Stay Away, Joe


Stay Away, Joe is a 1968 Westerncomedy film, with musical interludes, set in modern times and starring Elvis Presley, Burgess Meredith and Joan Blondell. The film was based on the 1953 novel by Dan Cushman, a satirical farce. The film reached number 65 on the Variety weekly national box office chart in 1968.

Joe persuades his Congressman Douglas Henderson to give himheifers and a prize bull so he and his father Burgess Meredith can prove that the Navajos can successfully raise cattle on the reservation. If their experiment is successful, then the government will help all the Navajo people. But Joes friend, Bronc Hoverty L.Q. Jones accidentally barbecues the prize bull, while Joe sells the heifers to buy plumbing and other home improvements for his stepmother, Annie Lightcloud Katy Jurado.Joe is able to borrow a bull, Dominick, but the bull is lackadaisical and shows no interest in the heifers. Mamie Callahan Quentin Dean, the daughter of shot guntoting tavern owner Glenda Callahan Joan Blondell cant seem to stay away from the girlchasing Joe. Joe also trades in his horse at a used car dealership for a red convertible automobile from which he sells the parts off to obtain cash from a salvage yard. After almost all of the usable car parts are sold, he rides around in a beatup motorcycle. ........

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