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| 3 | ''Johnny Cool'' is a 1963 crime FilmNoir directed by William Asher and starring Creator/HenrySilva and Creator/ElizabethMontgomery. The supporting cast includes several [[AllStarCast recognizable actors]] such as Music/SammyDavisJr, Creator/TellySavalas, Creator/JimBackus, Joey Bishop and John [=McGiver=]. |
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| 5 | Salvatore Giordano (Silva) is a Sicilian outlaw who is sent out on a mission of vengeance to the United States by his mentor, Italian-American Johnny Colini (Creator/{{Marc Lawrence|Actor}}), to assassinate the men who plotted Colini's downfall and enforced exile to UsefulNotes/{{Italy}}. Renamed "Johnny Cool", he arrives in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity and quickly kills several of the underworld figures on Colini's list, in the meantime picking up Darien "Dare" Guiness (Montgomery), a wealthy divorcée who becomes his accomplice. |
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| 8 | !!This film features examples of: |
| 9 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Dare is drawn by the danger that surrounds Johnny. |
| 10 | * BalladOfX: "The Ballad of Johnny Cool", sung by Davis. |
| 11 | * EvilVersusEvil: Johnny is a gangster who kills other gangsters. |
| 12 | * TheFilmOfTheBook: The movie is based on ''The Kingdom of Johnny Cool'', a novel by John [=McPartland=]. |
| 13 | * ProtagonistTitle: The film is named after its VillainProtagonist, aka Johnny Cool. |
| 14 | * RichBoredom: Dare is wealthy yet seem to not find satisfaction in her life, enough to be drawn to Johnny. |
| 15 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Overlaps with RevengeByProxy, as Johnny hunts down the underworld figures who forced his mentor Colini into exile in Italy. |
| 16 | * VillainProtagonist: The titular character is a ruthless killer. |
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