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Johnny Cool

  • 1963
  • Approved
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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Elizabeth Montgomery and Henry Silva in Johnny Cool (1963)
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Exiled American gangster Colini sends his protégé-killer Giordano to the USA to eliminate Colini's mob enemies.Exiled American gangster Colini sends his protégé-killer Giordano to the USA to eliminate Colini's mob enemies.Exiled American gangster Colini sends his protégé-killer Giordano to the USA to eliminate Colini's mob enemies.

  • Director
    • William Asher
  • Writers
    • Joseph Landon
    • John McPartland
  • Stars
    • Henry Silva
    • Elizabeth Montgomery
    • Richard Anderson
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    1K
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    • Director
      • William Asher
    • Writers
      • Joseph Landon
      • John McPartland
    • Stars
      • Henry Silva
      • Elizabeth Montgomery
      • Richard Anderson
    • 29User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    Elizabeth Montgomery and Henry Silva in Johnny Cool (1963)
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    Elizabeth Montgomery and Henry Silva in Johnny Cool (1963)
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    Henry Silva
    Henry Silva
    • Johnny Cool…
    Elizabeth Montgomery
    Elizabeth Montgomery
    • Darien 'Dare' Guiness
    Richard Anderson
    Richard Anderson
    • Correspondent
    Jim Backus
    Jim Backus
    • Louis Murphy
    Joey Bishop
    Joey Bishop
    • Holmes - Used Car Salesman
    Brad Dexter
    Brad Dexter
    • Lennart Crandall
    Wanda Hendrix
    Wanda Hendrix
    • Miss Connolly
    Hank Henry
    Hank Henry
    • Larry - Bus Driver
    Marc Lawrence
    Marc Lawrence
    • Johnny Colini
    John McGiver
    John McGiver
    • Oscar B. 'Oby' Hinds
    Gregory Morton
    • Jerry March
    Mort Sahl
    Mort Sahl
    • Ben Morrow
    Telly Savalas
    Telly Savalas
    • Vincenzo 'Vince' Santangelo
    Joan Staley
    Joan Staley
    • Suzy
    Sammy Davis Jr.
    Sammy Davis Jr.
    • Educated
    Katharine Bard
    Katharine Bard
    • Mrs. Crandall
    Steve Peck
    • Kromlein
    • (as Steven Peck)
    Frank Albertson
    Frank Albertson
    • Bill Blakely
    • Director
      • William Asher
    • Writers
      • Joseph Landon
      • John McPartland(novel "The Kingdom of Johnny Cool")
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      William Asher, the director of the movie, and Elizabeth Montgomery, the female lead, were married in the same month that the film was released in the United States, October 1963.
    • Goofs
      In the second half of the film, after Darien abandons her car in front of the beauty parlor, the police show up. The police later describe it as being a "1961 Ford". It is in fact a 1962 Ford (Galaxie 500 Sunliner).
    • Quotes

      Johnny Colini: While you are here, you'll go through a process of polishing designed to make you "civilised". A little, not too much. On the surface, not inside. When I decide you're ready, you'll do a job for me, a job no other man could do. I want you to go to those who betrayed me, take back what they stole and make them dead. Do that and what is mine, is yours. You will be my son.

      Johnny Cool: I am no son of Colini. You disgraced us in America.

      Johnny Colini: Hmm, there is a streak of decency in you. You've gotta get rid of that streak.

      Johnny Cool: They teach you to murder in Chicago and then they send you back to us.

      Johnny Colini: And you, who taught you to murder?

      Johnny Cool: I am no criminal. I never murder for money. All I have done, I have done for my people.

      Johnny Colini: Yes, I'm a criminal. I know it. I am not kind, I know that. I'm not even a generous man. I go to church and lie to God. What's mine is mine because I'm selfish, mean and cruel. There is no one I could point to and say, "this is the reason why Colini is a murderer" but you, you have the people. Poor people. Mr Giordano, you're a liar, yourself. The people, the poor people, aren't you weary of taking bows? You ate well, you've stolen everything you wanted and when you're belly was full, you gave the rest away. I know you, my young friend.

      Johnny Cool: I am no friend of yours.

      Johnny Colini: You will be, you have no other choice. I put you in the streets, you'll be dead within the hour. Or you'll do the job I picked for you and you'll become rich. More money and wealth than a peasant could dream.

      Johnny Cool: Ten million lire.

      Johnny Colini: You will not understand a number that big. But you'll learn. Take you a long time. But I will teach you. I'll teach you America: the clothes; how to walk; how to act; who has the money, where it comes from; which are the important names and where their power lies. And when I've finished, you'll be one of three men in the world who knows it all. This I teach you. But in the end, what will count is what is here

      [he pokes him in the chest]

      Johnny Colini: .

      Johnny Colini: In your hills you have been a glorious success, we'll now see what you do with a mountain, America. You prove you can be the son of Colini and in a few years when I have gone, you will inherit my kingdom.

    • Connections
      Featured in Best in Action: 1963 (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      The Ballad Of Johnny Cool
      lyrics by Sammy Cahn

      music by Jimmy Van Heusen (as James Van Heusen)

      sung by Sammy Davis Jr.

    User reviews29

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    taut, slick, anomic, infected world of death 'morte'
    Johnny Cool moves along at a bloody and violent pace. The bad guys are complex and heroic deeds few and far between. Dare's self-revelation about the innocence of her 'dolce vita' friends and the corruption and the prevalence of the underworld is almost understated. 40 years since the film was made, it still intoxicatingly drags the viewer back to a simpler albeit vicious time. The acting is almost uniformly true. Henry Silva is powerful and Elizabeth Montgomery is as sexy as the times would allow.It has some funny moments including Joey Bishop as a very verbal used car salesman

    The murders are mostly quick and effective. Some are sloppy and brutal the way you know they must be in real life.

    Every moment of this film is a hard little gem. Why films like this are so elusive escapes me.
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    • alicepaul
    • May 8, 2004

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    • Release date
      • October 2, 1963 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • The Kingdom of Johnny Cool
    • Filming locations
      • Newport Beach, California, USA(Boat party scene)
    • Production company
      • Chrislaw Productions
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    • Budget
      • $500,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 43 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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