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A Balasaur Score of 74 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 67%, Metacritic 71/100. Scores higher than 77% of the 98 1970s war movies in this catalog. Streaming on Prime.
Synopsis
A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes67%
Metacritic71/100
427 audience votes
Key crew
- Dalton TrumboDirector
- Dalton TrumboScreenplay
- Jerry FieldingOriginal Music Composer
- Luis BuñuelWriter
Cast
- Timothy BottomsJoe Bonham
- Kathy FieldsKareen
- Marsha HuntJoe's Mother
- Jason RobardsJoe's Father
- Donald SutherlandChrist
- Charles McGrawMike Burkeman
- Sandy Brown WyethLucky
- Don 'Red' BarryJody Simmons
- Peter BroccoAncient Prelate
- Kendell ClarkeHospital Offical
- Eric ChristmasCorporal Timlon
- Eduard FranzCol. / Gen. Tillery
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Themes
blindness and impaired visionexperimentamputationworld war ideaf-mutedeafinfantryus armymutewoundedexistenceanti war
The Best Movies of 1971
Johnny Got His Gun is #29 of 60
