Joe Kidd (Full Frame)

VHS, PG, 87 minutes, MCA / UNIVERSAL

"Joe Kidd", which concerns a land war in New Mexico at the turn of the century, marks Clint Eastwood at the top of his form as a western hero. Filmed in 1971, Kidd brings together veteran western director John Sturges, the classic backdrop of the High Sierras, the top-notch acting skills of Robert Duvall and the rugged Eastwood as the ?hired gun? who takes action based on his own particular sense of justice. And like a very classic western, it has gunfights, conflicts, and a slam-bang finale which has a locomotive being driven through a saloon where the bad guys are hiding. ?There have always been westerns and there will always be westerns,? Eastwood said. Joe Kidd is one of the best.