Stay Away, Joe is a 1968 American comedy western film with musical interludes, set in modern times and starring Elvis Presley, Burgess Meredith, Katy Jurado and Joan Blondell. Directed by Peter Tewksbury, the film is based on the 1953 satirical farce novel of the same name by Dan Cushman. The film reached number 65 on the Variety weekly national box office chart in 1968. Plot Native American rodeo rider Joe Lightcloud is a Navajo whose family still lives on the reservation. He returns to the reservation in a white Cadillac convertible that he uses to drive cattle. Joe persuades his congressman to give him 20 heifers and a prize bull so that he and his father can prove that the Navajos can successfully raise cattle on the reservation. If their experiment is successful, the government will help all the Navajo people. But Joe's friend Bronc Hoverty accidentally barbecues the prize bull, while Joe sells the heifers to buy home improvements for his stepmother Annie Lightcloud. Joe is able to borrow a bull named Dominick, but the bull is homosexual and shows no interest in the heifers. Mamie Callahan, the daughter of shotgun-toting tavern owner Glenda Callahan, can't seem to stay away from the girl-chasing Joe. Joe trades in his horse at a used car dealership for a red convertible automobile from which he sells off the parts to obtain cash from a salvage yard. After almost all of the usable car parts are sold, Joe rides around on a beat-up motorcycle. To raise money, Joe organizes a contest in which riders have to ride Dominick the bull. Joe has to ride Dominick and hang on in order to win the prize money, which he does. In a fight at his father's house, Joe and his friends are involved in a large fight that destroys the house that they have been building. Cast Elvis Presley as Joe Lightcloud Burgess Meredith as Charlie Lightcloud Joan Blondell as Glenda Callahan Katy Jurado as Annie Lightcloud Thomas Gomez as Grandpa Henry Jones as Hy Slager L.Q. Jones as Bronc Hoverty Quentin Dean as Mamie Callahan Douglas Henderson as Congressman Morrissey Dick Wilson as Car Salesman Joe Esposito (uncredited) Charlie Hodge (uncredited) Production Burt Kennedy was originally announced as director. Presley was paid $850,000 plus 40% of the profits. The screenplay was adapted from the failed Broadway musical Whoop-Up and retained many of the same