Johnny Firecloud (1975)

Director:

William Allen Castleman

Writer:

Wilton Denmark (original story and screenplay)

Release Date:

August 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

They taught him today's violence... He gave them yesterday's revenge!

Plot:

Young American Indian gets out of the army and returns home to find his tribe victimized by a white rancher. |

Plot Keywords:

Rancher | Sun | Tension | Topless | Anger

Cast

Victor Mohica	...	Johnny Firecloud
Ralph Meeker	...	Colby
David Canary	...	Sheriff Jesse
Frank DeKova	...	White Eagle
Christina Hart	...	June
Sacheen Littlefeather	...	Nenya
Jason Ledger	...	J.B.
John F. Goff	...	Newt
Richard Kennedy	...	Ned
George 'Buck' Flower	...	Wade
Wayne Storm	...	Gus
Elliott Lindsey	...	Gordy
Sterling Franck	...	Preacher
Seamon Glass	...	Grissom
Barry Cooper	...	Hatcher

Also Known As:

Revenge of Johnny Firecloud (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:(Banned) | Sweden:15 | USA:R | Iceland:16 | Australia:R

Filming Locations:

New Mexico, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Studios

Trivia:

Final Amercican studio film of Ralph Meeker.

Quotes:

Johnny Firecloud: You have the balls of a Mouse!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V)

Good exploitation flick

Indian Johnny Firecloud (Victor Mohica) lives in a small Western town. He's constantly being tormented by Colby (Ralph Meeker) and his gang of friends who basically run the town. Things escalate--Johnny is beaten up repeatedly and whipped, his grandfather is publicly humiliated and lynched and a female friend of his is raped to death. Johnny explodes and hunts down Colby's friends and extracts some very bloody revenge...

Hard to believe that 20th Century Fox released this--basically it's a drive-in exploitation flick. It has some huge problems--the acting isn't really good (Mohica yells all his lines, Meeker appears indifferent); the violence against the Indians is more than a little disturbing--the rape scene was just too savage and the script is WAY overdone and does nothing with its racism storyline. Still this is very good OF ITS TYPE.

It's well-directed and when Johnny takes his revenge it's exciting and extremely bloody--but these guys all deserve it. Also it has a subplot involving a gay man that's treated sensitively--that's pretty daring for a 1970s movie. Also the DVD print is in great shape--letter boxed with bright, strong colors.

I recommend it but it is very violent and unpleasant--it's definitely not for everybody. I give it a 7.