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1975 American film
Johnny Firecloud
Directed byWilliam A. Castleman
Screenplay byWilton Denmark
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPeter B. Good
Edited byNeal Chastain
Music byWilliam Loose
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Entertainment Ventures, Inc.
Release dates
  • July 25, 1975 (1975-07-25) (Albuquerque)
  • November 5, 1975 (1975-11-05) (Los Angeles)
Running time99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1 million

Johnny Firecloud is a 1975 American exploitation horror thriller film directed by William Castleman and starring Victor Mohica, Ralph Meeker, and David Canary. Its plot follows a Native American who, after serving in the Vietnam War, returns to his New Mexico desert hometown to find it victimized by a domineering white rancher, and enacts revenge.

The film was distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox.

Cast

Production

Filming took place in California in the fall of 1974.

Release

The film screened in Albuquerque, New Mexico beginning on July 25, 1975. It later opened in Los Angeles on November 5, 1975.

Something Weird Video released the film on DVD as a double feature with Bummer! in 2001.

See also

References

  1. ^ Beaven, Scott (July 25, 1975). "'Johnny Firecloud': A Hate Story". Albuquerque Journal. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Johnny Firecloud". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  3. Pitts 2012, p. 2047.
  4. Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 298. ISBN 9780835717762. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  5. Willis 1997, p. 587.
  6. Berumen 2020, p. 192.
  7. Johnny Firecloud; Bummer!. OCLC 49535360. Retrieved August 22, 2021 – via WorldCat.

Sources

  • Berumen, Frank Javier Garcia (20 November 2020). American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-1-476-67813-9.
  • Pitts, Michael R. (2012). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films (2nd ed.). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-46372-5.
  • Willis, Donald (1997). Horror and Science Fiction Films. Vol. IV. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-810-83055-4.

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