Johnny Handsome (1989)

Directed by

Walter Hill

Genre

drama film, heist film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

R

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 298 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A disfigured career criminal gets a second chance after a reconstructive surgery. He tries to go straight but his old partners force him back into a dangerous heist.

grittymelancholictenseslow-burnbleakvisually stylizedatmospherichardboiled

What happens

Johnny Handsome is a 1989 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Walter Hill and starring Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Elizabeth McGovern, Forest Whitaker, Lance Henriksen and Morgan Freeman. The film was written by Ken Friedman, and adapted from the novel The Three Worlds of Johnny Handsome by John Godey. The music for the film was written, produced and performed by Ry Cooder, with four songs by Jim Keltner. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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