Johnny Was

This article is about the 2006 Irish/English gangster movie. For the Bob Marley song "Johnny Was", see Rastaman Vibration. For the Stiff Little Fingers cover of the Bob Marley song, see Inflammable Material.

Johnny Was
DVD cover
Directed byMark Hammond
Written byBrendan Foley
Produced byPatrick FitzSymons, Tom Maguire, Paul Largan, Brendan Foley, Lars Hermann
StarringVinnie Jones
Patrick Bergin
Samantha Mumba
Lennox Lewis
Roger Daltrey
Eriq La Salle
CinematographyMark Moriarty
Edited byLeif Axel Kjeldsen
Distributed bySony Pictures Entertainment
Release date
  • 2 February 2006 (2006-02-02) (Dublin Film Festival)
Running time
93 minutes
CountriesIreland
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£2.2 million

Johnny Was is an Irish/English gangster movie directed by Mark Hammond, written by Brendan Foley, and made in 2005 by Ben Katz Productions, Borderline Productions and Nordisk Film. It was released in the UK in 2006 by Sony Pictures and in the US by First Look Studios.