Johnny Guitar

1954 film by Nicholas Ray
Movie film Q59318
Johnny Guitar
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Johnny Guitar

Summary

Johnny Guitar is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (444 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Johnny Guitar's image is recorded as Johnny guitar.jpg[3].
  • Johnny Guitar's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • Johnny Guitar's director is recorded as Nicholas Ray[5].
  • Johnny Guitar's screenwriter is recorded as Philip Yordan[6].
  • Johnny Guitar's screenwriter is recorded as Ben Maddow[7].
  • Johnny Guitar's composer is recorded as Peggy Lee[8].
  • Johnny Guitar's genre is recorded as Western film[9].
  • Johnny Guitar's genre is recorded as drama film[10].
  • Johnny Guitar's cast member is recorded as Joan Crawford[11].
  • Johnny Guitar's cast member is recorded as Sterling Hayden[12].
  • Johnny Guitar's cast member is recorded as Mercedes McCambridge[13].
  • Johnny Guitar's cast member is recorded as Scott Brady[14].
  • Johnny Guitar's cast member is recorded as Ernest Borgnine[15].
  • Johnny Guitar's cast member is recorded as Ward Bond[16].
  • Johnny Guitar's cast member is recorded as John Carradine[17].
  • Johnny Guitar's cast member is recorded as Royal Dano[18].
  • Johnny Guitar's cast member is recorded as Ben Cooper[19].
  • Johnny Guitar's cast member is recorded as Frank Ferguson[20].
  • Johnny Guitar's cast member is recorded as Ian MacDonald[21].
  • Johnny Guitar's cast member is recorded as Paul Fix[22].
  • Johnny Guitar's cast member is recorded as Rhys Williams[23].
  • Johnny Guitar's cast member is recorded as Will Wright[24].
  • Johnny Guitar's cast member is recorded as Robert Osterloh[25].
  • Johnny Guitar's producer is recorded as Nicholas Ray[26].
  • Johnny Guitar's producer is recorded as Herbert Yates[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Producers include Nicholas Ray[26] and Herbert Yates[27]. Johnny Guitar's director is recorded as Nicholas Ray[5]. Screenwriters include Philip Yordan[6] and Ben Maddow[7]. Cast members include Joan Crawford[11], Sterling Hayden[12], Mercedes McCambridge[13], Scott Brady[14], Ernest Borgnine[15], and Ward Bond[16].

Publication

Publication dates include +1954-01-01T00:00:00Z[28] and +1954-08-23T00:00:00Z[29]. Johnny Guitar's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[30]. Genres include Western film[9] and drama film[10]. Its part of is recorded as National Film Registry[31].

Reception

Reviews include 8.5/10[32], 83/100[33], and 94%[34].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Johnny Guitar include Johnny Logan[35], a singer-songwriter[36], b. 1954[37], of Ireland[38], awarded the First prize of the Eurovision Song Contest[39].

Why It Matters

Johnny Guitar ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (444 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Entities named for it include Johnny Logan[35], a singer-songwriter[36], b. 1954[37], of Ireland[38], awarded the First prize of the Eurovision Song Contest[39].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . virtual-history.com. Retrieved . virtual-history.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . virtual-history.com. Retrieved . virtual-history.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . virtual-history.com. Retrieved . virtual-history.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . wikidata.org.
  30. [34] . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Mcampany · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Composer Peggy Lee
    Film editor Richard L. Van Enger
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    Director of photography Harry Stradling
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