Johnny Guitar (1954) - with Author Brooks E. Hefner

On this deep-dive episode, author and professor Brooks E. Hefner visits the studio to chat with Andrew Patrick Nelson about director Nicholas Ray's fever-dream Western, Johnny Guitar. Together, they discuss the film's unique production history, its intriguing gender politics, its enduring cult legacy and much more. So don't miss this fascinating look at one of the oddest Westerns ever made. Brooks's latest book is titled Johnny Guitar, published by the University of New Mexico Press as part ...