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Synopsis: Joe Kidd is a former bounty hunter and all-around tough-guy in the American Southwest. When a band of Mexicans find their U. S. land claims denied and all relevant records destroyed in a courthouse fire, they turn to force of arms. Luis Chama is their charismatic leader, spouting revolutionary rhetoric and demanding land reform. A wealthy landowner with interests in the disputed area, Frank Harlan, decides to settle things his own way. He hires a band of killers and wants Joe Kidd to help them track Chama. Initially, Kidd wants to avoid any involvement, until Chama makes the mistake of stealing Kidd's horses and terrorizing his friends.
Genre: Western
Director(s): John Sturges
Production: Universal Studios
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
PG
Year:
1972
88 min
750 Views


How're we gonna know which

ones are Luis Chama's?

He gets up in them mountains,

he'll be home!

Now just a damn minute!

I'm not begging you

to go with me.

You want to sit on

your fat asses while...

that wild son of a b*tch

is loose, that's up to you.

If you don't mind him

cutting your fences, running your stock,

that's all right with me,

but get outta the way,

'cause I'm gonna bring back

him or his hair.

Joe, what are you doin'

standing there?

Hmm.

Serving 10 days.

Bob, you know Joe's

the one we need.

You wanna go?

I haven't got anything

against Luis Chama.

Posse couldn't get him.

You think that's gonna work?

Joe, you take your broom,

that shovel, that rake,

and that bucket.

Get over to courthouse square

and pick up everything...

that's not nailed down

or painted.

- Howdy, Mr. Harlan.

- Howdy.

- Go to the Grand Hotel.

- You betcha.

Whoa.

Good morning, Mr. Harlan.

These telegraph messages come in

last night and this morning,

one all the way from Chicago.

Mr. Harlan,

I want you to know...

what a pleasure it is to

have you and your friends.

It's been two, three months.

Seems like yesterday. Oh, my, no.

I'm glad you weren't

here yesterday.

I guess you heard about

the excitement we had.

I've reserved the

governor's suite for you...

and two other rooms.

Will that be it?

Mr. Harlan?

I want the whole second floor.

Oh, I've got guests

in the other rooms.

I mean, I don't have

extra space anywhere.

What am I supposed to do?

I can't very well tell them

to get out, can I?

Gimme $10 a head and

I'll throw them out the window.

Say the rooms are spoken for

and there's nothing you can do.

If they give you trouble,

give me a holler.

- What's wrong with saying

the rooms are spoken for?

- Send this out.

Hello, Mr. Harlan.

Ma'am.

Anything I can do for you?

I want to see a man

named Joe Kidd.

Joe Kidd's

locked up in jail.

If he weren't,

I doubt we'd be talking.

You knew we had him

locked up?

I'd like to pay the fine on him.

Send him over to me.

Didn't know he was

a friend of yours.

We'll be on

the second floor.

Joe, Mr. Harlan

wants to see you.

Who?

- Mr. Harlan.

- I don't know the man.

- Do you know his name?

- Never heard of him.

He knows you and

he's paid your fine.

- He wants to see you right now.

- Yeah? Where is he?

Over at the hotel.

- And he's paid my fine, huh?

- Mm-hmm.

Well, he can't be all bad.

- Joe Kidd?

- Yeah.

Be with you in a minute.

Hey, aren't you

gonna wait?

You sure don't look

like you're supposed to.

Just how am I

supposed to look?

You're all dressed

like some town dude.

Were you really leavin'?

Not going to wait?

He asked to see me, but if he's busy,

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Elmore Leonard

Elmore John Leonard Jr. (October 11, 1925 – August 20, 2013) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures. Among his best-known works are Get Shorty, Out of Sight, Swag, Hombre, Mr. Majestyk, and Rum Punch (adapted as the movie Jackie Brown). Leonard's writings include short stories that became the films 3:10 to Yuma and The Tall T, as well as the FX television series Justified. more…

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