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1989 • 1h 34min • R • Thriller, Crime, Drama

Johnny Handsome

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

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.

IMDb 6.1

RT 57%

MC 60

Writers

John Godey

Ken Friedman

Composer

Ry Cooder

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Mickey Rourke

Johnny Handsome

Ellen Barkin

Sunny Boyd

Morgan Freeman

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Forest Whitaker

Dr. Steven Fisher

Elizabeth McGovern

Donna McCarty

Lance Henriksen

Rafe Garrett

Scott Wilson

Mikey Chalmette

David Schramm

Vic Dumask

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Ellen Barkin Sunny Boyd

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Elizabeth McGovern Donna McCarty

Lance Henriksen Rafe Garrett

Scott Wilson Mikey Chalmette

David Schramm Vic Dumask

Peter Jason Mr. Bonet

Yvonne Bryceland Sister Luke

Jeffrey Meek Earl

J.W. Smith Larry

Allan Graf Bob Lemoyne

Edward Walsh Judge

Eugenia Ives Nurse

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