Lemonade Joe
(1964)
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Lemonade Joe
(1964)
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Karel Fiala | ... |
Lemonade Joe - Salesman fy Kolalok & Son
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Rudolf Deyl | ... |
Dough Badman - Owner of Trigger Whisky Saloon
(as Rudolf Deyl ml.)
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Milos Kopecký | ... |
Horác Badman Alias 'hogofogo'
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Kveta Fialová | ... |
Tornado Lou - Arizona Warbler
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Olga Schoberová | ... |
Winnifred Goodman
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Bohus Záhorský | ... |
Ezra Goodman - Father
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Josef Hlinomaz | ... |
Gunslinger Grimpo
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Karel Effa | ... |
Pancho Kid - Gunslinger
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Waldemar Matuska | ... |
Banjo Kid - Gunslinger
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Eman Fiala | ... |
Pianist
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Vladimír Mensík | ... |
Barman #1
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Jirí Lír | ... |
Barman #2
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Jirí Steimar | ... |
Kolalok - Joe's Father
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Jaroslav Stercl | ... |
Drunk Postman
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Oldrich Lukes | ... |
Sheriff
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Straight shooting Lemonade Joe cleans up Stetson City, in this musical parody of early Westerns, after shooting the pants off villain Old Pistol. Joe's endorsement of Kolaloka (Crazy Cola) lemonade as the refresher that assures deadly aim, convinces the Arizona sin-town to abstain from alcohol. Based on the 1963 Czech stage production. But Trigger Whiskey maker Duke Badman's brother the devious gunslinger Hogofogo, comes to save his sibling's saloon from Joe's allies, father and daughter temperance revivalists, the Goodmans. Written by David Stevens
"Limonadovy Joe" is part of the golden fund of Czech cinema; it is broadcast every year on TV and you find it in most Czech households on VHS. The fact that this movie was made in the Communist times and that it is a parody to Wild West pictures, does not mean that "Limonadovy Joe" is an ideological trash; I am sure Wild West lovers would not feel offended by this movie. It is a skeptical and self-ironic piece, but in my view, still rather homage to western. 60-ies were the best time for Czech cinema. `Limonadovy Joe' fits into those liberal years of good movies. It is a family comedy with cheerful, but still intelligent humor. Joe remained the only important role for Karel Fiala, but guaranteed him a life-long popularity in his country. Please note excellent performance of actors in episode roles, like e. g. Vladimír Mensik in the role of barman. Also the graphical aspect of the movie is worth mentioning; it is stylized in retro black and white, whereas each scene is colored to another color.