Joan Crawford stars in this stylised anti-Western from director Nicholas Ray.
Vienna (Joan Crawford), a savvy saloon owner, has built a successful gambling den in the wilds of frontier Arizona - attracting the wrath of the neighbouring town in the process. Semi-retired gunslinger Johnny Guitar (Sterling Hayden) rides into the middle of the face-off, falls in love with Vienna and joins her stand against the angry locals.
Misunderstood on its initial release, Johnny Guitar has since garnered a critical re-evaluation for its unconventional take on genre and form and its exploration of mob mentality, xenophobia and feminism.
***** – The Guardian
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- DIRECTOR: Nicholas Ray
- CAST: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge
- LANGUAGE: English
