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Joe Kidd is a 1972 American Western film starring Clint Eastwood and Robert Duvall, written by Elmore Leonard and directed by John Sturges. The film is about an ex-bounty hunter hired by a wealthy landowner named Frank Harlan to track down Mexican revolutionary leader Luis Chama, who is fighting for land reform .
Jul 19, 1972 · Joe Kidd: Directed by John Sturges. With Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon, Don Stroud. An ex-bounty hunter reluctantly helps a wealthy landowner and his henchmen track down a Mexican revolutionary leader.
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...
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The movie opens with Eastwood in jail. He's sprung by a wealthy landowner who needs a hired killer. The landowner wants to go after Luis Chama ( John Saxon ), charismatic revolutionary leader of the Mexicans (who claim the land is really theirs). Eastwood won't go.
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Brief Synopsis. Joe Kidd is a former bounty hunter who is now trying to earn his living as a horse rancher and tracker. He is hired by a greedy land-grabber to find and capture Luis Chama, a Mexican revolutionary who is organizing the peasants to reclaim the land that is rightfully theirs.
Nov 28, 2022 · Mark Franklin November 28, 2022 1970s. Clint Eastwood plays Joe Kidd, a small rancher with an independent streak. He’s cooling his heels in jail for killing a deer on an Indian reservation, putting up a fuss as he was being arrested and threatening to urinate on the courthouse. He’s sentenced to 10 days in jail.
