by
- Republic Pictures
- Release date
- May 5, 1954 ( 1954-05-05 )
- Running time
- 110 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1,591,069
- Box office
- $2.5 million (United States and Canadian rentals)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Nicholas Ray
- Screenwriter
- Ben Maddow
- Cast member
- Robert Osterloh
- Composer
- Peggy Lee
- Producer
- Herbert Yates
- Production company
- Republic Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Harry Stradling
- Narrative location
- Arizona
- Duration
- 110
- FilmAffinity ID
- 659185
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Johnny guitar.jpg
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- publication date
- 1954-08-23
- film editor
- Richard L. Van Enger
- title
- Johnny Guitar
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- James P. Sullivan
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 94%
- Commons category
- Johnny Guitar
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Encyclopedic overview
Johnny Guitar is a 1954 American independent Western film directed by Nicholas Ray starring Joan Crawford and co-starring Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, and Scott Brady, with Ward Bond, Ernest Borgnine, John Carradine, Royal Dano and others in supporting roles. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures. The screenplay was adapted from a novel of the same name by Roy Chanslor.
In 2008, Johnny Guitar was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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