Tiger Joe (Italian: Fuga dall'arcipelago maledetto) is a 1982 Italian adventure film written and directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring David Warbeck, Annie Belle and Tony King.
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Plot
Tiger Joe is a former US Army Special Forces Vietnam Veteran now gunrunning to anti-Khmer Rouge freedom fighters. When his plane is shot down, Tiger Joe joins a female rebel in her fight.
Cast
David Warbeck as Joe "Tiger Joe"
Annie Belle as Kia
Tony King as "Midnight" Washington
Alan Collins as Lenny
Giancarlo Badessi as Bronski
Production
Cinematographer Riccardo Pallottini died in a helicopter crash during production.
Reception
Italian critic Tullio Kezich praised the film, claiming that it "is shot with a variety of images and rhythms sometimes lacking in its American counterparts" and "exudes a sense of cinema absent in works of far greater ambition".