Johnny Got His Gun

Johnny Got His Gun

111 mins | Drama, War | Aug. 4, 1971

Joe, a young American soldier, is hit by a mortar shell on the last day of World War I. He lies in a hospital bed with a fate worse than death as a quadruple amputee who has lost his arms, legs, eyes, ears, mouth and nose. Unbeknown to his doctors, he remains conscious and able to think, thereby reliving his life through strange dreams and memories.

Johnny Got His Gun

111 mins | Drama, War | Aug. 4, 1971

Johnny Got His Gun
Joe, a young American soldier, is hit by a mortar shell on the last day of World War I. He lies in a hospital bed with a fate worse than death as a quadruple amputee who has lost his arms, legs, eyes, ears, mouth and nose. Unbeknown to his doctors, he remains conscious and able to think, thereby reliving his life through strange dreams and memories.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers World Entertainment
Original title Johnny Got His Gun
Directors Dalton Trumbo
Writers Dalton Trumbo

Cast

Timothy Bottoms

as Joe Bonham

Kathy Fields

as Kareen

Marsha Hunt

as Joe's Mother

Jason Robards

as Joe's Father

Donald Sutherland

as Christ

Charles McGraw

as Mike Burkeman

Don Barry

as Jody Simmons

Peter Brocco

as Ancient Prelate

Kendell Clarke

as Hospital Offical

Eric Christmas

as Corporal Timlon

Eduard Franz

as Col. / Gen. Tillery

Craig Bovia

as Little Guy

Judy Howard Chaikin

as Bakery Girl

Dalton Trumbo

as Orator

Diane Varsi

as Nurse #4

David Soul

as Swede, World War I Soldier

Anthony Geary

as Red, World War I Soldier