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Joe Kidd

  • 19721972
  • PGPG
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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Clint Eastwood in Joe Kidd (1972)
An ex-bounty hunter reluctantly helps a wealthy landowner and his henchmen track down a Mexican revolutionary leader.
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An ex-bounty hunter reluctantly helps a wealthy landowner and his henchmen track down a Mexican revolutionary leader.An ex-bounty hunter reluctantly helps a wealthy landowner and his henchmen track down a Mexican revolutionary leader.An ex-bounty hunter reluctantly helps a wealthy landowner and his henchmen track down a Mexican revolutionary leader.

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  • Director
    • John Sturges
  • Writer
    • Elmore Leonard
  • Stars
    • Clint Eastwood
    • Robert Duvall
    • John Saxon
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  • Director
    • John Sturges
  • Writer
    • Elmore Leonard
  • Stars
    • Clint Eastwood
    • Robert Duvall
    • John Saxon
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    • 98User reviews
    • 42Critic reviews
    • 52Metascore
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    Clint Eastwood
    Clint Eastwood
    • Joe Kiddas Joe Kidd
    Robert Duvall
    Robert Duvall
    • Frank Harlanas Frank Harlan
    John Saxon
    John Saxon
    • Luis Chamaas Luis Chama
    Don Stroud
    Don Stroud
    • Lamarras Lamarr
    Stella Garcia
    Stella Garcia
    • Helen Sanchezas Helen Sanchez
    James Wainwright
    James Wainwright
    • Mingoas Mingo
    Paul Koslo
    Paul Koslo
    • Royas Roy
    Gregory Walcott
    Gregory Walcott
    • Mitchellas Mitchell
    Dick Van Patten
    Dick Van Patten
    • Hotel Manageras Hotel Manager
    Lynne Marta
    Lynne Marta
    • Elmaas Elma
    John Carter
    John Carter
    • Judgeas Judge
    Pepe Hern
    • Priestas Priest
    Joaquín Martínez
    Joaquín Martínez
    • Manoloas Manolo
    • (as Joaquin Martinez)
    Ron Soble
    Ron Soble
    • Ramonas Ramon
    Pepe Callahan
    • Nacoas Naco
    Clint Ritchie
    Clint Ritchie
    • Calvinas Calvin
    Gil Barreto
    • Emilioas Emilio
    Ed Deemer
    • Bartenderas Bartender
    • Director
      • John Sturges
    • Writer
      • Elmore Leonard
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    Storyline

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    Joe Kidd (Clint Eastwood) is a former bounty hunter and all-around tough-guy in the American southwest. When a band of Mexicans find their U.S. land claims denied and all relevant records destroyed in a courthouse fire, they turn to force-of-arms. Luis Chama (John Saxon) is their charismatic leader, spouting revolutionary rhetoric and demanding land reform. A wealthy landowner with interests in the disputed area, Frank Harlan (Robert Duvall), decides to settle things his own way. He hires a band of killers and wants Joe Kidd to help them track Chama. Initially, Kidd wants to avoid any involvement, until Chama makes the mistake of stealing Kidd's horses and terrorizing his friends. —Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>
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    • Taglines
      • If you're looking for trouble - - - he's JOE KIDD
    • Genre
      • Western
    • Certificate
      • PG
    • Parents guide

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    • Trivia
      Writer Elmore Leonard certainly did know something about classic firearms. From Frank Harlan's (Robert Duvall's) Custom Savage 99 (1899), Olin Mingo's (James Wainwright's) Remington-Keene sporter (1880) in .45-70, Lamarr Simms' (Don Stroud's) Mauser C-96 (1896) broomhandle, and Joe Kidd's (Clint Eastwood'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).
    • Goofs
      The movie takes place in New Mexico, but saguaro cactus can be seen in the town (Sinola County) scenes. Saguaro cactus can be found only in Arizona, which is where those scenes were actually filmed (at Old Tucson).
    • Quotes

      Judge: Do you know it's against the law to hunt on Reservation land?

      Joe Kidd: Well the deer didn't know where he was, and I wasn't sure either.

    • Connections
      Referenced in All-Star Party for Clint Eastwood (1986)

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    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Rough and tumble star Western with untenable moral attitudes...
    After "Dirty Harry," Eastwood returns to the West to work for the first time and the last with John Sturges...

    With quality Westerns like "Bad Day at Black Rock," "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral," and "The Magnificent Seven", Sturges would be the right filmmaker to accelerate Eastwood's cowboy career... In the event he wasn't...

    The excellent sketching of characters and the poignancy of the dilemma of the peasants which made "The Magnificent Seven" such a classic Western were deplorably absent in "Joe Kidd" and the film never escaped from the weakness of its own screenplay...

    Eastwood brought some of the qualities of Leone Stranger, but lacked his style, his wit and his class...

    The film is set in the small town of Sinola, New Mexico, at the turn of the century... Mexican peasants find themselves being exploited and persecuted by American landholders, most notably land baron Frank Harlan (Robert Duvall). The peasants find a charismatic leader in Luis Chama (John Saxon), who takes them before a biased judge to defend their land rights...

    Upon learning the judge's nature, the Mexicans turn to violence and nearly kill the judge whose life is saved by Joe Kidd (Clint Eastwood), a prisoner jailed for drinking too much...

    This action endears Kidd to Harlan, who recruits him as a tracker for the posse he has hired to annihilate the poor Mexicans who oppose him...

    However, Kidd's commitment to Harlan's cause grows weaker the more he observes the landowner's methods... At one stage Harlan takes over a small Mexican town and threatens to kill all the inhabitants if Chama does not give himself up by a specified dead time... Kidd considers the action cowardly, and decides to change sides and join Chama's forces...

    If you are happy to see Eastwood back in the saddle, and you want to watch him with Robert Duvall, don't miss this highly forgettable Western... I'm quite sure it will manage to hold your attention...
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    • Release date
      • July 19, 1972 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Sinola
    • Filming locations
      • Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA
    • Production company
      • The Malpaso Company
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $6,330,000
    • Gross worldwide
      • $6,330,000
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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