Lemonade Joe (1964)

7.495 min

1964 Czech film

Lemonade Joe, or the Horse Opera (Czech: Limonádový Joe aneb Koňská opera) is a 1964 Czechoslovak musical comedy film, directed by Oldřich Lipský and written by Jiří Brdečka, based on his novel and stage play.

A parody of the American Western, the film centers on a clean-living, soft-drink-selling gunfighter who takes on a town full of whiskey-swilling cowboys. The name of the eponymous hero is a pun, since the Czech word for a soft drink, limonáda, can also be used figuratively in reference to a cheap, sentimental love-story.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Lemonade Joe about?
Lemonade Joe (1964) — Straight shooting Lemonade Joe cleans up Stetson City, in this musical parody of early Westerns, after shooting the pants off villain Old Pistol. Joe's endorsement of Kolaloka lemonade as the refresher that assures deadly aim, con...
Is Lemonade Joe based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Lemonade Joe scary?
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