Johnny Guitar (1954)
After helping a wounded gang member, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of murder and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
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Cast & Crew
Top Billed Cast
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Vienna -
Johnny 'Guitar' Logan -
Emma Small -
Dancin' Kid -
John McIvers -
Turkey Ralston -
Bart Lonergan -
Old Tom -
Corey -
Marshal Williams -
Eddie -
Mr. Andrews -
Pete
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Director:
Nicholas RayWriters:
Philip Yordan (screenplay), Roy Chanslor (based on novel by)All Cast & Crew
Awards
1 win & 1 nomination.Reviews & Commentary
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According to Penny Stallings' "Flesh and Fantasy", the crew broke into spontaneous applause after one of Mercedes McCambridge's powerhouse scenes, which infuriated star Joan Crawford. According to Nicholas Ray, he then began shooting the younger actress' scenes in the early morning before Crawford got there. After the star witnessed one of these early shoots she flew into a rage, broke into McCambridge's dressing room and slashed her clothes to shreds. McCambridge blamed her next two years of inactivity on Crawford's repeated attempts to blacklist her.
Quotes
Vienna:
Sam, light a lamp and hang it outside.
Sam:
Nobody'll be in in this weather.
Vienna:
And if they do, how can they find the place? Just hang a lamp!
Sam:
Never seen a woman who was more of a man. She thinks like one, acts like one, and sometimes makes me feel like I'm ...
Goofs
When Johnny has the shootout with Bart in front of the hill-top cabin, in the background we can see Vienna standing on the deck of the cabin, her body all the way to the timber railing. She is in sunlight. Then the view of her goes to a closeup, but now she is standing inside the door opening - in what is obviously a studio shot. This is probably connected to the fact that Joan Crawford insisted on her close-ups only being filmed in the studio, where the lighting could be rigidly controlled. No close-up of her was ever shot while on location.
Soundtracks
Johnny Guitarby Peggy Lee and Victor Young
Sung by Peggy Lee
Heard instrumentally over the opening credits and throughout the film
Played on the piano by Joan Crawford (dubbed)
Sung partially at the end by Peggy Lee
Storyline
Plot Summary
Genres
Drama | WesternDetails
Release Date:
23 August 1954Language
English
Country of Origin
USAFilming Locations
Boynton Canyon, Sedona, Arizona, USABox Office
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$4,604
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