Film1954110 min

Johnny Guitar

Name: Johnny Guitar
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Released: 1954
Duration: 110 min
Cast: Joan Crawford, Mercedes McCambridge, Sterling Hayden, Ernest Borgnine, John Carradine

Taste attributes: dramaromancewesternslowtried & testedwholesomeheavyrealisticsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationship

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"Gun-Queen of the Arizona Frontier! And her kind of men!"

Boxlist takeSlow-burning and realistic: a western that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Taste details

Pace: very slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

7.5 /10

TMDB · 257 votes

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What lines up

Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original

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Synopsis

On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the region, including Dancin' Kid and his gang. Another patron of Vienna's establishment is Johnny Guitar, a former gunslinger and her lover. When a heist is pulled in town that results in a man's death, Emma Small, Vienna's rival, rallies the townsfolk to take revenge on Vienna's saloon – even without proof of her wrongdoing.

Synopsis: TMDB