Johnny Guitar

ROY CHANSLOR

Publication: Pocket Books, Inc, 1954, New York

First paperback edition. Published earlier by Simon & Schuster in May, 1953. Pocket Books #1017. First printing of this edition and first paperback edition. A movie tie-in edition with a Joan Crawford blurb about the film on the front endpaper. Basis for the groundbreaking 1954 western directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Joan Crawford, Mercedes McCambridge, and Sterling Hayden. Cover art by Gail Phillips. On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the region, including Dancin' Kid and his gang. Another patron of Vienna's establishment is Johnny Guitar, a former gunslinger and her lover. When a heist is pulled in town that results in a man's death, Emma Small, Vienna's rival, rallies the townsfolk to take revenge on Vienna's saloon ... even without proof of her wrongdoing. A fine bright and unread copy of a superb Western film.

Inventory Number: 53250