Johnny Handsome
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Directed by | Walter Hill |
Produced by | Charles Roven |
Written by | John Godey Ken Friedman |
Starring | Mickey Rourke Lance Henriksen Ellen Barkin |
Music by | Ry Cooder |
Cinematography | Matthew F. Leonetti |
Editing by | Donn Aron Carmel Davies Freeman A. Davies |
Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
Release date(s) | 1989 |
Running time | 94 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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Johnny Handsome is an 1989 American movie directed by Walter Hill. It is written by Ken Friedman, from the novel by John Godey.
[edit] Plot synopsis
A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his father-figure and sent him to prison.
[edit] Cast
- Mickey Rourke - John Sedley a.k.a. Johnny Handsome/Johnny Mitchell
- Ellen Barkin - Sunny Boyd
- Elizabeth McGovern - Donna McCarty
- Morgan Freeman - Lt. A.Z. Drones
- Forest Whitaker - Dr. Steven Fisher
- Lance Henriksen - Rafe Garrett
- Scott Wilson - Mikey Chalmette