Johnny Firecloud

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = | image = Johnny_Firecloud.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | native_name =  | director = William A. Castleman | writer = | screenplay = Wilton Denmark | story = | based_on =  | producer = {{ubl|William A. Castleman|David F. Friedman|Peter B. Good|Anton Wickremasinghe}} | starring = {{plainlist| * Victor Mohica * Ralph Meeker * David Canary }} | narrator = | cinematography = Peter B. Good | editing = Neal Chastain | music = William Loose | studio = {{ubl|Twentieth Century-Fox|Firecloud Productions}} | distributor = {{ubl|Entertainment Ventures, Inc.}} | released = {{Film date|1975|07|25|Albuquerque|ref1=<ref name=beaven>{{cite news|work=Albuquerque Journal|title='Johnny Firecloud': A Hate Story|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83954037/albuquerque-journal/|via=Newspapers.com|date=July 25, 1975|page=30|last=Beaven|first=Scott}}</ref>|1975|11|05|Los Angeles|ref2=<ref name=afi>{{Cite web|publisher=American Film Institute|title=Johnny Firecloud|work=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/55319|access-date=August 22, 2021}}</ref>}} | runtime = 99 minutes{{sfn|Pitts|2012|p=2047}} | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = $1 million<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/americanfilmdist0000dona/page/298/mode/1up|title= American film distribution : the changing marketplace|last=Donahue|first= Suzanne Mary|year=1987 |publisher=UMI Research Press |page=298|isbn= 9780835717762}} Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada</ref> }}

'''''Johnny Firecloud''''' is a 1975 American exploitation horror{{sfn|Willis|1997|p=587}} 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.{{sfn|Berumen|2020|p=192}}

==Cast== {{cast list| * Victor Mohica as Johnny Firecloud * Ralph Meeker as Colby * David Canary as Jesse * Frank de Kova as White Eagle * Christina Hart as June * Sacheen Littlefeather as Nenya * Jason Ledger as J. B. * John F. Goff as Newt * Richard Kennedy as Ned * George Buck Flower as Wade }}

==Production== Filming took place in California in the fall of 1974.<ref name=afi/>

==Release== The film screened in Albuquerque, New Mexico beginning on July 25, 1975.<ref name=beaven/> It later opened in Los Angeles on November 5, 1975.<ref name=afi/>

Something Weird Video released the film on DVD as a double feature with ''Bummer!'' in 2001.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Johnny Firecloud; Bummer!|oclc=49535360}}</ref>

==See also== * Weird West

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Sources== *{{Cite book|last=Berumen|first=Frank Javier Garcia|title=American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood|date=20 November 2020|publisher=McFarland|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|isbn= 978-1-476-67813-9}} *{{cite book|last=Pitts|first=Michael R.|year=2012|title=Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films|edition=2nd|publisher=McFarland|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|isbn=978-0-786-46372-5}} *{{cite book|last=Willis|first=Donald|title=Horror and Science Fiction Films|volume=IV|year=1997|publisher=Scarecrow Press|location=Lanham, Maryland|isbn= 978-0-810-83055-4}}

==External links== *{{AFI film|55319}} *{{IMDb title|0073210}}

Category:1970s exploitation films Category:1975 thriller films Category:20th Century Fox films Category:American rape and revenge films Category:American thriller films Category:American vigilante films Category:Films about Native Americans Category:Films about veterans Category:Films set in New Mexico Category:Films shot in California Category:Redsploitation Category:1975 English-language films Category:1975 American films Category:English-language thriller films