Johnny Guitar (1954) | |
| Director(s) | Nicholas Ray |
| Producer(s) | |
| Top Genres | Film Adaptation, Western |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, LBGT, Outlaws, Wild West |
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Johnny Guitar (1954) was a Western - Film Adaptation Film directed by Nicholas Ray .
Johnny Guitar was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2008.
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JOHNNY GUITAR
By Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 26, 2026 From The Hitless Wonder Movie BlogBelieve it or not, I had never seen JOHNNY GUITAR (1954) until I recently purchased the special edition DVD of it (at a major discount of course) recently. This is one of the biggest cult movies of all time, a title that has been discussed and analyzed in dozens and dozens of books and articles. Ple... Read full article
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By The Metzinger Sisters on Sep 22, 2018 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversJoan Crawford in a western? If that sounds incredulous, Ms.Crawford must have thought so, too, because it was not until 1954 that she starred in her first spurs-and-guns picture - Johnny Guitar. Unlike Barbara Stanwyck, Joan seemed out of place in the desert locale sporting jeans - but she gave it a... Read full article
Johnny Guitar (1954): Guilty Pleasure? Nah
By Carol Martinheira on Jun 3, 2018 From The Old Hollywood GardenJohnny Guitar (1954): Guilty Pleasure? Nah On June 3, 2018 By CarolIn Uncategorized Johnny Guitar (dir. Nicholas Ray), the Casablanca of westerns, is a psychological melodrama that often gets overlooked and unfairly dismissed. It’s not the greatest of westerns by... Read full article
Johnny Guitar (1954) (4)
By 4 Star Film Fan on May 13, 2018 From 4 Star Films“I’m a stranger here myself.” ~ Sterling Hayden as Johnny Guitar In watching even only a handful of Nicholas Ray films, it’s possible to discern fairly quickly that his films?are?often about the marginalized outsiders. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)?is the most iconic example b... Read full article
Johnny Guitar (1954) (3)
on Sep 13, 2017 From Journeys in Classic FilmThe 1950s is easily the decade where the Western thrived. Captured in expansive CinemaScope, the Wild West never looked wilder. But with so many cowpokes roaming the range it was only a matter of time before the range turned in on itself. The year before he took teen rebellion to the mainstream with... Read full article
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Eddie: [Perplexed] What for? There's no customers.
Vienna: I like to hear it spin.
[Eddie drops his paper and gives the roulette wheel a good spin]
Vienna: Down there I sell whiskey and cards. All you can buy up these stairs is a bullet in the head. Now which do you want?
Emma: I'm going to kill you.
Vienna: I know. If I don't kill you first.
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Facts about
Sterling Hayden said: "There is not enough money in Hollywood to lure me into making another picture with Joan Crawford. And I like money."
In scenes where the horses rode near a waterfall, they were fitted with blinders. The animals were so afraid of the waterfall that they wouldn't go near it without the blinders on.
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