

Johnny Guitar
Gun-Queen of the Arizona Frontier! And her kind of men!
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.
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- English
- saloon
- saloon owner
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereLos Angeles, California5 May 1954
- TheatricalNRNew York City, New York26 May 1954
- TheatricalNR23 Aug 1954
- TVPGScranton, Pennsylvania (Black and White Version)8 Mar 1958
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical3 Jun 1954
AustriaAT
- Theatrical121 Nov 1954
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical1218 Mar 1955
BrazilBR
- Theatrical14São Paulo, IMS Paulista (4K Restored Version)18 Aug 1954
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1518 Apr 1955
FranceFR
- TheatricalU10 Nov 1954
- TheatricalParis11 Feb 1955
- TheatricalRe-release (Restored Version)14 Feb 2018
GermanyDE
- Theatrical16West Germany20 Aug 1954
NetherlandsNL
- Physical6DVD8 Nov 2007
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/1228 Jan 1955
- TheatricalM/12Re-release7 Aug 1968
- TheatricalM/12Re-release15 Oct 2015
- Theatrical (limited)M/12Lisboa, Cinemateca Portuguesa31 Jan 2025
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1526 May 1954
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Johnny Guitar was released on 26 May 1954.
Audience reviews
3- J10/10
John Chard
5/6/2017
You're nothing but a railroad tramp who's not fit to live amongst decent people. Johnny Guitar is out of Republic Pictures and is directed by Nicholas Ray. It's written by Phillip Yordan, who adapts from a novel written by Roy Chanslor, and it stars Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Ward Bond, Ernest Borgnine & Scott Brady. Victor Young scores the music, with the theme tune sung by Peggy Lee, a…
- W8/10
Wuchak
4/13/2021
_**A cult 50’s Western that’s colorful, melodramatic, surreal and mesmerizing**_ The railroad is coming soon to a town in northern Arizona where a tough saloon owner (Joan Crawford) faces off with a power-mad cattle baron (Mercedes McCambridge) over the Dancin’ Kid (Scott Brady) and more. Into this mix Johnny Guitar (Sterling Hayden) rides into town, a former love of the saloon proprietor. Who will be left standin…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
1/11/2026
“Vienna” (Joan Crawford) runs her bar on the outskirts of town earning the disdain of just about everyone else. When the stagecoach is robbed, a baying mob turn up accusing her of involvement. They haven’t a shred of evidence, but egged on by “Emma” (Mercedes McCambridge) whose brother had been killed, the sheriff (Frank Ferguson) and local kingpin “McIvers” (Ward Bond) are determined to take her in. Luckily, she has…
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