WRITER: Elmore Leonard.
PRODUCER: Sidney Beckerman.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Robert Daley.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Lalo Schifrin.
DISTRIBUTOR: Universal Pictures.
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| Clint Eastwood stars as the title character in this low-key, moderately politicized variation of his speghetti Westerns. In New Mexico in the late 1890s, the fiery Louis Chama leads a group of Mexican-American peasants in a fight for their land after the evidence of their ownership has been destroyed in questionable courthouse fire. The wealthy Frank Harlan, who also lays claim to the disputed land, has decided to bypass the legal system and hires a group of killers to take care of Chama. Kiss, who initially rejects Harlan's offer to join his hunting party, changes his mind when he finds that Chama has stolen some of his horses and brutalized one of his ranch hands. However, after seeing Harlan randomly pick off some Mexicans and becoming interested in Helen Sanchez, Kidd begins to think twice about his current employer. After he frees a group of hostages who are to be mowed down by Harlan and his men, he takes off into the hills with Chama. | ||||||||||||||
| 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 (Bob Mitchell, Sinola County Sheriff), Dick Van Patten (Hotel Manager), Lynne Marta (Elma), John Carter (Judge), Pepe Hern (Priest), Joaquin Martinez (Manolo), Ron Soble (Ramon), Pepe Callahan (Naco), Clint Ritchie (Deputy Sheriff Calvin), Gil Barreto (Emilio), Ed Deemer (Harry the Bartender), Maria Val (Vita), Chuck Hayward (Eljay), Michael R. Horst (Deputy). | ||||||||||||||
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| RELEASE DATE: July 14th, 1972 (USA) | DIRECTOR: John Sturges (The Magnificent Seven). WRITER: Elmore Leonard. PRODUCER: Sidney Beckerman. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Robert Daley. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Lalo Schifrin. DISTRIBUTOR: Universal Pictures. |
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| "Joe Kidd may not stand as tall as some more mythical Eastwood cowboy heroes, but the film is directed by the great John Sturges and Robert Duvall gets to ride a horse and shoot a gun as the villain. Good enough ingredients to make Joe Kidd eminently watchable." -- Stuart J. Kobak, Films on Disc | ||||||||||||||
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