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Joe Kidd

1972Movie1 h 28 minPG

DramaWestern
64
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb6.4Letterboxd3.1/5Metacritic526.5Rotten Tomatoes80%54%
64
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb6.4Letterboxd3.1/5Metacritic526.5Rotten Tomatoes80%54%

Summary

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.

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  • Teens
  • Thought-provoking

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You Always Hear the BulletRare · in 17 titlesAverted: when Kidd and a band of Mexican revolutionaries come under fire at extreme range by a sniper using a scoped buffalo rifle the sequence is shown in proper order (muzzle smoke - bullet sound -…Black-and-Gray Moralityin 1,140 titlesThe big bad, Frank Harlan, has no redeeming quality, but Luis Chama is quite ruthless too (see The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized).All 17 tropes

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