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* ReferencedBy:
** The blues musician Music/JohnnyGuitarWatson named himself in {{homage}} to this film.
** Creator/FrancoisTruffaut's ''Film/MississippiMermaid'' has two characters seeing this film and admiring it. Truffaut as a critic was a champion of this film.
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** Creator/JoanCrawford wanted Creator/PaulNewman to play The Dancing Kid.

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** Creator/JoanCrawford wanted Creator/PaulNewman to play The Dancing Kid.Kid.
** Creator/BarbaraStanwyck was the first choice for Emma Small.
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** That was nothing compared to her feud with Mercedes [=McCambridge=]. She was jealous of the younger star and was infuriated when the crew burst into applause after one of her scenes. According to Creator/NicholasRay, he then began shooting the younger actress' scenes in the early morning before Crawford got there. After the star witnessed one of these early shoots she flew into a rage, broke into McCambridge's dressing room and slashed her clothes to shreds. [=McCambridge=] blamed her next two years of inactivity on Crawford's repeated attempts to blacklist her.

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** That was nothing compared to her feud with Mercedes [=McCambridge=]. She was jealous of the younger star and was infuriated when the crew burst into applause after one of her scenes. According to Creator/NicholasRay, he then began shooting the younger actress' scenes in the early morning before Crawford got there. After the star witnessed one of these early shoots she flew into a rage, broke into McCambridge's [=McCambridge=]'s dressing room and slashed her clothes to shreds. [=McCambridge=] blamed her next two years of inactivity on Crawford's repeated attempts to blacklist her.
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* HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/JoanCrawford didn't get on with either of her costars.
** Creator/SterlingHayden quipped, "There isn't enough money in Hollywood to make me work with Joan Crawford again. And I like money". Crawford referred to Hayden as "the biggest pill in Hollywood."
** That was nothing compared to her feud with Mercedes [=McCambridge=]. She was jealous of the younger star and was infuriated when the crew burst into applause after one of her scenes. According to Creator/NicholasRay, he then began shooting the younger actress' scenes in the early morning before Crawford got there. After the star witnessed one of these early shoots she flew into a rage, broke into McCambridge's dressing room and slashed her clothes to shreds. [=McCambridge=] blamed her next two years of inactivity on Crawford's repeated attempts to blacklist her.
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* CreatorBacklash: In an interview in Creator/TheCriterionCollection release of ''Film/TheKilling'', Creator/SterlingHayden stated that he did not care for the film. "They put string, like you get at the grocery store, over my guitar in case I accidentally hit them," he said, acknowledging that "I can't play guitar, and can't sing a good-goddamn, either." "I was at war on that film, during the daytime, with Creator/JoanCrawford and at night with my second wife." Despite his reservations about the film, Hayden acknowledged its popularity.
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* RealitySubtext: Creator/JoanCrawford and Mercedes [=McCambridge=] play bitter rivals. In reality, they didn't get on at all. One night, in a drunken rage, Crawford scattered the costumes worn by McCambridge along an Arizona highway. Cast and crew had to collect the outfits.

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* RealitySubtext: Creator/JoanCrawford and Mercedes [=McCambridge=] play bitter rivals. In reality, they didn't get on at all. One night, in a drunken rage, Crawford scattered the costumes worn by McCambridge [=McCambridge=] along an Arizona highway. Cast and crew had to collect the outfits.
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* CreatorBacklash:
* IronyAsSheIsCast: Creator/SterlingHayden was an unusual choice for the title role since he didn't know how to ride a horse, play the guitar or shoot a gun.
* RealitySubtext: Creator/JoanCrawford and Mercedes [=McCambridge=] play bitter rivals. In reality, they didn't get on at all. One night, in a drunken rage, Crawford scattered the costumes worn by McCambridge along an Arizona highway. Cast and crew had to collect the outfits.
* WagTheDirector: Creator/JoanCrawford insisted on her close-ups only being filmed in the studio, where the lighting could be rigidly controlled. No close-up of her was ever shot while on location.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** This film was intended for 3D viewing.
** Creator/RobertMitchum was considered for Johnny Guitar, but Creator/RKOPictures wouldn't loan him out.
** Creator/JoanCrawford wanted Creator/PaulNewman to play The Dancing Kid.

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