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film by Avildsen [1970]
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    …attention with the low-budget drama Joe (1970); it starred Peter Boyle as a virulent racist who reacts violently to the hippie counterculture that seems to be hemming him in. Joe captured the country’s polarized mood and became a surprise hit, but neither the low-budget Cry Uncle! (1971), starring Allen Garfield…

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    …attention with the low-budget drama Joe (1970); it starred Peter Boyle as a virulent racist who reacts violently to the hippie counterculture that seems to be hemming him in. Joe captured the country’s polarized mood and became a surprise hit, but neither the low-budget Cry Uncle! (1971), starring Allen Garfield…

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