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Johnny Cool 1963

  Don’t let his looks fool you. He’s the coldest killer of killers who ever lived!  A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S.

Don’t let his looks fool you. He’s the coldest killer of killers who ever lived! A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S.

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Johnny Cool does not have end credit scenes. You can leave when the credits roll.

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Johnny Colini, an exiled American living in Rome, rescues Salvatore Giordano, a young Sicilian outlaw, from the police. After Giordano is groomed, polished, and renamed “Johnny Cool”, Colini sends him on a mission of vengeance to the United States to assassinate the men who plotted his downfall and enforced exile. Johnny arrives in New York and quickly kills several of the underworld figures on Colini’s list.

Meanwhile, he picks up Darien “Dare” Guinness, a wealthy divorcée who becomes his accomplice, she is later severely beaten by the gangsters as a warning to Johnny against pursuing his vendetta. Soon the FBI becomes involved, and when Johnny and Dare bomb the Hollywood home of gangster Lennart Crandall, the police are able to identify Dare’s car when she panics and leaves it parked on the street. The two had separated and planned to meet later, but Dare, abruptly realizing that Johnny is a vicious killer, tells his enemies where to find him. She then surrenders herself to the FBI, as Johnny is being tortured by his captors at the film’s conclusion.

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Cars Featured in Johnny Cool

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BMW

R 12

Cadillac

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Ambulance

Cadillac

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Fleetwood 75

Cadillac

1959

Fleetwood 75

Checker

1959

Taxicab

Chevrolet

1958

Bel Air

Chevrolet

1960

Corvair

Chevrolet

1957

Two-Ten

Crown

Intercity Coach

Ford

1957

Fairlane 500 Sunliner

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