Johnny Guitar is a 1954 Republic Pictures Western film Drama film starring Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, and Scott Brady.
The screenplay was based upon a novel by Roy Chanslor. Though credited to Philip Yordan, he was merely a front for the actual screenwriter, blacklistee Ben Maddow. The film was directed by Nicholas Ray and produced by Herbert J. Yates.
This was the last feature film produced by Republic Pictures in its Trucolor process. The film has been broadcast on American television, released in VHS and DVD formats, and adapted to musical theater.
In 2008, Johnny Guitar was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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