Johnny Guitar

Johnny Guitar

Western • NR • 1954 • 1 hr 50 min

6.9

7.6

On 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.

Starring

Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Scott Brady, Ward Bond

Directed By

Written By

Philip Yordan, Nicholas Ray, Ben Maddow

Attributes

Simple Watch By Myself

Genre

Western Drama Romance

Release Date

May 26, 1954

User Reviews

Enjoyable Western. Some may be put off by the melodrama, but for it's time, Crawford was a ground-breaking female protagonist.

Come for the cowboys, stay for Joan Crawford in a full ballgown acting everyone else under the table

Intriguing protocol-feminist western. Joan Crawford is mesmerizing.

Melodramatic western, but it really works most of the time.

I just wanted all the characters to have a shoot-out and just it get over. The scenery and Technicolor saved me.

Joan Crawford tugs this slow moving ship of a film behind her every step of the way. Worth a watch for her but not for much else

Wonderful movie

Great film

Stats

Ratings

6.9 – Based on 217 ratings

Attributes

Watch With

Trailer

Johnny Guitar - Trailer

Featurette

Michael Lehmann on JOHNNY GUITAR

Featurette

Martin Scorsese introduces Johnny Guitar (USA, 1954) dir. Nicholas Ray