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Joe is a american film of genre Drama directed by John G. Avildsen released in USA on 15 july 1970 with Peter Boyle
Joe (1970)
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Add to a movie listJoe is a 1970 drama film distributed by Cannon Films and starring Peter Boyle, Dennis Patrick and Susan Sarandon in her film debut. The film was directed by John G. Avildsen.
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Advertising executive Bill Compton (Patrick), his wife Joan (Audrey Caire), and daughter Melissa (Sarandon) are a wealthy family living in New York's Upper East Side. Melissa has been living with her drug dealer boyfriend. After Melissa overdoses and is sent to a hospital, Compton goes to her boyfriend's apartment to get her clothes. He confronts and kills the boyfriend in a fit of rage. At a nearby bar he hears factory worker Joe Curran (Boyle) ranting about how he hates hippies, and blurts out that he just killed one. Joe reacts favorably, but Compton says it was a joke.Actors
Peter Boyle
(Joe Curran)
Dennis Patrick
Susan Sarandon
(Melissa Compton)
K Callan
(May Lou Curran (as K. Callan))
Frank Vitale
(Hippie in Group)
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