Title:

Joe Kidd

Synopsis:
In the New Mexican town of Sinola in the early 1900s, Joe Kidd (Clint Eastwood), a disaffected former bounty hunter, is in jail for hunting on Indian land and disturbing the peace. Mexican bandito/revolutionary Luis Chama (John Saxon) has organized a peasant revolt against the local landowners who are throwing the poor off their ancestral lands, and raids the town’s courthouse.

A posse is formed by wealthy landowner Frank Harlan (Robert Duvall) to capture Chama. Kidd is invited to join, but declines. Harlan persists and Kidd relents when he learns that Chama’s band has raided his own ranch and attacked one of the workers there. The posse is made up of numerous ruthless men, some of them armed with new-style rifles that have a much greater range than previous types.

The posse rides into a village near Chama’s hideout and forces the villagers into the church at gunpoint. They threaten to kill five Mexican hostages unless Chama surrenders. Harlan no longer trusts Kidd, and throws him into the church too, to prevent him from helping Helen, a female captive who unbeknownst to Harlan is also Chama’s lady love, and the other Mexican hostages.

Kidd manages a daring escape. He saves the hostages by finding Chama and his associates and forcing them to comply with his wishes. He lets Harlan and the posse know he will deliver Chama to Sheriff Mitchell (Gregory Walcott) in town. The posse pursues Kidd and his party, and a running gun battle ensues with the high-powered rifles. When Kidd and the captured Chama arrive in town they discover Harlan is already there with the rest of the posse survivors, planning to kill them all. Regardless, Kidd intends to go through with his plan.

To get to the jailhouse, Kidd drives a steam train through the town saloon. A gunfight ensues between Kidd and Harlan’s men. Kidd triumphs over the other men, and manages to kill Harlan in the courthouse by hiding in the judge’s chair. Chama then surrenders to Mitchell. Kidd punches the sheriff (because the sheriff had punched him during the poaching arrest), collects his things and leaves town with Helen.
Format:
Digital Copy
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Movie Release Year:
1972
Rating:
PG-13
Barcode:
025192225840
Genre:
Western
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Show Type:
Movie
Series:
Clint Eastwood
Date Added:
2018-02-07 21:36:26
Original Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Actors:
Robert Duvall
Clint Eastwood
John Saxon
Don Stroud
James Wainwright
Dick Van Patten
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Directors:
John Sturges
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Runtime:
88
Country of Purchase:
United States
Studios:
Universal Pictures
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Codec:
H.264 / AVC (MPEG-4 Part 10)
Resolution:
1080p
Item Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Size:
4.7 GB (DVD)
Discs:
1
Region:
1
Packaging:
Colored Snap Case
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
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Subtitles:
English
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Automatic Estimated Value:
~$15.00
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-03-05
Date Added:
2018-02-07 21:36:26

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