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Joe Kidd

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In New Mexico, one-time bounty hunter Joe Kidd (Clint Eastwood) owns a ranch where a nearby group of Mexican revolutionaries, led by Luis Chama (John Saxon), fights for their rightful land after the U.S. government denies their claims. In response, a greedy landowner (Robert Duvall) gathers a posse to capture Chama and solicits Kidd's assistance. Kidd, who has no interest in the matter, changes his mind when he discovers Chama has stolen a horse and roughed up a worker from his ranch.
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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 10/23/2004
2/4
All I can tell you about Clint Eastwood in Joe Kidd is that he plays a ruthless gunman of few words. This isn't exactly a surprise... The funny thing about Joe Kidd, though, is that we can't keep straight whose side he's on, or why. Go to Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills 12/04/2020
...a mediocrity... Go to Full Review James Clay Fresh Fiction 11/19/2020
B
Scripted by Elmore Leonard, this breezy open-air Western finds a formidable punch against masculinity by questioning the need for power while being supremely entertaining and never straying from Eastwood's clinched-jaw aesthetic. Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 10/30/2020
3/4
Colorfully played by character actors Don Stroud, James Wainwright, and Paul Koslo, the villainous sidekicks spark the proceedings and provide Eastwood's hero with interesting antagonists. Go to Full Review Brian Orndorf Blu-ray.com 04/20/2014
B
It's lesser Eastwood (and Leonard and Sturges), but it's impossible to squash the spirit of the work, which carries the film far enough to satisfy basic needs from the genre, making it a lark, but a convincing one. Go to Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid 05/01/2009
It's still a prime example of a good, sturdy bread-and-butter Western. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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John Sturges

Director

Clint Eastwood

Joe Kidd

Robert Duvall

Frank Harlan

John Saxon

Luis Chama

Don Stroud

Lamarr

Stella Garcia

Helen Sanchez

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Joe Kidd

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Synopsis In New Mexico, one-time bounty hunter Joe Kidd (Clint Eastwood) owns a ranch where a nearby group of Mexican revolutionaries, led by Luis Chama (John Saxon), fights for their rightful land after the U.S. government denies their claims. In response, a greedy landowner (Robert Duvall) gathers a posse to capture Chama and solicits Kidd's assistance. Kidd, who has no interest in the matter, changes his mind when he discovers Chama has stolen a horse and roughed up a worker from his ranch.
Director
John Sturges
Producer
Sidney Beckerman
Screenwriter
Elmore Leonard
Production Co
Universal/Universal Int
Rating
PG
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 7, 2015
Runtime
1h 28m
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