Holy Water Joe

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Holy Water Joe
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Directed by Mario Gariazzo
StarringLincoln Tate
Ty Hardin
CinematographyFranco Villa
Music by Marcello Giombini
Release date
  • 1971 (1971)
CountryItaly
LanguagesItalian
English

Holy Water Joe (Italian : Acquasanta Joe) is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Mario Gariazzo. [1] [2]

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Plot

In the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War (1861-1865), Jeff Donovan's outlaw gang, disguised as soldiers of both the Confederacy and the Union, rob banks using a cannon concealed in a wagon. A man about town by the name of Holy Water Joe, called such to differentiate between him and his father, Fire Water Joe, finds himself penniless when all his savings are gone due to a bank robbery by the Donovan gang. Joe finds an opportunity to recoup some of his losses when he captures a deserter from the gang and sells him to Donovan, that creates double dealing and gunplay.

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References

  1. Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN   978-88-04-57277-0.
  2. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN   8876059695.