Movie
Johnny Got His Gun
Overview
A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.
Details
- Release date
- 1971-08-04
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- World Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Timothy Bottoms as Joe Bonham
- Kathy Fields as Kareen
- Marsha Hunt as Joe's Mother
- Jason Robards as Joe's Father
- Donald Sutherland as Christ
- Charles McGraw as Mike Burkeman
- Sandy Brown Wyeth as Lucky
- Don 'Red' Barry as Jody Simmons
- Peter Brocco as Ancient Prelate
- Kendell Clarke as Hospital Offical
- Eric Christmas as Corporal Timlon
- Eduard Franz as Col. / Gen. Tillery
Crew
- Dalton Trumbo - Director
- Luis Buñuel - Writer
- Dalton Trumbo - Screenplay
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