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Director
  
Sergio Corbucci

Music director
  
Ennio Morricone

Language
  
Italian

6.4/10
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Genre
  
Western

Duration
  

Country
  
Italy Spain

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Writer
  
Dean Craig
,
Fernando Di Leo

Release date
  
25 November 1966 (1966-11-25) (Italy)

Screenplay
  
Fernando Di Leo, Piero Regnoli

Cast
  
Burt Reynolds
(Joe),
Aldo Sambrell
(Duncan),
Nicoletta Machiavelli
(Estella),
Fernando Rey
(Father Rattigan),
Tanya Lopert
(Maria),
Franca Polesello
(Barbara)

Similar movies
  
Django Unchained
,
Back to the Future Part III
,
Night at the Museum
,
The Green Mile
,
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
,
The Big Gundown

Tagline
  
Navajo revenge slashes ...burns ...ravages the screen!

Navajo Joe is a 1966 Spaghetti Western film, directed by Sergio Corbucci, and stars Burt Reynolds as the titular Navajo Indian who opposes a group of bandits responsible for killing his tribe. The film's score was composed by Ennio Morricone (credited as Leo Nichols).

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Plot

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Having massacred an Indian village, outlaw Duncan finds his men falling victim to a solitary rider, Navajo Joe. Joe saves three prostitutes who have overheard Duncan plot with Lynne, the town doctor, to steal a train full of money belonging to the bank. Joe steals the train back from Duncan's gang. He asks the townspeople of Esperanza to pay him to protect them from Duncan, making an offer of "I want a dollar a head from every man in this town for every bandit I kill." The townspeople reject him, as they "don't make bargains with Indians." Lynne's wife Hannah persuades them otherwise. Joe sets a trap for Duncan, but is caught and tortured; Lynne and Hannah are killed. Rescued by an old man from the saloon, Joe again steals the train and eradicates Duncan's gang. There is then a showdown in an Indian cemetery, where Joe reclaims the pendant that Duncan stole from his wife when he murdered her. As Joe turns, Duncan shoots Joe with a hidden gun. Injured, Joe grabs a tomahawk and throws it, hitting Duncan square in the forehead. With Duncan dead, Joe sends his horse back to town, carrying the bank's money.

Production

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Reynolds wore a wig for his role. "I looked like Natalie Wood," he joked.

Music

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The original soundtrack for the film was composed by Ennio Morricone (credited as Leo Nichols) and contains the following tracks:

  1. Titoli Di Testa-Navajo Joe (Main Title)
  2. Pelli Conciate E Pelli Morte (Raw Hides and Dead Hides)
  3. Profilo del Destino (A Silhouette of Doom)
  4. Saloon Pyote (The Pyote Saloon)
  5. Storia Indiana (An Indian Story)
  6. Verso Esperanza (To Esperanza)
  7. Bandito Prende Il Treno (The Bandit Gets the Train)
  8. Ma Joe Dice No (But Joe Says No)
  9. Fine Di Barbara, E Il Ritornio Di Joe (The Demise of Barbara and the Return of Joe)
  10. Paura E Silenzio (Fear and Silence)
  11. Navajo E Prigioniero (The Navajo and the Prisoner)
  12. Guarendo le Ferite (Healing the Wound)
  13. Addio a Fratello Jeffrey (Goodbye to Brother Jeffrey)
  14. Navajo Joe
  15. Dopo la Fine (After the End)
  16. Titoli Di Coda-Navajo Joe (End Title)

Credits notes

  • The lead female vocalist heard in the main title and in most of the tracks is Gianna Spagnulo, who also participated on the soundtrack Once Upon a Time in the West.

    • Song notes

  • The track "A Silhouette of Doom" has been used for The Bride's introductory speech and for her duel with Elle Driver in the second volume of the two-part Quentin Tarantino film, Kill Bill.
  • The track "The Demise of Barbara and the Return of Joe" was used in the well-received comedy Election (1999), when Tracy Flick rips up all of Paul Metzler's posters. It also accompanies one of the final sequences of Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004).

    • References

    Navajo Joe Wikipedia
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