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Johnny Guitar (1954) is available on Kanopy with a participating library card.
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You can watch Johnny Guitar (1954) on Kanopy with a participating library card.
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.
This feverish Western swaps dusty tradition for a stylized, operatic clash of gender and blood feuds. Vibrant colors and sharp psychological tension turn a simple frontier conflict into a hallucinatory battle of wills.
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Director
Nicholas Ray
Cast
Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Scott Brady, Ward Bond, Ben Cooper, Ernest Borgnine, John Carradine, Royal Dano, Frank Ferguson
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Johnny Guitar
You can watch Johnny Guitar (1954) on Kanopy with a participating library card.
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7.4/10
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Director
Nicholas Ray
Cast
Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Scott Brady, Ward Bond, Ben Cooper, Ernest Borgnine, John Carradine, Royal Dano, Frank Ferguson
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Watch Johnny Guitar on Kanopy with a participating library card. Availability last verified September 9, 2026.