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Johnny Firecloud (1975)

Johnny Firecloud poster
Directed by
William Allen Castleman
Genre
action film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
R
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Native American Vietnam War veteran comes back to his New Mexico desert hometown. He finds a white rancher oppressing the community and decides to fight back.

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What happens

Johnny Firecloud is a 1975 American exploitation horror thriller film directed by William Castleman and starring Victor Mohica, Ralph Meeker, and David Canary. Its plot follows a Native American who, after serving in the Vietnam War, returns to his New Mexico desert hometown to find it victimized by a domineering white rancher, and enacts revenge. The film was distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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