''Tiger Joe'' () is a 1982 Italian
adventure film
The adventure film is a broad genre of film. Some early genre studies found it no different than the Western film or argued that adventure could encompass all Hollywood genres. Commonality was found among historians Brian Taves and Ian Cameron in ...
written and directed by
Antonio Margheriti
Antonio Margheriti (19 September 1930 – 4 November 2002), also known under the pseudonyms Anthony M. Dawson and Antony Daisies ("daisies" is "margherite" in Italian), was an Italians, Italian filmmaker. Margheriti worked in many different film ...
and starring
David Warbeck
David Warbeck (born David Mitchell; 17 November 1941 – 23 July 1997) was a New Zealand actor and model best known for his roles in European exploitation and horror films.
A native of Christchurch, New Zealand, Warbeck became involved in loca ...
,
Annie Belle
Annie Sylvie Brilland (10 December 1956 – 27 January 2024) was a French actress and social worker. Her acting career began in 1974. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s she had varied roles in both French and Italian cinema, working with such direc ...
and
Tony King.
[Kim Worthy. "Tiger Joe" in ''Vietnam War Feature Filmography: An Encyclopedic Reference of Imaginative Films about Vietnam''. J.-J. Malo, 1992. pp. 391-2.]
Plot
Tiger Joe is a former
US Army Special Forces
The United States Army Special Forces (SF), colloquially known as the "Green Berets" due to their distinctive service headgear, is a branch of the United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC).
The core missionset of Special Forces ...
Vietnam Veteran now gunrunning to anti-
Khmer Rouge
The Khmer Rouge is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), and by extension to Democratic Kampuchea, which ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. The name was coined in the 1960s by Norodom Sihano ...
freedom fighters. When his plane is shot down, Tiger Joe joins a female rebel in her fight.
Cast
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David Warbeck
David Warbeck (born David Mitchell; 17 November 1941 – 23 July 1997) was a New Zealand actor and model best known for his roles in European exploitation and horror films.
A native of Christchurch, New Zealand, Warbeck became involved in loca ...
as Joe "Tiger Joe"
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Annie Belle
Annie Sylvie Brilland (10 December 1956 – 27 January 2024) was a French actress and social worker. Her acting career began in 1974. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s she had varied roles in both French and Italian cinema, working with such direc ...
as Kia
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Tony King as "Midnight" Washington
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Alan Collins as Lenny
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Giancarlo Badessi
Giancarlo Badessi (21 September 1928 – 6 December 2011) was an Italian actor.
Life and career
Born in Lecco, at the age of almost 40 Badessi gave up his daily job as an accountant to embrace the theatre, making his debut in a stage play direct ...
as Bronski
Production
Cinematographer Riccardo Pallottini died in a helicopter crash during production.
[''Margheriti and The Last Hunter'' Documentary, 2007. Last accessed: September 2008.]
See also
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List of Italian films of 1982
A list of films produced in Italy in 1982 (see 1982 in film):
References Footnotes
Sources
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External linksItalian films of 1982
at the Internet Movie Database
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References
External links
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''Tiger Joe''at
Variety Distribution
Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company.
It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward.
History
Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film ...
1980s adventure films
Films directed by Antonio Margheriti
Films scored by Carlo Savina
Italian adventure films
Cold War films
Macaroni Combat films
Films shot in the Philippines
Films set in Cambodia
1980s Italian films
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