Johnny Cool

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Apr 23 You can’t convince me this isn’t a great time. Loved everything about it. The violence, the acting, the plot (although seemed a bit difficult to follow at times), it was all at the very least a SERVICEABLE film. The ending is strange, they were all bad people, but in a way justice was still served. Either way though, from hero to zero for Mr. Johnny Cool. 4.5/5 stars from me. Sammy Davis Jr.’s brief cameo was welcomed. See more Martin B 03/07/2023 The movie became more about Silva's character traveling the country, knowing where everything was, what everyone was doing his travel plans always perfect. Aloof, enigmatic, the perfect killing machine his only weakness Samantha from Bewitched. Who only knew him for 10 hours but would grovel at his feet willing to do anything for him. Best part Montgomery. Her charater shockingly different from the one we grew to know so well on Bewitched. Everything spectacularly over the top. Watching Silva doing the impossible so perfectly mesmerizing. See more 05/25/2017 Flashily directed, with lots of NYC scenes that (happily) eschew the landmarks in favor of the real deal. Fast-moving, gritty, weirdly entertaining. You can see what I mean in the first 5". See more ashley h @ashleyhobgood87 05/02/2017 Johnny Cool is a disappointing film. It is about exiled American gangster Colini who sends his protégé-killer Giordano to the USA to eliminate Colini's mob enemies. Henry Silva and Elizabeth Montgomery give terrible performances. The screenplay is badly written. William Asher did a horrible job directing this movie. I was not impressed with this motion picture. See more 06/14/2015 Scared money never made money. A Sicilian gangster known as Johnny Cool is caught by American authorities and exported back to Italy. Once in Italy, he trains a man to take his name, responsibilities, and send him back to the US to assassinate those responsible for his exile. The assassin pretends to be Johnny Cool and quickly falls for a girl. If his secret gets out, he'll quickly become a target of rival gangs. Can the assassin maintain his secret identity and complete his mission? "Do I know you?" "No." "Then what are you looking at?" William Asher, director of Night Warning, Fireball 500, Bikini Beach, Beach Blanket Bingo, Beach Party, The 27th Day, The Shadow on the Window, and Leather Gloves, delivers Johnny Cool. The storyline for this picture is just okay and fairly straightforward. It is a bit bland in parts but the concept was interesting. The acting is just okay and the cast includes Henry Silva, Elizabeth Montgomery, Sammy Davis Jr, Jim Backus, Richard Anderson, and Brad Dexter. "What do you do?" "My best." I came across this picture on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and decided to give it a shot. This was fairly solid and had potential. This wasn't a masterpiece, but a different type of gangster picture for this era. Overall, I recommend giving it a viewing if nothing else is on, but I wouldn't add it to my collection. "He'll be alone. He's always been alone." Grade: C See more 04/26/2015 very cool gangsta pic plus bewitched- the powers= this 1 See more Read all reviews

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