Johnny Firecloud

Johnny Firecloud is a 1975 American exploitation horror^[5] thriller film directed by William Castleman and starring Victor Mohica, Ralph Meeker, and David Canary. Its plot follows a Native American who, after serving in the Vietnam War, returns to his New Mexico desert hometown to find it victimized by a domineering white rancher, and enacts revenge.

Johnny Firecloud
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	William A. Castleman
Screenplay by	Wilton Denmark
Produced by	William A. Castleman David F. Friedman Peter B. Good Anton Wickremasinghe
Starring	Victor Mohica Ralph Meeker David Canary
Cinematography	Peter B. Good
Edited by	Neal Chastain
Music by	William Loose
Production companies	Twentieth Century-Fox Firecloud Productions
Distributed by	Entertainment Ventures, Inc.
Release dates	July 25, 1975 (1975-07-25) (Albuquerque)[1] November 5, 1975 (1975-11-05) (Los Angeles)[2]
Running time	99 minutes[3]
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1 million[4]

The film was distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox.^[6]

Cast

• Victor Mohica as Johnny Firecloud
• Ralph Meeker as Colby
• David Canary as Jesse
• Frank de Kova as White Eagle
• Christina Hart as June
• Sacheen Littlefeather as Nenya
• Jason Ledger as J. B.
• John F. Goff as Newt
• Richard Kennedy as Ned
• George Buck Flower as Wade

Production

Filming took place in California in the fall of 1974.^[2]

Release

The film screened in Albuquerque, New Mexico beginning on July 25, 1975.^[1] It later opened in Los Angeles on November 5, 1975.^[2]

Something Weird Video released the film on DVD as a double feature with Bummer! in 2001.^[7]

See also

• Weird West