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Overview
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Writer:
Elmore Leonard (written by)
Release Date:
14 July 1972 (USA) more
Tagline:
If you're looking for trouble - - - he's JOE KIDD
Plot:
An ex-bounty hunter reluctantly helps a wealthy landowner and his henchmen track down a Mexican revolutionary leader. full summary | add synopsis
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Classic Clint.... more (39 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Clint Eastwood | ... | Joe Kidd | |
| Robert Duvall | ... | Frank Harlan | |
| John Saxon | ... | Luis Chama | |
| Don Stroud | ... | Lamarr Simms | |
| Stella Garcia | ... | Helen Sanchez | |
| James Wainwright | ... | Olin Mingo | |
| Paul Koslo | ... | Roy Gannon | |
| Gregory Walcott | ... | Sinola County Sheriff Bob Mitchell | |
| Dick Van Patten | ... | Hotel manager | |
| Lynne Marta | ... | Elma | |
| John Carter | ... | Judge | |
| Pepe Hern | ... | Priest | |
| Joaquín Martínez | ... | Manolo (as Joaquin Martinez) | |
| Ron Soble | ... | Ramon | |
| Pepe Callahan | ... | Naco |
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Also Known As:
Sinola (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
88 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
UK:15 (1987) | UK:AA (1972) | Iceland:16 | Spain:13 | West Germany:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1972) | Sweden:15 | USA:PG
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Writer Elmore Leonard certainly did know something about classic firearms. From Frank Harlan's Custom Savage 99 (1899), Olin Mingo's Remington-Keene sporter (1880) in .45-70, Lamarr Simms Mauser C-96 (1896) broomhandle and Joe's Cased Ross Rifle sporter model M-10 (1910) in .280 Ross. Leonard took special care to ensure all weapons (even the optics) were period accurate for that movie, being set in pre-statehood New Mexico territory (1912). more
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Anachronisms: In the scene where Joe Kidd is approaching town after having joined up with Luis Chama, he sends one of Chama's men to ride into town first to test if the area is covered by gunmen. As he's riding into town you can see a vehicle driving across the frame in the distance. more
Quotes:
Joe Kidd: [With Lamar pointing a gun at him] Lamar, I gotta dollar here says I can break your neck 'for you get that rig moved a half inch. more
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Referenced in Drive-in Movie Memories (2001) more
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Clint was already a veteran of many westerns by the time he made "Joe Kidd" and, though many don't find it among his best, it shows Clint as the Joe of the title doing what he does best.
As a ne'er-do-well who ends up siding with Luis Chama (Saxon), a wanted Mexican bandito, Kidd does battle with a group of bounty hunters (led by a suitably villainous Duvall) out for Chama's blood.
"Joe Kidd" is leisurely but not uninteresting; after all, any film written by Elmore Leonard has interesting points (just look at his later work). And when I saw Clint eye that train, I knew something was going to happen (you'll have to see that one yourself).
Overall, "Joe Kidd" may not be as big as "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" or as profound as "Unforgiven", but it's a good film nonetheless and bears watching. If just for that classic Eastwood squint.
Eight stars. And for future reference, never upset a man holding a pot of stew.