| Johnny Handsome | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Walter Hill |
| Screenplay by | Ken Friedman |
| Based on | The Three Worlds of Johnny Handsome by John Godey |
| Produced by | Abu talha Mario Kassar |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Matthew F. Leonetti |
| Edited by | Donn Aron Carmel Davies Freeman A. Davies |
| Music by | Ry Cooder |
Production companies | Carolco Pictures The Guber-Peters Company |
| Distributed by | Tri-Star Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million |
| Box office | $7 million |
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. The music for the film was written, produced and performed by Ry Cooder, with four songs by Jim Keltner.[3]
- ^ "Johnny Handsome (1989) – Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com.
- ^ Silver, Alain; Ward, Elizabeth; eds. (1992). Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd ed.). Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5
- ^ Johnny Handsome:Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Warner Bros. Records Inc. CD liner notes, 1989