The Joe Dancer movies in order
There are 3 Joe Dancer films, about 3.7 hours in total. The first was released in 1981, the latest in 1983. Watching in release order is the safest way to meet the story as audiences did.
- 1
Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill (1981)
29 Jan 1981
The first of three private-eye movies created by Robert Blake about rugged Joe Dancer as the forerunner to a prospective but unrealized series after the retirement of his "Baretta" character. In the initial outing, Blake, as Dancer, follows a trail of bodies through a maze of corruption involving a politically ambitious Beverly Hills family.
- 2
Joe Dancer II: The Monkey Mission (1981)
23 Mar 1981 · 120 min
Robert Blake's second (of three) "Joe Dancer" movies has the hard-boiled private investigator teaming up with a chimp named Gregor, his trainer (who also happens to be an expert thief), and an electronics genius of questionable repute to steal back a priceless vase looted from a family collection during World War II.
- 3
Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade (1983)
5 Jun 1983 · 100 min
The last of Robert Blake's three "Joe Dancer movies" finds the private investigator framed for manslaughter as he tries to uncover a Hollywood scandal that could ruin a studio and destroy a top star's career.
Order and dates from TMDB collection data. Unreleased entries are added once they get a release date.