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| “Johnny Guitar is an example of a minor film grown to achieve the status of a classic. There is really no other film quite like it? – Martin Scorsese. Directed by Nicholas Ray (Rebel Without a Case), Johnny Guitar is one of the most unusual Westerns ever filmed. The ‘good guys’ wear black, gender roles are reversed and sexual tension underscores many of the scenes. When the railroad finally comes to a frontier boomtown, so does trouble. Enterprising businesswoman Joan Crawford not only controls the nearby profitable gambling, she’s buying up enough property to make her the most powerful person in town. Archrival Mercedes McCambridge sets out to stop her and force Crawford out of town. The timely arrival of Sterling Hayden as the ex-gunslinging troubadour, Johnny Guitar, temporarily thwarts McCambridge’s dark plans, but not even he can prevent a violent showdown between two power-hungry women. |
