Johnny cool movie 1963

Sep 16, 2010 to make his intentions clear to the americans, colini gives the cleanedanddudedup giordano both his name and his nickname, johnny cool. Johnny cool, released in 1963, is a crime drama detailing the life of a criminal turned hitman. Johnny cool, movie, 1963 internet movie cars database. Scene from johnny cool 1963 vintage movie still ebay. Johnny cool is a 1963 american neonoir crime film directed by william asher based on the novel the kingdom of johnny cool by john mcpartland which stars henry silva and elizabeth montgomery. Silva was usually relegated to playing thugs in small bit parts, but in johnny cool, silva stars as a sicilian hitman named giordano who is recruited by an exiled mob boss called johnny colini marc lawrence after a fatal run in with the italian authorities. Buy johnny cool movie posters from movie poster shop. Henry silva in johnny cool original vintage portrait. There he launches a transatlantic vendetta against. After giordano is groomed, polished, and renamed johnny cool, colini sends him on a vengeance mission to the united states to assassinate the men who plotted his downfall and enforced exile.

Realistically you probably couldnt expect more from the director william asher, who previously oversaw the beach party movies. Aug 12, 2012 johnny cool henry silva is really giordano a man who grew to mythical proportions as an outlaw in a small italian village after killing off some soldiers who tried to rape his mother. Exiled american gangster colini sends his protegekiller giordano to the usa to eliminate colinis mob enemies. Includes spoiler watch all 7 of my clips, and you will have seen all of. Henry silva in johnny cool original vintage portrait 1963. Scene from the 1963 movie johnny cool which costarred henry silva.

Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. This mob pic from executive producer peter lawford got an unexpected publicity boost, since it opened the same week joe valachi was making headlines for testifying at senate investigations. From there, the film is a crosscontinental rampage as the new johnny cool takes out colinis enemies, the biggest of whom is played by telly savalas, which is more like it for this kind of movie. While i wait for the criterion collection to discover johnny cool, im going to watch it again. Tag popularity top rated top rated popular want to watch release date recently wanted date added. Photo of johnny cool for fans of elizabeth montgomery. Gallery of 9 movie poster and cover images for johnny cool 1963.

The year 1963 in film involved some significant events, including the bigbudget epic cleopatra, alfred hitchcock s horror the birds, and two films with allstar casts, how the west was won and its a mad, mad, mad, mad world. Apr 21, 2015 johnny cool is a darkly violent 1963 crime film directed by william asher based on the novel the kingdom of johnny cool by john mcpartland and starring henry silva and elizabeth montgomery. Rejected by her lover, the only man left in cheryls life is the orphaned nephew she has raised as her own son. His exploits come to the attention of colini marc lawrence who has been exiled to sicily because of his gangster past. Colini, an exiled american gangster living in sicily, rescues giordano, a young sicilian outlaw, from the police. Includes spoiler watch all 7 of my clips, and you will have seen all. Johnny cool elizabeth montgomery photo 2869420 fanpop. The image measures 1007 1424 pixels and is 258 kilobytes large.

Johnny cool 1963 johnny cool 1963 features the veteran character actor henry silva in one of his few leading roles. All johnny cool movie posters,high res movie posters image for johnny cool. Produced in part by peter lawford, johnny cool features a cast that also includes mort sahl, telly savalas, jim backus, joey bishop, and sammy davis, jr. A clip from johnny cool 1963 with elizabeth montgomery, joan staley, and frank albertson. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Bloody and extremely violent, this crime drama features an allstar cast as it tells the tale of an american mafioso who is deported to sicily. Maybe theres a movie with dick van dyke as a serial killer but if there isnt, johnny cool may be as close as you can get. Johnny cool 1963 features the veteran character actor henry silva in one of his few leading roles. Released 1963, johnny cool stars henry silva, elizabeth montgomery, jim backus, richard anderson the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 43 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Johnny cool elizabeth montgomery photo 2869416 fanpop. Johnny arrives in new york and quickly kills several of the underworld figures on colinis list. February 20 the classic epic western how the west was won premieres. Johnny cool 1963 william asher cast and crew allmovie. A deported gangster trains an italian convict to take over his operations in the u.

As a young adult, he was rescued from the police by a man named john colini, a former american who was deported and living. After living a life of crime in america, johnny colini marc lawrence is exiled to sicily, where he. Elizabeth met bewitched director and future husband william asher when he directed her here. After his parents were murdered during the war, young salvatore was taken in by a crime family. Henry silva, elizabeth montgomery, richard anderson, sammy davis, jr. The only other movie i can think of with familar faces in such suprising roles is a face in the crowd. Johnny cool 1963 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Details about henry silva in johnny cool original vintage portrait 1963. Find movie and film cast and crew information for johnny cool 1963 william asher on allmovie. This film began in sicily, in 1943, when johnny cool was a boy called salvatore.

Johnny cool henry silva, as a sicilianborn assassin, is at home as the delivery boy of death for deported underworld kingpin marc lawrence. Nice to see montgomery get to be sexy on screen, but there is something slick and a bit tired about the movie. What are the release dates for johnny cool 1963 answers. Johnny cool is a pretty cool movie, with not a lot of depth but a lot of superficial stuff to keep you engaged. Shell stop at nothing to keep billy with her, when her plans misfire she is swept up into an insane frenzy that means death to anyone who comes between her and her obsession. Johnny cool 1963 stream and watch online moviefone.