Stay Away, Joe

Stay Away, Joe

102 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music, Western | March 8, 1968

Joe Lightcloud persuades his Congressman to give him 20 heifers and a prize bull so he and his father, Charlie, 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 Joe's friend, Bronc Hoverty, accidentally barbecues the prize bull, while Joe sells the heifers to buy plumbing and other home improvements for his stepmother.

Stay Away, Joe

102 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music, Western | March 8, 1968

Stay Away, Joe
Joe Lightcloud persuades his Congressman to give him 20 heifers and a prize bull so he and his father, Charlie, 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 Joe's friend, Bronc Hoverty, accidentally barbecues the prize bull, while Joe sells the heifers to buy plumbing and other home improvements for his stepmother.
IMDb rating 4.5
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Stay Away, Joe
Directors Dale Hutchinson, Natalie Drache, Peter Tewksbury
Writers Dan Cushman, Michael A. Hoey

Cast

Elvis Presley

as Joe Lightcloud

Burgess Meredith

as Charlie Lightcloud

Joan Blondell

as Glenda Callahan

Katy Jurado

as Annie Lightcloud

Thomas Gomez

as Grandpa

Henry Jones

as Hy Slager

L.Q. Jones

as Bronc Hoverty

Quentin Dean

as Mamie Callahan

Anne Seymour

as Mrs. Hawkins

Douglas Henderson

as Congressman Morrissey

Angus Duncan

as Lorne Hawkins

Mike Lane

as Frank Hawk (as Michael Lane)

Susan Trustman

as Mary Lightcloud

Warren Vanders

as Hike Bowers

Buck Kartalian

as Bull Shortgun

Maurishka

as Connie Shortgun

Caitlin Wyles

as Marlene Standing Rattle

Marya Thomas

as Bille-Jo Hump (as Marya Christen)

Del 'Sonny' West

as Jackson He-Crow

Jennifer Peak

as Little Deer

Frank Parker

as Deputy Sheriff Hank Matson (as Brett Parker)

Michael Keller

as Orville Witt