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Every Which Way But Loose

5.6

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Sequel:

Any Which Way You Can

Original title

Every Which Way But Loose

Year

1978

Running time

114 min.

Country

United States

Director

James Fargo

Screenwriter

Jeremy Joe Kronsberg

Cast

Music

Steve Dorff

Cinematography

Rexford L. Metz

Producer

Warner Bros., Malpaso Productions

Genre

Comedy. Action | Apes

Synopsis

Eastwood plays a trucker who picks up money by challenging the toughest men in every area to bare-knuckle bouts. In an earlier match he's won a huge, 11-year-old orangutan (Clyde) that he now travels with. His other driving partner is thick-witted Lewis. They meet Locke, a singer Eastwood falls for. He thinks that the two of them can establish a life together, but she is flighty and departs before a permanent arrangement is established. Determined not to let the woman walk out of his life, Eastwood sets out to catch up with her. Along the way he has a few fights and makes enemies of two lawmen and a rag-tag, Hell's Angels-type motorcycle gang.

Critics' reviews

"For Eastwood fans, the essential elements are there. Lots of people get beat up, Eastwood walks tall and looks nasty, cars are crashed. James Fargo directs limply."

Variety Staff: Variety
"The slackest and most harebrained of Mr. Eastwood's recent movies. It is overlong and virtually uneventful"

The New York Times
"There's no accounting for the success of this over the failure of Eastwood's infinitely superior Bronco Billy."

TV Guide
"One can forgive the orangutan's participation - he couldn't read the script - but what is Eastwood's excuse? James Fargo directed, every which way but well"

David Ansen: Newsweek
"Clint doing roughneck humour with an orang-utan, what's not to like? (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

Ian Nathan: Empire
"A huge disappointment after The Outlaw Josey Wales and The Gauntlet, this rambling comedy forsakes the subtle, self-deprecating humour of those films and opts for a far rowdier"

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Every Which Way But Loose

1978

James Fargo

5.6

(4,031)