Joe (1970 film)

Joe is a 1970 drama film about two men, a wealthy conservative and a far-right factory worker, who form a dangerous bond after one confesses to the other about murdering his daughter's drug dealer boyfriend.

Directed by John G. Avildsen. Written by Norman Wexler.

I'm the "Joe" everybody's talking about. (taglines)

Joe Curran

• Forty-two percent of all liberals are queer, that's a fact. The Wallace people did a poll.

• [at the urinal] Hey, they got ice down there! I never pissed on ice before.

• The niggers, the niggers are gettin' all the money. Why work, tell me, why the fuck work, when you can screw, have babies, an' get paid for it?

• It's colder than a witch's tit.

Melissa Curran

• What are you gonna do, kill me too?

Dialogue

Hippie: Hey man, you got any spare change?

Bill Compton: No, but I know where you can find a spare job!

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Hippie: You guys looking to buy some grass?

Bill Compton: I got all I need, sonny boy!

Taglines

• I'm the "Joe" everybody's talking about.

• Keep America Beautiful

Cast

• Dennis Patrick - Bill Compton
• Audrey Caire - Joan Compton
• Susan Sarandon - Melissa Compton
• Peter Boyle - Joe Curran
• K Callan - Mary Lou Curran
• Marlene Warfield - Bellevue Nurse

External links

• Joe (1970 film) quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Joe at Allmovie