# Johnny Firecloud

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{{Infobox film
| name           = 
| image          = Johnny_Firecloud.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| native_name    = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} -->
| director       = William A. Castleman
| writer         = 
| screenplay     = Wilton Denmark
| story          = 
| based_on       = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} -->
| producer       = {{ubl|William A. Castleman|[David F. Friedman](/source/David_F._Friedman)|Peter B. Good|Anton Wickremasinghe}}
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [Victor Mohica](/source/Victor_Mohica)
* [Ralph Meeker](/source/Ralph_Meeker)
* [David Canary](/source/David_Canary)
}}
| narrator       = 
| cinematography = Peter B. Good
| editing        = Neal Chastain
| music          = [William Loose](/source/William_Loose)
| studio         = {{ubl|[Twentieth Century-Fox](/source/Twentieth_Century-Fox)|Firecloud Productions}}
| distributor    = {{ubl|Entertainment Ventures, Inc.}}
| released       = {{Film date|1975|07|25|[Albuquerque](/source/Albuquerque%2C_New_Mexico)|ref1=<ref name=beaven>{{cite news|work=[Albuquerque Journal](/source/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](/source/American_Film_Institute)|title=Johnny Firecloud|work=[AFI Catalog of Feature Films](/source/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](/source/exploitation_film) [horror](/source/horror_film){{sfn|Willis|1997|p=587}} [thriller film](/source/thriller_film) directed by William Castleman and starring [Victor Mohica](/source/Victor_Mohica), [Ralph Meeker](/source/Ralph_Meeker), and [David Canary](/source/David_Canary). Its plot follows a Native American who, after serving in the [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War), returns to his [New Mexico](/source/New_Mexico) desert hometown to find it victimized by a domineering white rancher, and enacts revenge.

The film was distributed by [Twentieth Century-Fox](/source/Twentieth_Century-Fox).{{sfn|Berumen|2020|p=192}}

==Cast==
{{cast list|
* [Victor Mohica](/source/Victor_Mohica) as Johnny Firecloud
* [Ralph Meeker](/source/Ralph_Meeker) as Colby
* [David Canary](/source/David_Canary) as Jesse
* [Frank de Kova](/source/Frank_de_Kova) as White Eagle
* [Christina Hart](/source/Christina_Hart) as June 
* [Sacheen Littlefeather](/source/Sacheen_Littlefeather) as Nenya
* Jason Ledger as J. B.
* John F. Goff as Newt 
* Richard Kennedy as Ned
* [George Buck Flower](/source/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](/source/Albuquerque%2C_New_Mexico) beginning on July 25, 1975.<ref name=beaven/> It later opened in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles) on November 5, 1975.<ref name=afi/>

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

==See also==
* [Weird West](/source/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

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