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Mean Johnny Barrows

  • 19751975
  • RR
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
509
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Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)
ActionCrimeDrama
Discharged from the army, an ex-GI is hired as a hit-man by a crime syndicate that is at war with another Mafia family.Discharged from the army, an ex-GI is hired as a hit-man by a crime syndicate that is at war with another Mafia family.Discharged from the army, an ex-GI is hired as a hit-man by a crime syndicate that is at war with another Mafia family.
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
509
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    • Fred Williamson
    • Jolivett Cato
    • Charles Walker
    • Jeff Williamson(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Fred Williamson
    • Roddy McDowall
    • Stuart Whitman
    • Fred Williamson
    • Jolivett Cato
    • Charles Walker
    • Jeff Williamson(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Fred Williamson
    • Roddy McDowall
    • Stuart Whitman
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    • 23User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
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    Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)
    Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)
    Elliott Gould and Fred Williamson in Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)
    Fred Williamson in Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)
    Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)
    Roddy McDowall and Fred Williamson in Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)
    Roddy McDowall, Anthony Caruso, and Mike Henry in Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)
    Fred Williamson in Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)
    Fred Williamson and Stuart Whitman in Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)
    Fred Williamson and Jenny Sherman in Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)
    Fred Williamson in Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)
    Fred Williamson in Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)

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    Fred Williamson
    Fred Williamson
    • Johnny Barrows
    Roddy McDowall
    Roddy McDowall
    • Tony Da Vince
    Stuart Whitman
    Stuart Whitman
    • Mario Racconi
    Anthony Caruso
    Anthony Caruso
    • Don Da Vince
    • (as Tony Caruso)
    Luther Adler
    Luther Adler
    • Don Racconi
    R.G. Armstrong
    R.G. Armstrong
    • Richard
    Elliott Gould
    Elliott Gould
    • Prof. Theodore Rasputin Waterhouse
    Mike Henry
    Mike Henry
    • Carlo Da Vince
    Aaron Banks
    • Capt. O'Malley
    Robert Phillips
    Robert Phillips
    • Ben
    • (as Bob Phillips)
    James Brown
    James Brown
    • Police Sergeant
    Jenny Sherman
    Jenny Sherman
    • Nancy
    Victor Rogers
    • Tom
    Gregory Bach
    • Body Guard
    John LaMotta
    • Antonio Goti
    • (as Johnny LaMotta)
    Frank Bello
    • Joe
    Louis Ojena
    • Louie
    • (as Louie Ojena)
    Al Hansen
    Al Hansen
    • Police Officer
      • Fred Williamson
      • Jolivett Cato
      • Charles Walker
      • Jeff Williamson(uncredited)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Star Fred Williamson's M*A*S*H (1972) co-star Elliott Gould came in for a half-hour's work to help out his friend. Gould completely improvised his part on the spot.
    • Goofs
      Johnny's name is misspelled "Johnnie" on his army name tag.
    • Quotes

      Don Da Vince: [Notices the two construction workers have not put up the front sign on their new flower shop] Hey, Carlo! Tell them to hurry up with that sign. It should have been up by now.

      Carlo Da Vince: I'll take care of it, papa. Hey, what's taking you assholes so long? What do you think we're paying you, for?

      Don Da Vince: Carlo, don't talk dirty! How many times I gotta tell you that? You know I don't like that!

    • Crazy credits
      Dedicated to the veteran who traded his place on the front line for a place on the unemployment line. Peace is Hell.
    • Alternate versions
      The DVD and Blu-ray by Code Red is the 96-minute director's cut that includes differences from the theatrical version released on VHS in the 1980s by Unicorn Video and numerous public domain DVD releases (sourced from the Unicorn tape master). There is a graphic sex scene between Johnny and Nancy, the killings are more bloodier and the climatic karate fight with Johnny and O'Malley is much longer, the scene with Johnny calling Nancy on a payphone is seen before his fight with O'Malley, instead of after, and an ascending helicopter shot is seen before Nancy steps on the landmine.
    • Connections
      Referenced in The Cinema Snob Movie (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      Strung Out
      Composed by Paul Riser

      Performed by Gordon Staples And The String Thing

    User reviews23

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    Featured review
    5/10
    Mildly interesting action drama
    This is a somewhat atypical role for Fred Williamson; usually he plays a cop, or a bounty hunter, or just a general all-around badass who is always on top of every situation, but here he is a homeless, jobless Vietnam veteran who almost has to resort to eating out of garbage cans, is exploited by other people and, finally, forced to remember the killer instincts that got him a silver star in the army, when he gets involved in a war between two Mafia families (those are rather typical). Despite a plodding first half, the film is mildly interesting. I mean, at least it keeps your attention until the downbeat ending - and the unbelievable, in every sense of the word, last-second "twist". Fred, however, should NEVER do fight scenes, he just looks really clumsy in them. The cast also includes the cutie Jenny Sherman, Roddy McDowall sporting in one scene the fakest fake leg in the history of cinema, and Elliott Gould - for about 2 minutes. (**)
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    • Release date
      • November 27, 1975 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Italian
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    • Filming locations
      • Pink's Hot Dogs - 709 N La Brea Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Po' Boy Productions
      • Brut Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 30 minutes
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      • Mono

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