Movie
Joe Kidd
Overview
A band of Mexicans find their U. S. land claims denied and all the records destroyed in a courthouse fire. Their leader, Louis Chama, encourages them to use force to regain their land. A wealthy landowner wanting the same decides to hire a gang of killers with Joe Kidd to track Chama.
Details
- Release date
- 1972-07-19
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Genres
- Western, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Malpaso Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Clint Eastwood as Joe Kidd
- Robert Duvall as Frank Harlan
- John Saxon as Luis Chama
- Don Stroud as Lamarr Simms
- Stella Garcia as Helen Sanchez
- James Wainwright as Mingo
- Paul Koslo as Roy
- Gregory Walcott as Mitchell
- Dick Van Patten as Hotel Manager
- Lynne Marta as Elma
- John Carter as Judge
- Pepe Hern as Priest
Crew
- John Sturges - Director
- Elmore Leonard - Writer
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