Johnny Guitar (1954)

Directed by

Nicholas Ray

Genre

drama film, Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 479 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A strong-willed saloon owner clashes with a vengeful rival in a small western town. A mysterious gunman with a past arrives and gets caught between the two women.

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What happens

Johnny Guitar is a 1954 American independent Western film directed by Nicholas Ray starring Joan Crawford and co-starring Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, and Scott Brady, with Ward Bond, Ernest Borgnine, John Carradine, Royal Dano and others in supporting roles. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures. The screenplay was adapted from a novel of the same name by Roy Chanslor. In 2008, Johnny Guitar was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The main theme of the film's score, composed by Victor Young, and title song, co-written and performed by Peggy Lee, is loosely based on the Spanish Dance No. 5: Andaluza by Enrique Granados. Written by Granados for Piano, though often performed on classical guitar, the piece is played by Joan Crawford's character (dubbed) seated at the saloon piano in one of the film's climactic scenes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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