Bibliograph

Johnny Guitar, a Melange Pictures ; Herbert J. Yates presents ; screen play by Philip Yordan ; directed by Nicholas Ray

Type

Label

Johnny Guitar, a Melange Pictures ; Herbert J. Yates presents ; screen play by Philip Yordan ; directed by Nicholas Ray

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Rating: Not rated

Main title

Johnny Guitar

Oclc number

802459122

Responsibility statement

a Melange Pictures ; Herbert J. Yates presents ; screen play by Philip Yordan ; directed by Nicholas Ray

Runtime

110

Summary

Saloon owner Vienna battles the local townspeople headed by Emma, the local sexually repressed, lynch-happy female rancher out to frame her for a string of robberies. Johnny Logan is a guitar-strumming drifter with a dark past who was once in love with Vienna and has been offered a job in her saloon. Nicholas Ray's epic western is considered one of the most original westerns of all time. The women are far tougher than the men and some saw a bizarre allegory for the McCarthy era Red Scare

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

Classification