Navajo Joe (1966)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Sergio Corbucci

Writers:

Fernando Di Leo (writer)
Ugo Pirro (story)

Release Date:

25 November 1966 (Italy)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

Navajo revenge slashes ...burns ...ravages the screen!

Plot:

The sole survivor of a bloody massacre vows revenge on his attackers and on the men who killed his wife. |

Plot Keywords:

Native American | Warrior | Axe In The Head | Half Breed | Hung Upside Down

Cast

Burt Reynolds	...	Joe
Aldo Sambrell	...	Duncan (bandit leader)
Nicoletta Machiavelli	...	Estella (Mrs. Lynne's maid)
Fernando Rey	...	Father Rattigan
Tanya Lopert	...	Maria (saloon girl)
Franca Polesello	...	Barbara (saloon girl)
Lucia Modugno	...	Geraldine (wounded saloonn girl)
Pierre Cressoy	...	Dr. Chester Lynne (as Peter Cross)
Roberto Paoletti
Mario Lanfranchi	...	Jefferson Clay (Esperanza mayor)
Nino Imparato	...	Chuck (banjo player)
Ángel Álvarez	...	Oliver Blackwood (bank manager)
Lucio Rosato	...	Jeffrey Duncan
Rafael Albaicín	...	Bandit
Valeria Sabel	...	Honor

Also Known As:

A Dollar a Head (USA)
Joe, el implacable (Spain)
Savage Run (USA)
Un dollaro a testa (Italy) (working title)

Runtime:

Italy:93 min | Spain:88 min | USA:93 min

Country:

Italy | Spain

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Australia:M | West Germany:18 (nf) | Singapore:NC-16 | Germany:18 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Colmenar, Madrid, Spain

Company:

C.B. Films S.A.

Trivia:

Burt Reynolds only agreed to make ‘Navajo Joe’ as he was under the impression Sergio Leone would be directing. When he found out it was Sergio Corbucci, it was too late for him to pull out of the film.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Duncan reaches to scalp the Indian woman he killed; her eye twitches slightly before the camera cuts away.

Quotes:

Sheriff Elmo Reagan: But you can't, an Indian sheriff? Only ones elected in this country are Americans.
Joe: My father was born here, in the mountains. His father before him and his father before him and his father before him. Where was your father born?
Sheriff Elmo Reagan: Ulp, what's that to do with it?
Joe: I said, where was he born?
Sheriff Elmo Reagan: Uuh, in Scotland.
Joe: My father was born here, in America. His father before him and his father before him and his father before him. Now which of us is American?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Spaghetti West (2005) (V)

Before 'Django'..before 'Silence'...there was.................

...Navajo Joe...directed by Sergio Corbucci.

I'd rate Navajo Joe a "must see"...for Spaghetti-heads, at least....although I wouldn't place it in my top 10 SW. Somewhere in my top 20's more like it.

It's certainly one of the least 'cartoonish' SW...the themes touched on in the movie are well chosen & well done....the score is soooooooo good............Reynolds is good in the part (he's half Cherokee Indian, by the way)........Joe is not your run of the mill SW character--> it's refreshing to have a hero (as opposed to hero/anti-hero) for a change...he's an 'assassin', & a good one...wiping out 40+ guys is no small feat.

The ending was handled well..& slightly ambiguously...there is room for speculation as to Joe's ultimate fate in the movie....although w/ a little thought...it's pretty clear...& adds to the film's quality & richness. The usual atrocious dubbing....occasionally some excellent dialogue will poke through.

Good one.