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The Gauntlet is a 1977 American action thriller and buddy cop film directed by Clint Eastwood for Malpaso Productions, part of the New Hollywood movement. It stars Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle and Mara Corday, was edited by Joel Cox, and features a score by Jerry Fielding, who also performed on it. The film was shot in Arizona, where it is also set.
Distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment on a budget of $5,500,000, it earned $35,400,000 at the box office.
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6.5Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness from Las Vegas. The witness turns out to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties—and incriminating information regarding a high-ranking official.
Cast
- Clint Eastwood as Ben Shockley
- Sondra Locke as Gus Mally
- Pat Hingle as Josephson
- William Prince as Blakelock
- Bill McKinney as Constable
- Michael Cavanaugh as Feyderspiel
Themes
- sniper
- helicopter
- prostitute
- showdown
- ambush
- hitman
- chase
- bus
- mexican standoff
- freight train
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Ratings
IMDb
6.4/10
27,086 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
75%
Metacritic
59/100
- Year
- 1977
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Directed by
- Clint Eastwood
- Written by
- Michael Butler, Dennis Shryack Clint Eastwood (uncredited)
- Produced by
- Robert Daley
- Starring
- Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke
- Cinematography
- Rexford L. Metz
- Edited by
- Joel Cox , Ferris Webster
- Music by
- Jerry Fielding
- Production company
- The Malpaso Company
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- December 21, 1977 ( 1977-12-21 )
- Running time
- 109 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $5.5 million
- Box office
- $35.4 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- detective film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Movement
- New Hollywood
- Director
- Clint Eastwood
- Composer
- Jerry Fielding
- Production company
- Malpaso Productions
- Narrative location
- Arizona
- Filming location
- Arizona
- Duration
- 109
- FilmAffinity ID
- 756313
- Performer
- Jerry Fielding
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1980-11-00
- film editor
- Joel Cox
- title
- The Gauntlet
- distributed by
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- review score
- 59/100
- capital cost
- 5500000
- box office
- 35400000
- Commons category
- The Gauntlet (film)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Gauntlet is a 1977 American action thriller film directed by Clint Eastwood, who stars alongside Sondra Locke. The film's supporting cast includes Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney, and Mara Corday. Eastwood plays a down-and-out cop who falls in love with a prostitute (Locke), to whom he is assigned to escort from Las Vegas to Phoenix for her to testify against the mob.
Plot
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