Johnny Guitar (Olive Signature)

Joan Crawford, Mercedes McCambridge, Sterling Hayden. Vienna is a tough saloon keeper with a sordid past, and local townfolk want her neck stretched after she is framed for murder and theft. Her lover happens to be a guitar player who is mighty quick with his shootin’ irons, but her arch-rival Emma might have ulterior motives for having her killed in this classic Republic western that is an allegory for the era’s communist witch hunts. This 4K remastered film also comes with an introduction by Martin Scorsese, the film’s original trailer and documentaries about blacklisted Hollywood, director Nicholas Ray and this film’s role as the first feminist western. Directed by Nicholas Ray. 1954/color/110 min/NR/fullscreen.