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Joe

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Joe
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R,1hr 47min
Genres:
Action,Drama
Release:
1970
Director:
John G. Avildsen
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Dennis Patrick, Peter Boyle, Susan Sarandon  ...more
Synopsis: Peter Boyle delivers a strong and raw performance as Joe Curran, a racist factory worker who hates "hippies and niggers." The film deals with New York City advertising executive Bill Compton (Dennis Patrick), who kills Frank (Patrick McDermott), the junkie lover of his daughter Melissa (Susan Sarandon, in her film debut), when she ends up in a mental hospital after suffering an overdose of speed. Stunned by his rage, Bill goes into a bar and comes upon Joe, who discovers the murder and holds Bill ... Full Synopsis
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Mark Deming, AMG Review
Joe was very much a product of its time, when the bloom was off the rose of the youth movement, and the public's cheerful fascination with hippies had turned sour in the wake of the 1968 Democratic Convention, the Manson Family murders, and the shooting of students by the National Guard at Kent State University. While Joe took a hard look at hatred of the counterculture in blue-collar America, it offered ... Full Review
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Dennis Patrick
Bill Compton
Peter Boyle
Joe Curran
Susan Sarandon
Melissa Compton
Patrick McDermott
Frank Russo
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