Johnny Firecloud

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| name =

| image = Johnny_Firecloud.jpg

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| 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|

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| 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={{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}}|1975|11|05|Los Angeles|ref2={{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}}}}

| runtime = 99 minutes{{sfn|Pitts|2012|p=2047}}

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross = $1 million{{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

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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

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Production

Filming took place in California in the fall of 1974.

Release

The film screened in Albuquerque, New Mexico beginning on July 25, 1975. It later opened in Los Angeles on November 5, 1975.

Something Weird Video released the film on DVD as a double feature with Bummer! in 2001.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49535360|via=WorldCat|title=Johnny Firecloud; Bummer!|oclc=49535360|access-date=August 22, 2021}}

References

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}}