Joe Kidd

Joe Kidd sees Clint Eastwood at the top of his form as a western hero in the story of a land war in New Mexico at the turn of the century. Filmed in 1971, Kidd brings together veteran western director John Sturges, the classic backdrop of the High Sierras, the top-notch acting skills of Robert Duvall and the rugged Eastwood as a 'hired gun' who takes action based on his own particular sense of justice. And like every classic western, it has gunfights, conflicts and a slam-bang finale which has a locomotive being driven through a saloon where the bad guys are hiding.