Joe
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
John G. Avildsen
Dennis Patrick
Peter Boyle
Susan Sarandon
Patrick Mcdermott
Audrey Caire
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
After cynical drug addict Frank Russo persuades his reluctant 19-year-old girl friend, Melissa Compton, to try methadrine, she is hospitalized for an accidental overdose. When her father, Bill, a New York City advertising executive, arrives at Melissa's apartment to gather the girl's belongings, the addict taunts him. Infuriated by such callousness, Bill beats the youth to death. The dazed executive wanders into a workingman's bar and confides his crime to bigoted veteran Joe Curran. When Joe hears reports of the hippie's death on television he phones Bill his congratulations. The uneasy executive and exhilarated worker are soon socializing. Melissa, however, overhears her father describing the murder and runs away to Greenwich Village. While searching for her, Bill and Joe participate in an orgiastic pot party. Upon discovering that their wallets have been stolen, Joe forces the hosts to disclose the thieves' whereabouts. The enraged pair drive to a rural commune and slaughter its inhabitants. Too late, the executive discovers that he has shot his own daughter.
Director
John G. Avildsen
Cast
Dennis Patrick
Peter Boyle
Susan Sarandon
Patrick Mcdermott
Audrey Caire
K. Callan
Gloria Hoye
Patti Caton
Gary Weber
Claude Robert Simon
Francine Middleton
Bo Enivel
Frank Moon
Jeanne M. Lange
Max Couper
Marlene Warfield
Tim Lewis
Estelle Omens
Bob O'connell
Mary Case
Jenny Paine
Reid Cruickshanks
Rudy Churney
Robert Emerick
Patrick O'neil
Perry Gewirtz
Morty Schloss
Frank Vitale
Al Sentesy
Crew
Louis Antzes
John G. Avildsen
Ralf Bode
Willard Bond
Stephen Bower
Jack Cooley
Christopher C. Dewey
Exuma
Tom Feledy
Dennis Friedland
David Gil
Michael Scott Goldbaum
Jay Good
Randa Haines
Charles Hansen
Ralph Hotchkiss
Lloyd Kaufman
Andrew Kay
Thomas Kennedy
Thomas Kennedy
Michael Lerner
George Manasse
George Manasse
Danny Meehan
George T. Norris
Gene Orloff
John Paratore
Ken Robertson
William Sachs
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
Al Sentesy
Hugh Valentine
Harvey Vincent
Frank Vitale
Sal Vitale
Norman Wexler
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Writing, Screenplay
Quotes
Forty-two percent of all liberals are queer, that's a fact. The Wallace people did a poll.- Joe
The niggers, the niggers are gettin' all da money. Why work, tell me, why the fuck work, when you can screw, have babies, an' get paid for it?- Joe
Are you gonna kill me too?- Melissa Compton
Trivia
Peter Doyle wrote a screenplay for a proposed sequel where Joe gets released from jail and has to deal with his hippie-like son. In the '80s, Cannon Pictures kept announcing each year for several years that the project was in "pre-production", though the project was ultimately scrapped.
Peter Doyle wrote a screenplay for a proposed sequel where Joe gets released from jail and has to deal with his hippie-like son. In the '80s, Cannon Pictures kept announcing each year for several years that the project was in "pre-production", though the project was ultimately scrapped.
Notes
Filmed on location in New York City and Rockland County, New York. The working title of this film is The Gap.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1970
Released in United States July 1970
Released in United States on Video January 18, 1989
New York City, New York, USA
Rockland County, New York, USA
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1970
Released in United States July 1970
Released in United States on Video January 18, 1989
