Johnny Doyle — Four Boys and a Gun Character Profile

About Johnny Doyle

One of the four friends who robs the arena. He is a married man with an expectant wife and earns money as an amateur boxer, but loses his fighting opportunities prior to the crime.

Character Facts

Played by

James Franciscus

Appears in

Four Boys and a Gun (1957)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Johnny Doyle — Alliance Teammate — Ollie Denker (Frank Sutton)

  Criminal accomplices sharing equal responsibility for the robbery.

• Johnny Doyle — Alliance Teammate — Eddie Richards (Larry Green)

  Criminal accomplices bound by shared participation in the heist.

• Johnny Doyle — Alliance Teammate — Stanley Badek (William Hinnant)

  Criminal accomplices sharing the burden of the robbery.

• Johnny Doyle — Conflict Defendant — District Attorney (Otto Hulett)

  Prosecutor-defendant relationship focused on extracting a confession.

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More characters from Four Boys and a Gun

• Ollie Denker (Frank Sutton)
• Eddie Richards (Larry Green)
• District Attorney (Otto Hulett)
• Stanley Badek (William Hinnant)
• Joe Barton (Robert Dryden)
• Fight manager (J. Pat O'Malley)
• Sophie (Nancy Devlin)
• Nita (Patricia Sloan)
• Marie (Diana Herbert)
• Elizabeth (Patricia Bosworth)
• Fred (George McIver)
• Mr. Badek (Karl Swenson)