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Joe Kidd, cow-boy fraîchement libéré de prison, est employé par un puissant propriétaire, Frank Harlan, pour débusquer Chama, personnage qui aide les petits propriétaires mexicains face aux colons américains qui s'approprient leurs terres.
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Another Great Performance of Clint Eastwood, In an Above Average Western Movie
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
14 January 2004
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Joe Kidd (Clint Eastwood) is a former gunman and bounty hunter, hired by the landlord Frank Harlan (Robert Duvall) to chase Luis Chama (John Saxon), a Mexican-American fighting for land reform. Along the hunting, Joe realizes that Frank's men are cold blood killers, and decides to help Luis Chama. He convinces him to fight for his rights in the court of justice. In the way back to the city, Frank's men try to kill Luis Chama. Clint Eastwood has another great performance, having a great duel with Robert Duvall.
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The story has some flaws, but anyway, maybe the greatest problem is the expectation generated by the name of John Sturges: we always expect another masterpiece from him, and maybe this is the reason why there are some underrated comments about this above average Western movie. My vote is 7/10.
