Every Which Way but Loose (1978)

Release date: 1978-12-20
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: James Fargo
Production Co: Warner Bros., The Malpaso Company
Genre: Action, Comedy
Rating: 6.4/10
Length: 1h 54min

Storyline

Philo Beddoe (Clint Eastwood) is an easy-going trucker and a great fist-fighter. With two friends, Orville (Geoffrey Lewis), who promotes prize-fights for him, and Clyde (Manis the Orangutan), the orangutan he won on a bet, he roams the San Fernando Valley in search of cold beer, country music, and the occasional punch-up. But he is floored by dainty little country and western singer, Lynn Halsey-Taylor (Sondra Locke), who gives him the slip when she realizes he's getting too serious. Phil, Clyde, and Orville set off in pursuit, pestered by bikers.

Plot Keywords

orangutan, boxing, pet owner relationship, ape, outlaw gang, headband, tow truck, waitress, woman with a gun, zoo, snobbery, sneezing, sleeping bag, slaughterhouse, shotgun, revolver, redneck, broken windshield, college student, on the road

Short Review

Eastwood has the best double take in the business, there are some interesting glimpses of blue-collar LA, and the downbeat ending displays a genuine moral intelligence.