A standout in the male-dominated western genre, Nicholas Ray's 1954
Johnny Guitar sees Joan Crawford and
Mercedes McCambridge take centre stage as rivals in an Old West
town.
The movie was shunned by American audiences on its release but was embraced
by European critics and has developed a cult following in the decades
since.
Johnny Guitar makes its UK blu-ray debut on September 20th
when it will be released by Eureka Entertainment.
The limited edition (3,000 copies) set comes with a hardbound slipcase and
a 60-page collector's booklet.
Bonus features include a new commentary by critic Geoff Andrew, author of 'The Films of Nicholas
Ray: The Poet of Nightfall'; new video essays by Tony Rayns and David
Cairns; new interview with Susan Ray; trailer; and archival intro by
Martin Scorsese.
Check out Eureka's new trailer and artwork below.
The official synopsis reads:
Joan Crawford (Mildred Pierce) plays Vienna, a saloon owner with a sordid past. Persecuted by the townspeople, Vienna must protect her life and her property when a lynch mob led by her sexually repressed rival, Emma Small (Mercedes McCambridge; All The King’s Men), attempts to frame her for a string of robberies she did not commit. Enter Johnny Guitar (Sterling Hayden; Dr. Strangelove: or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb), a guitar-strumming ex-gunfighter who has a history with Vienna.
