Just Joe

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Just Joe
Just Joe (1960 film).jpg
Original British Front of House still
Directed by Maclean Rogers
Screenplay byRaymond Drewe
Based onan original story by Donald Bull
Produced by Roger Proudlock
Starring Leslie Randall
Joan Reynolds
Michael Shepley
Anna May Wong
Cinematography Geoffrey Faithfull
Edited byPeter Austen-Hunt
Production
company
Roger Proudlock Productions (as Parkside Productions)
Distributed byArchway Film Distributors Ltd. (UK)
Release date
  • July 1960 (1960-07)(UK)
Running time
73 minutes [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Just Joe is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers, and starring Leslie Randall, Joan Reynolds, Michael Shepley, and Anna May Wong. [2] The unassuming Joe (Leslie Randall) discovers his heroic side when he becomes involved with spies chasing the secret formula of a new detergent.

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References

  1. "JUST JOE - British Board of Film Classification".
  2. "Just Joe (1960)". Archived from the original on 18 January 2009.