Beautiful Joe (film)

This article is about the film. For the dog or the novel, see Beautiful Joe. For the video game, see Viewtiful Joe.

Beautiful Joe
Directed by	Stephen Metcalfe
Written by	Stephen Metcalfe
Starring	Sharon Stone Billy Connolly
Cinematography	Thomas Ackerman
Music by	John Altman
Release date	2000
Running time	98 minutes
Countries	United States United Kingdom
Language	English

Beautiful Joe is a 2000 American-British film written and directed by Stephen Metcalfe. It stars Sharon Stone and Billy Connolly, with supporting roles by Ian Holm, Dann Florek, and Gil Bellows.

Plot

A dying man finds that horses, blondes, and the Mob may end his life faster than cancer. Joe (Billy Connolly) is a regular guy who runs a flower shop and has never had much in the way of good luck. Things seem to be grim for Joe when he's diagnosed with a brain tumor, but a bit of good fortune appears on the horizon when he wins a jackpot at the race track. However, Hush (Sharon Stone), an exotic dancer who has fallen deeply in debt to a gang of thugs, steals Joe's newly won fortune to pay them off. Joe gets his money back by explaining to the gangsters what happened, but only because they mistake him for a syndicate kingpin they've heard about but never met. When the gangsters discover that Joe is a florist and not a career criminal, they find the situation less than amusing.

Cast

• Sharon Stone as Hush
• Billy Connolly as Joe
• Gil Bellows as Elton
• Jurnee Smollett as Vivien
• Dillon Moen as Lee
• Jaimz Woolvett as Mouse
• Alan C. Peterson as Howdy
• Dann Florek as Happy
• Ian Holm as George The Geek
• Sheila Paterson as Mrs. O'Malley
• Frank C. Turner as Frank
• Gina Chiarelli as Pauline
• Ben Johnson as Gino
• Connor Widdows as Anthony
• Norman Armour as Doctor
• J.K. Simmons (uncredited)

Release

While the film enjoyed a theatrical run in Europe, it debuted in America on the Cinemax cable network.

External links

• Beautiful Joe at IMDb
• Beautiful Joe at Rotten Tomatoes