Johnny Firecloud

Johnny Firecloud
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	William A. Castleman
Screenplay by	Wilton Denmark
Produced by	William A. Castleman David F. Friedman Peter B. Good Anton Wickremasinghe
Starring	Victor Mohica Ralph Meeker David Canary
Cinematography	Peter B. Good
Edited by	Neal Chastain
Music by	William Loose
Production companies	Twentieth Century-Fox Firecloud Productions
Distributed by	Entertainment Ventures, Inc.
Release dates	July 25, 1975 (1975-07-25)(Albuquerque) [1] November 5, 1975 (1975-11-05)(Los Angeles) [2]
Running time	99 minutes [3]
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1 million [4]

Johnny Firecloud is a 1975 American exploitation horror ^[5] 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. ^[6]

Cast

• Victor Mohica as Johnny Firecloud
• Ralph Meeker as Colby
• David Canary as Jesse
• Frank de Kova as White Eagle
• Christina Hart as June
• Sacheen Littlefeather as Nenya
• Jason Ledger as J. B.
• John F. Goff as Newt
• Richard Kennedy as Ned
• George Buck Flower as Wade

Production

Filming took place in California in the fall of 1974. ^[2]

Release

The film screened in Albuquerque, New Mexico beginning on July 25, 1975. ^[1] It later opened in Los Angeles on November 5, 1975. ^[2]

Something Weird Video released the film on DVD as a double feature with Bummer! in 2001. ^[7]

See also

• Weird West

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.

External links

• Johnny Firecloud at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Johnny Firecloud at IMDb