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1963

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Strong-willed saloon-casino owner Vienna squares off against her nemesis, the shrieking Emma Small, who wrongly blames Vienna for her brother's death. Read more

Starring	Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden
Director	Nicholas Ray
Genres	Action/Adventure

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- Weird Freudian Western notable for a running catfight between its lady protagonists; the title character is decidedly secondary. Not exactly a good movie, but memorable because it's almost always over the top.
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:44
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  Gender and genre bender
  
  This movie was not well received in the US on first release, but was immediately taken up by Europeans - possibly because of the culture in the US of watching ... read more »
  
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  - Manchester, England
  - 25 May 2005 at 07:21
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  A Good Western
  
  A good old fashioned cowboy. That's about the long and the short of it. It starts well, continues well, and ends as it should. A treat and a real pleasure ... read more »
  
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- - Emjay69
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  - Kidlington, Oxford
  - 20 Oct 2011 at 15:38
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  Not one of the greats
  
  I was keen to see this, as much for the fact that it seems to be an 'historically significant' film, because of its references to the Cold War. Taking ... read more »
  
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- - Leni
  - 179 reviews
  - London
  - 08 Dec 2010 at 16:40
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  Oh my...
  
  I can't say this is a film I would normally choose to watch, but as it's part of my Film Studies course I thought I better. My tutor had warned the ... read more »
  
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- - TinselTasha
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  - Brighton
  - 16 Feb 2010 at 22:52
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  A Strange but Passionate Film
  
  One of the strangest westerns you will ever see, but it has all the hallmarks of a cult film. It's not like any other film, but there are hints of Carnival... read more »
  
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- - Cato
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  - Lydbury North
  - 10 Oct 2009 at 22:05
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  johnny guitar
  
  very good great story line well worth watching
  
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  - Hastings
  - 02 Dec 2008 at 23:13
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  Ray to Go!
  
  This film is all over the place! Dangerously funny at times, hysterical and melodramatic at others, taut and tense throughout. Nic Ray’s anti-western ... read more »
  
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  - Harlow
  - 23 Nov 2008 at 11:25
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  JOHNNY GUITAR 1954
  
  THE GREAT JOAN CRAWFORD AND THE GREAT MERCEDES Mc CAMBRIDGE.. WHAT A COMBINATION TWO WOMEN FIGHTING IT OUT OVER ONE MAN SCOT BRADY EMMA (Mc CAMBRIDGE) ... read more »
  
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- - SODDY
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  - Clacton-on-Sea
  - 31 Jul 2008 at 17:19
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  Classic Femme Fatale
  
  This film does not fit the mould of the standard Fifties Western and that is what makes it a classic.
  
  The attention to detail for even the minor ... read more »
  
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  - Charles Brickley
  - Andover, Hampshire England
  - 01 Dec 2006 at 10:59
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  offbeat western
  
  An unusual western, which has a bitter rivalry between two strong female characters as one of the main themes.
  
  Normally a fifties western would bore ... read more »
  
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- - DA
  - england
  - 28 Sep 2006 at 15:56
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  Fabulous Entertainment!!
  
  Riveting performance from Joan Crawford who, in my opinion, is always eminently watchable. As a Crawford fan I had high hopes for this movie but it was even ... read more »
  
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  - 27 Mar 2006 at 11:52
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- - 5
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  Gender and genre bender
  
  This movie was not well received in the US on first release, but was immediately taken up by Europeans - possibly because of the culture in the US of watching ... read more »
  
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- 107351
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  - Manchester, England
  - 25 May 2005 at 07:21
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  Weird western, lacking in humour
  
  Nicholas Ray directed in many genres and this is his only western. Made in 1954, not 1963, it has divided critical opinion and, after several viewings over the ... read more »
  
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- - Zamy
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  - London
  - 23 Jun 2005 at 11:05
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  Dated and cheese laden but good if you're a fan of cinema
  
  Upside down western were the outlaws wear colors and the law wears black. Working better as a metaphor for McCarthyism with a lynch mob mentality running ... read more »
  
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  - St Helens
  - 15 Jan 2006 at 10:41
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  Classic Femme Fatale
  
  This film does not fit the mould of the standard Fifties Western and that is what makes it a classic.
  
  The attention to detail for even the minor ... read more »
  
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- 390795
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Charles Brickley
  - Andover, Hampshire England
  - 01 Dec 2006 at 10:59
- - 1
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  A Good Western
  
  A good old fashioned cowboy. That's about the long and the short of it. It starts well, continues well, and ends as it should. A treat and a real pleasure ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1053374
- - Emjay69
  - 320 reviews
  - Kidlington, Oxford
  - 20 Oct 2011 at 15:38
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  Genre And Gender Bending Cowboy
  
  Upside down western were the outlaws wear colors and the law wears black. Working better as a metaphor for McCarthyism, the lynch mob mentality running through ... read more »
  
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  - St Helens
  - 01 Mar 2006 at 09:15
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  Such Glorious Women
  
  A sumptious feast for the eye and the mind - Joan Crawford and the wonderful Mercedes McCambridge (what a fabulous name). This is the Western that all we red-... read more »
  
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- - Flowbear
  - Halifax, England
  - 23 Mar 2006 at 17:28
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  Fabulous Entertainment!!
  
  Riveting performance from Joan Crawford who, in my opinion, is always eminently watchable. As a Crawford fan I had high hopes for this movie but it was even ... read more »
  
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- 224539
- - a customer
  - Edinburgh, Scotland
  - 27 Mar 2006 at 11:52
- - 0
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  offbeat western
  
  An unusual western, which has a bitter rivalry between two strong female characters as one of the main themes.
  
  Normally a fifties western would bore ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 290013
- - DA
  - england
  - 28 Sep 2006 at 15:56
- - 0
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  JOHNNY GUITAR 1954
  
  THE GREAT JOAN CRAWFORD AND THE GREAT MERCEDES Mc CAMBRIDGE.. WHAT A COMBINATION TWO WOMEN FIGHTING IT OUT OVER ONE MAN SCOT BRADY EMMA (Mc CAMBRIDGE) ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 606307
- - SODDY
  - 10 reviews
  - Clacton-on-Sea
  - 31 Jul 2008 at 17:19

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  Strong-willed saloon-casino owner Vienna squares off against her nemesis, the shrieking Emma Small, who wrongly blames Vienna for her brother's death....