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Stay Away, Joe (1968)

Stay Away, Joe poster
Directed by
Peter Tewksbury
Genre
comedy film, Western film, musical film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Elvis Presley plays a modern day Native American rodeo star who returns to his family's ranch. He tries to help his father get more cattle for a government program while chasing a woman and singing songs.

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What happens

Stay Away, Joe is a 1968 American comedy Western film with musical interludes, set in modern times and starring Elvis Presley, Burgess Meredith, Joan Blondell, Katy Jurado and Thomas Gomez. Directed by Peter Tewksbury, the film is based on the 1953 satirical farce novel of the same name by Dan Cushman. The film reached number 65 on the Variety weekly national box office chart in 1968. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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