Directed by:
Dalton TrumboCinematography:
Jules BrennerComposer:
Jerry FieldingCast:
Timothy Bottoms, Marsha Hunt, Dalton Trumbo, Jason Robards, David Soul, Donald Sutherland, Charles McGraw, Eduard Franz, Diane Varsi, Pepe Serna (more)Plots(1)
A young American soldier (Timothy Bottoms) is wounded by a mortar shell on the last day of World War I. He lies in a hospital bed as a quadruple amputee who has lost his arms, legs, eyes, ears, mouth and nose. He remains conscious and able to think, thereby reliving his life through strange dreams, memories and conversations with Jesus (Donald Sutherland), unable to distinguish whether he is awake or dreaming. Dalton Trumbo, author of the famous 1930s antiwar book Johnny Got His Gun wrote and directed this film adaptation. In 1947, he refused to testify before a congressional committee investigating alleged Communist infiltration of the film industry. Blacklisted for nearly a decade, he wrote numerous scripts under pseudonyms including Roman Holiday and Gun Crazy until he was finally credited for his work on Exodus and Spartacus in 1960. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Timothy Bottoms
USA
Best movies:
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 (2006) (video compilation)
The Gift of Love (1978) (TV movie)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Marsha Hunt
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
The Valley of Decision (1945)
Dalton Trumbo
USA
Best movies:
Papillon (1973)
Trumbo (2015) - a.f.
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Jason Robards
USA
Best movies:
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 (2006) (video compilation)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Philadelphia (1993)
David Soul
USA
Best movies:
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Magnum Force (1973)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Donald Sutherland
Canada
Best movies:
The Simpsons: Dark Secrets (1998) (video compilation)
Lord of War (2005)
JFK (1991)
Charles McGraw
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Eduard Franz
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
White Feather (1955)
Diane Varsi
USA
Best movies:
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Ten North Frederick (1958)
Compulsion (1959)
Pepe Serna
USA
Best movies:
Scarface (1983)
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
The Fortunate Pilgrim (1988) (series)
Don 'Red' Barry
USA
Best movies:
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
Dead End (1937)
Peter Brocco
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Papillon (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Arthur Tovey
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Back to the Future (1985)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
William Mims
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Robert Easton
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Deep in My Heart (1954)
Winston Churchill (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie) - a.f.
And Now for Something Completely Different (1971) - a.f.
A Bridge Too Far (1977) - a.f.
Woodrow Wilson (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Johnny Got His Gun (1971) - a.f.
For Me and My Gal (1942) - a.f.
Civilization (1916)
Philippe Pétain (a.f.)
France
Best movies:
Johnny Got His Gun (1971) - a.f.
Ben Hammer
USA
Best movies:
Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (1976) (TV movie)
Sleepers (1996)
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Ken Globus
USA
Best movies:
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Operation Thunderbolt (1977)
Rosebud (1975)