Johnny Guitar

Johnny Guitar

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

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Release Date

5/26/1954

Runtime

110 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A psychological western where a tough saloon owner and her guitarist lover face down a vengeful mob in a collision of wills and desire. The film trades conventional gunslinger heroics for something stranger and more intimate, a woman's fight for autonomy against hysteria and judgment.

Mood

DefiantTenseRomanticBleak

Themes

PowerLoveRevengeComing apart

Tone

Operatic

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

FormalistHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

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