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Every Which Way but Loose

PG
Movie
1978
1h 50m
English
Action, Comedy, Adventure, Romance, Drama
Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room 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 the way except a motorcycle gang, and legendary brawler Tank Murdock.
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Clint Eastwood
Philo Beddoe
Sondra Locke
Lynn Halsey-Taylor
Geoffrey Lewis
Orville Boggs
Manis
Clyde
Walter Barnes
Tank Murdock
George Chandler
Clerk at D.M.V.
Bill McKinney
Dallas, Treasurer Biker
William OConnell
Elmo, Sergeant-At-Arms Biker
John Quade
Cholla, The Biker Leader
Dan Vadis
Frank, Assistant Head Biker
Hank Worden
Trailer Court Manager
Ruth Gordon
Ma Boggs
Jerry Brutsche
Sweeper Driver
Cary Michael Cheifer
Kincaid's Manager
Janet Cole Notey
Girl at Palomino
Sam Gilman
Fat Man's Friend
Timothy P Irvin
M.C. at Zanzabar
Tim Irwin
Bandleader
Directed By: James Fargo

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Torgo says...
2 years ago
It was OK, I guess. Not really a lot of story. Clyde was pretty cool. Wish he was in it a bit more.
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r96sk says...
3 years ago
A bit forgettable, if nothing terrible. Clint Eastwood is solid enough, while the supporting Geoffrey Lewis, Sondra Locke and Ruth Gordon have a couple of moments. The plot is a little meandering and doesn't hold enough entertainment, even with an orangutan being present throughout 'Every Which Way but Loose'. I found the pacing to be slower than I would've liked and the characters opposite the lead to be boring, whether it be John Quade & Co. or the pair of police officers. I will say that I actually did enjoy the music used, which is arguably the film's main plus if I'm honest. I can't say I'm expecting much from 'Any Which Way You Can', the sequel, but I'll give it a chance no doubt.
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$hubes says...
2 years ago
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I suppose that, in its prime, this might have been considered a "good" movie. Problem is, I didn't see it "in its prime" and by today's standards, it just wasn't all that entertaining. I guess I expected more out of Clyde and the rest of the movie but this just had zero personality to it. [spoiler] We find out that Sondra Locke (never could figure out what Clint saw in her; she's as plain as a mud fence and built like Olive Oyl in the Popeye cartoons) is nothing more than a horny gold-digger who's been playing Philo all along but once that much is determined, we don't see anything more. [/spoiler] It took 2 hours for you tell **that** story?!!! Seriously. There was just very little that I found entertaining about this one, even though it's considered (I guess) a "classic". After this one, I'm not going to waste any time on the sequel; it can't be any better. Eastwood is much much better as a rogue cop who can take out the trash but here, even the famed Clint Eastwood has almost no personality. But that matches the rest of this film.
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John Chard
5 years ago
I think he's spending too much time with Clyde.

Every Which Way But Loose is directed by James Fargo and written by Jeremy Joe Kronsberg. It stars Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Beverly D'Angelo and Manis The Orangutan.

It surprised the studio executives, even had them sweating More
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r96sk
3 years ago
A bit forgettable, if nothing terrible.

Clint Eastwood is solid enough, while the supporting Geoffrey Lewis, Sondra Locke and Ruth Gordon have a couple of moments. The plot is a little meandering and doesn't hold enough entertainment, even with an orangutan being present throughout 'Every Whi More
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