| Joe Kidd | |
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| Directed by | John Sturges |
| Produced by | Sidney Beckerman Robert Daley |
| Written by | Elmore Leonard |
| Starring | Clint Eastwood Robert Duvall |
| Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
| Cinematography | Bruce Surtees |
| Editing by | Ferris Webster |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 14 July 1972 |
| Running time | 88 min |
| Country | U.S. |
| Language | English |
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Plot
Clint Eastwood stars as Joe Kidd, a cryptic stranger who arrives in the New Mexican town of Sinola, where Mexican bandito/revolutionary Luis Chama (John Saxon) has organized a peasant revolt against the local landowners, who are throwing the poor off land that rightfully belongs to them. John Saxon (born August 5, 1936 was born Carmine Orrico in Brooklyn New York, the son of Anna ( née Protettore and Antonio A peasant is an agricultural worker who subsists by working a small plot of ground Rebellion is a refusal of obedienceIt may therefore be seen as encompassing a range of Behaviours from Civil disobedience and mass Nonviolent resistance When a posse — financed by wealthy landowner Frank Harlan (Robert Duvall) — is formed to capture Luis, Kidd is invited to join but prefers to remain neutral. Harlan persists and Kidd finally relents when he realizes that Luis's band has raided his own ranch and attacked one of the workers. The posse capture five Mexicans hostages and threaten to kill them unless Luis surrenders to them. One of the hostages is the attractive Stella Garcia (Helen Sanchez), and Kidd falls in love with her. Harlan notices this and throws Kidd in jail to prevent him from helping Stella and the Mexicans, but he escapes and saves the Mexican hostages, determined to capture Luis himself and see that justice is done. But when Kidd captures Luis and delivers him to Sheriff Mitchell (Gregory Walcott), Harlan is in town waiting for him.
Cast
- Clint Eastwood . Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr (born May 31 1930 is a four-time Academy Award winning American Actor and Filmmaker. . . Joe Kidd
- Robert Duvall . Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an American Film Actor and director who has won an Academy Award . . Frank Harlan
- John Saxon . John Saxon (born August 5, 1936 was born Carmine Orrico in Brooklyn New York, the son of Anna ( née Protettore and Antonio . . Luis Chama
- Don Stroud . Don Lee Stroud (born 1 September 1943) is an American actor and surfer who appeared in many films in the 1960s '70s and '80s and has starred in over 100 . . Lamarr Simms
- Stella Garcia . . . Helen Sanchez
- James Wainwright . . . Olin Mingo
- Paul Koslo . Paul Koslo (born June 27, 1944) is a German - Canadian Actor. . . Roy Gannon
- Gregory Walcott . Gregory Walcott is an American actor who was born Bernard Mattox on January 13, 1928 in Wendell North Carolina. . . Sinola County Sheriff Bob Mitchell
- Dick Van Patten . Richard Vincent "Dick" Van Patten (born December 9 1928) is an American Actor. . . Hotel manager
- Lynne Marta . Lynne Marta (born on October 30, 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actress . . Elma
- John Carter . John Carter may refer to John Carter (author John Carter (cricketer, Nottingham cricketer John Carter (environmentalist . . Judge
- Pepe Hern . . . Priest
- Joaquín Martínez . . . Manolo
- Ron Soble . . . Ramon
- Pepe Callahan . . . Naco
External links
- Joe Kidd at the Internet Movie Database
- Joe Kidd at Allmovie
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