# Johnny Handsome (1989)

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**Runtime**: 94 min
**Genres**: Crime, Drama, Thriller
**Directed by**: Walter Hill
**Written by**: Ken Friedman
**Starring**: Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin, Morgan Freeman, Forest Whitaker, Elizabeth McGovern, Lance Henriksen

> *They changed his looks, his life and his future... but they couldn't change his past .*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

New Orleans summer dusk a saxophone wails 
A deformed ex-con receives a new face 
Walter Hill directs a tale of vengeance.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, outsider, raw

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