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.
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I got curious about the movie after I saw four nice screengrabs in a Bluesky post. I quote posted it. And then my post disappeared after the fucking lib muted me. Leftist posts on your own profile will make libs block or mute you on sight.
Cropped like that I realize she has the sort of expression and manner of somebody filled with glee from mad love.
