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Johnny Handsome: Directed by Walter Hill. With Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Elizabeth McGovern, Morgan Freeman. After being double crossed and thrown in jail, a deformed gangster gets a new face and rehabilitation, but his desire for revenge looms.
- (11K)
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Walter Hill
- 1989-09-29
Johnny Handsome is a 1989 American neo-noir [2] crime thriller film directed by Walter Hill and starring Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Forest Whitaker and Morgan Freeman. The film was written by Ken Friedman, and adapted from the novel The Three Worlds of Johnny Handsome by John Godey.
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.
- (156)
- Walter Hill
- 15
- 9
110 min. Cast. Elizabeth McGovern. Scott Wilson. Lance Henriksen. Mickey Rourke. Forest Whitaker. Ellen Barkin. Morgan Freeman. Director. Walter Hill. Neo-noir crime drama with Mickey Rourke. A badly disfigured ex-convict undergoes plastic surgery in prison and plans his revenge on the former accomplices who betrayed him. (1989)
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- (156)
- Walter Hill
- R
- 7
They call him “Johnny Handsome” because his face has been horribly disfigured since birth, and as the movie opens he and his best friend have been double-crossed by a couple of crooks who kill the friend, steal the loot and leave Johnny to take the rap.
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1h 34m. 18+ (R) After being double crossed and thrown in jail, a deformed gangster gets a new face and rehabilitation, but his desire for revenge looms. Johnny Handsome featuring Mickey Rourke and Ellen Barkin is available for purchase on Apple TV, and available for purchase on Prime Video.
