Title: Should Have Been Titled "Johnny Rehab"
Product review: I bought "Johnny Reno" because I like westerns and the cast had impressive credentials. Little did I suspect that this was almost certainly the one picture the whole cast yearned to burn every single copy of.Dana Andrews staggers through his performace as if he had just left a saloon - even in the desert, and never quite masters balance with the ground. Ms. Russell had definitely seen better days, I like to remember her in "Tall Man" with Gable. Only Lyle Bettinger(sp?), second banana bad guy, displayed barely enough acting chops to drag this sleep-inducer UP to the level of mental chewing gum.Unconvincing story, lame casting, mediocre dialog, performances off cue-cards, and absolutely no noticible direction anywhere in the film. The director apparently allowed the uncommitted bored cast to erratically mumble through the entire script on their own.It's not one of those 'so bad its funny' films, its just stultifyingly bad.
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