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Director: James Fargo
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Beverly D’Angelo, Walter Barnes
Every actor has their niche where they find most of their success. A precious few find considerable success in more than one niche. Clint Eastwood is not one of that precious few. This is one of Clint’s attempts at the Action/Comedy genre. It’s a little weak on the action part and very weak on the comedy part, with a combination of silly slapstick and gags revolving around an orangutan named Clyde. Still, I guess I still like it. Clint’s character is cool (of course) and the street fighting stuff is pretty good.
Clint Eastwood is Philo Beddoe, an underground pro street fighter who is better with his fists than with his women. He falls for a really cute country singer named Lynn Halsy-Taylor (Sondra Locke in a honky tonk singing role), gets on the wrong side of the most pathetic motorcycle gang to ever apply for social security, while trying to get a fight with a bare-knuckle legend named Tank Murdock. Geoffrey Lewis and Ruth Gordon manage to squeeze a few laughs out.
If you are looking for a way to prove your loyalty to the man with no name, seeing this movie is a pretty good start. It has a certain pathetic charm to it, that makes me like to see it from time to time, but you have to be able to handle some 70s style country music, too. I like it, but rent this one at your own risk.
