6.5
“They changed his looks, his life and his future... but they couldn't change his past .”
Johnny Handsome (1989)
September 12, 19891h 34mEN
6.3
289 votes
Overview
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 mentor and sent him to prison.
Director
Walter HillWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$20.0M
Revenue
$7.2M
Production Companies
The Guber-Peters CompanyRoven ProductionsCarolco Pictures
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User Reviews
John Chard
7.0Walter Hill's undervalued neo-noir. Johnny Handsome is directed by Walter Hill and adapted to screenplay by Ken Friedman from the novel "The Three Worlds of Johnny Handsome" written by John Godey. It stars Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Elizabeth McGovern, Lance Henriksen, Forest Whitaker, Morgan Freeman and Scott Wilson. Music is by Ry Cooder and cinematography by Matthew F. Leonetti. John Sedley (Rourke), AKA: Johnny Handsome, has a severely disfigured face, when he and his only real friend are double-crossed by two accomplices during a robbery, Johnny is sent to prison and his life reac…
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