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Johnny Got His Gun

1971 · Movie · 111 min

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Scores

  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer67%as of 2024-08-20
  • Rotten Tomatoes average6.7/10as of 2021-10-05
  • Metacritic41/100as of 2025-10-17

What it is

Johnny Got His Gun is a 1971 American independent anti-war drama film written and directed by Dalton Trumbo. Based on his own novel of the same name, it was Trumbo's first and only directorial effort. The film stars Timothy Bottoms, Kathy Fields, Marsha Hunt, Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland, and Diane Varsi.

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Genres
War / Drama
Original language
English

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