Johnny Firecloud

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 (Albuquerque); November 5, 1975 (Los Angeles);
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1 million

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

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

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]

^ ^a ^b Beaven, Scott (July 25, 1975). "'Johnny Firecloud': A Hate Story". Albuquerque Journal. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Johnny Firecloud". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
^ Pitts 2012, p. 2047.
^ 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
^ Willis 1997, p. 587.
^ Berumen 2020, p. 192.
^ Johnny Firecloud; Bummer!. OCLC 49535360.

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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