Just Joe
| Just Joe | |
|---|---|
Original British Front of House still  | |
| Directed by | Maclean Rogers | 
| Screenplay by | Raymond Drewe | 
| Based on | an original story by Donald Bull | 
| Produced by | Roger Proudlock | 
| Starring | Leslie Randall Joan Reynolds Michael Shepley Anna May Wong  | 
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull | 
| Edited by | Peter Austen-Hunt | 
Production company  | Roger Proudlock Productions (as Parkside Productions)  | 
| Distributed by | Archway Film Distributors Ltd. (UK) | 
Release date  | 
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Running time  | 73 minutes[1] | 
| Country | United Kingdom | 
| Language | English | 
Just Joe is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers, and starring Leslie Randall, Joan Reynolds, Michael Shepley, and Anna May Wong.[2][3] The screenplay was by Raymond Drewe based on a story by Donald Bull. The unassuming Joe discovers his heroic side when he becomes involved with spies chasing the secret formula of a new detergent.
Plot
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Cast
[edit]- Leslie Randall as Joe
 - Joan Reynolds as Sybil
 - Michael Shepley as Fowler
 - Anna May Wong as Peach Blossom
 - Jon Pertwee as Prendergast
 - Howard Pays as Rodney
 - Martin Wyldeck as Bill
 - Noel Dyson as Myra
 - Bruce Seton as Charlie
 - David Sale as Carruthers
 - Betty Huntley-Wright as Miss Appleby
 
Critical reception
[edit]The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Despite simple and hard-working performances by Joan Reynolds and Leslie Randall, this film remains another lamentable example of the general ineptness of second-feature domestic comedy. The story is soap-opera, the pace slack and the direction lifeless. Michael Shepley and Jon Pertwee overplay their respective roles of peppery employer and zany research chemist in a desperate attempt to win a few laughs. A fight in a detergent laboratory provides a routine slapstick climax."[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Just Joe – British Board of Film Classification". Archived from the original on 8 April 2017.
 - ^ "Just Joe". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
 - ^ "Just Joe (1960)". Archived from the original on 18 January 2009.
 - ^ "Just Joe". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 27 (312): 114. 1 January 1960. ProQuest 1305823331.
 
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