Joe

Keep America Beautiful

Bill, a wealthy businessman, confronts his junkie daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend; in the ensuing argument, Bill kills him. Panic-stricken, he wanders the streets and eventually stops at a bar. There he runs into a drunken factory worker named Joe, who hates hippies, blacks, and anyone who is 'different', and would like to kill one himself. The two start talking, and Bill reveals his secret to Joe. Complications ensue.

Direction

John G. Avildsen

Screenplay

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Norman Wexler