A Bullet for Joey is a 1955 film noir directed by Lewis Allen and starring Edward G. Robinson and George Raft.

To kidnap him, Eric Hartman, the party's top man in Montreal, offers $100,000 to deported American criminal Joe Victor.

It begins well, accumulating a lot of tension in the crescendo, but overextends on the climax, by which time the tally of corpses is nearing astronomical figures.

"[9] Fred W. Fox of the Los Angeles Mirror wrote: "'A Bullet for Joey' may not be Oscar fare but it is neat melodrama that holds the spectator's attention.

"[10] John L. Scott of the Los Angeles Times called the film a "moderately exciting crime thriller" with a "somewhat lugubrious plot.