EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE (1978)

MORGAN'S RATING

Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, beer-drinking tough guy. He's also the best barroom brawler west of the Rockies. And he lives with a 165-pound orangutan named Clyde. Like other guys, Philo finally falls in love -- with a flighty singer who leads him on a screwball chase across the American Southwest. Nothing's in his way except a motorcycle gang, two sneaky off-duty cops and legendary brawler Tank Murdock.

Clint Eastwood (Philo Beddoe), Sondra Locke (Lynn Halsey-Taylor), Geoffrey Lewis (Orville Boggs), Beverly D' Angelo (Echo), Walter Barnes (Tank Murdock), George Chandler (Clerk at DMV), Roy Jenson (Woody), James McEachin (Herb), Bill McKinney (Dallas), William O'Connell (Elmo), John Quade (Cholla), Dan Vadis (Frank), Gregory Walcott (Putnam), Hank Worden (Trailer Court Manager), Ruth Gordon (Ma Boggs), Jerry Brutsche (Sweeper Driver), Cary Michael Cheifer (Kincaid's Manager), Janet Louise Cole (Girl at Palomino), Sam Gilman (Fat Man's Friend), Chuck Hicks (Trucker), Timothy P. Irvin (M.C. at Zanzabar), Billy Jackson (Bettor), Joyce Jameson (Sybil), Richard Jamison (Harlan), Jackson D. Kane (Man at Bowling Alley), Jeremy Joe Kronsberg (Bruno), Fritz Manes (Bartender at Zanzabar), Michael Mann (Chuch's Manager), Lloyd Nelson (Bartender), George Orrison (Fight Spectator).

CLINT EASTWOOD WILL TURN YOU EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE.

FACTS

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

RELEASE DATE: December 20th, 1978 (USA) BOX OFFICE OPENING: $10.2 million (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $85.2 million (USA) - Followed by a sequel: Any Which Way You Can (1980).

DIRECTOR: James Fargo (Forced Vengeance). WRITER: Jeremy Joe Kronsberg. PRODUCER: Robert Daley. ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Jeremy Joe Kronsberg and Fritz Manes. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Steve Dorff (songs). DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros.

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"...probably the single most mediocre film Eastwood ever made, but the public loved it..." -- John J. Puccio, DVDtown. com

"Clint and an orangutan..." -- Karina Montgomery, Cinerina