Johnny Guitar poster
Director Nicholas Ray
Writer Nicholas Ray, Ben Maddow
Screenplay Philip Yordan

Johnny Guitar

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

Release Date: 1954-05-26

Duration: 110 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Ward Bond
    John McIvers
  • Denver Pyle
    Posseman (uncredited)
  • Ernest Borgnine
    Bart Lonergan
  • Sterling Hayden
    Johnny 'Guitar' Logan
  • Scott Brady
    Dancin' Kid
  • Joan Crawford
    Vienna
  • Mercedes McCambridge
    Emma Small
  • Ben Cooper
    Turkey Ralston
  • Paul Fix
    Eddie
  • Royal Dano
    Corey