Johnny Guitar
1954 · TMDB 7.4
Directed by Nicholas Ray
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.
Why it matters
A saloon owner faces a lynch mob in a stylised Western, written by blacklisted Philip Yordan (who fronted for others) and directed by Nicholas Ray.
From The Writer's Fight
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Released
- 1954-05-26
- Studio
- Republic Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 7.4
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