Johnny Handsome
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Johnny Handsome

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

6.3 / 10 1989 1h 34mR English
CrimeDramaThriller

Storyline

A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.

Cast & Crew

Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke

Johnny Handsome

Lead
Ellen Barkin

Ellen Barkin

Sunny Boyd

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

Lt. A.Z. Drones

Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker

Dr. Steven Fisher

Elizabeth McGovern

Elizabeth McGovern

Donna McCarty

Lance Henriksen

Lance Henriksen

Rafe Garrett

Scott Wilson

Scott Wilson

Mikey Chalmette

David Schramm

David Schramm

Vic Dumask

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Walter Hill's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Johnny Handsome is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker