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BURT REYNOLDS IN SERGIO CORBUCCI'S WESTERN 'NAVAJO JOE'

Burt Reynolds and Nicoletta Machiavelli in NAVAJO JOE Year: 1966 Grade: C+

Other than Italian composer Ennio Morricone's foreboding five-note score, that Quentin Tarantino used memorably for a climactic standoff in KILL BILL, there's a crooning/vocalizing of title character NAVAJO JOE...

An energetic and resilient half-Indian warrior played by Burt Reynolds, whose personal theme is actually more majestic than the character: Not given much for Reynolds other than some tremendous stuntwork within Spaghetti Western b-auteur Sergio Corbucci's visually creative/action-packed direction...

Burt Reynolds in NAVAJO JOE

At that point Reynolds had famously played another half-Indian on GUNSMOKE, more brooding than dynamic... here voraciously killing white men (played by extremely Italian actors with god-awful dubbing) who massacred his village...

But other than Reynolds and ingenue Nicoletta Machiavelli both looking as fantastic as the sprawling landscapes, this otherwise average JOE is all dressed down with nowhere to go but violent blood-spattered circles: which isn't so shabby for a ferociously-energetic ninety-minute ride.

Burt Reynolds as Navajo Joe in NAVAJO JOE
Burt Reynolds as Navajo Joe in NAVAJO JOE
Burt Reynolds as Navajo Joe in NAVAJO JOE
Nicoletta Machiavelli in NAVAJO JOE
Burt Reynolds in NAVAJO JOE with Nicoletta Machiavelli
Burt Reynolds in NAVAJO JOE with Nicoletta Machiavelli
Burt Reynolds as Navajo Joe in NAVAJO JOE
Nicoletta Machiavelli in NAVAJO JOE
Burt Reynolds as Navajo Joe in NAVAJO JOE
Burt Reynolds as Navajo Joe in NAVAJO JOE
Nicoletta Machiavelli in NAVAJO JOE
Burt Reynolds as Navajo Joe in NAVAJO JOE
Burt Reynolds in NAVAJO JOE with Nicoletta Machiavelli
Nicoletta Machiavelli in NAVAJO JOE
Burt Reynolds as Navajo Joe in NAVAJO JOE
NAVAJO JOE with Tanya Lopert and Franca Polesello
Burt Reynolds as Navajo Joe in NAVAJO JOE
Burt Reynolds in NAVAJO JOE with Tanya Lopert, Franca Polesello & Nino Imparato
Burt Reynolds as Navajo Joe in NAVAJO JOE
Burt Reynolds as Navajo Joe in NAVAJO JOE
Burt Reynolds as Navajo Joe in NAVAJO JOE
Burt Reynolds as Navajo Joe in NAVAJO JOE
Burt Reynolds as Navajo Joe in NAVAJO JOE
Burt Reynolds as Navajo Joe in NAVAJO JOE
Burt Reynolds as Navajo Joe in NAVAJO JOE

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