After helping a wounded gang member, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of murder and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
Director: Nicholas Ray
Stars: Joan Crawford • Sterling Hayden (Johnny Guitar) • Mercedes McCambridge
The following year Nicholas Ray directed Rebel Without a Cause
I liked it but my attention did wander in the second half. Visually it's decades ahead of its time although there is a problem. The problem it's TECHNICOLOR. Scenes can look dated and a bit silly due to the garish colors.
The plot has a very unusual element for its day. It features not one but two strong-willed female leads. Joan Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge who is in the photo. Sterling Hayden is best known as the "precious bodily fluids" guy in Dr. Strangelove.
Cropped like that I realize she has the sort of expression and manner of somebody filled with glee from mad love.