Holy Water Joe

Holy Water Joe
Holy Water Joe
Directed by	Mario Gariazzo
Starring	Lincoln Tate; Ty Hardin
Cinematography	Franco Villa
Music by	Marcello Giombini
Release date	1971;
Country	Italy
Languages	Italian; English

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

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.

Cast

Lincoln Tate as Holy Water Joe
Ty Hardin as Jeff Donovan
Richard Harrison as Charlie Bennett
Giulio Baraghini as Jim (credited as Lee Banner)
Silvia Monelli as Estella
Tuccio Musumeci as The Sicilian
Pietro Ceccarelli as Sergeant Butch
Dante Maggio as The Banker
Mario Novelli as Donovan Henchman

References

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

External links

Holy Water Joe at IMDb

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[sed-1] Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN 978-88-04-57277-0.

[70_z-2] Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059695.

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