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The Gauntlet

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The Gauntlet
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R,1hr 48min
Genre:
Action
Released:
December 21, 1977
Director:
Clint Eastwood
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle  ...more
Synopsis: Playing police stooge Ben Shockley, Clint Eastwood sends up his Dirty Harry-ness in this 1977 cop film-action movie-romantic comedy. Ben is assigned to escort tough Vegas hooker Gus Mally (Sondra Locke) to Phoenix for a Mob trial because, he thinks, he always "gets the job done." But corrupt commissioner Blakelock (William Prince) chose alcoholic Ben precisely because Ben does not get much done at all, and Blakelock has no intention of letting them get to Phoenix alive. Once Gus figures this out ... Full Synopsis
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Keith Phipps, AMG Review
In addition to working well as an Eastwood actioner, The Gauntlet should probably serve as ground zero for any study of his films' attitude toward women. Eastwood's hard-living, success-starved cop begins the film as an unrepentant sexist, but after being saddled with an antagonist/love interest Sondra Locke, who more than holds her own against him, he leaves the film with an adjusted attitude. That ... Full Review
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Clint Eastwood
Ben Shockley
Sondra Locke
Gus Mally
Pat Hingle
Josephson
William Prince
Blakelock
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