Fresh
Ray's film is not a romantic comedy, but a Western. Or is it?
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Johnny Guitar
Gun-Queen of the Arizona Frontier! And her kind of men!
1954 · 1h 50m · Approved
Western
Directed by
Nicholas Ray
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Johnny Guitar
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Nicholas Ray Director
- 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
- Ernest Borgnine as Bart Lonergan
- John Carradine as Old Tom
- Royal Dano as Corey
- Frank Ferguson as Marshal Williams
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
94%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Let's put it down as a fiasco. Miss Crawford went thataway.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
One of those classic westerns that has maintained its status by reinventing itself every decade since its release in 1954.
John Petrakis, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
For all its violence, this is a surpassingly tender, sensitive film, Ray's gentlest statement of his outsider theme.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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