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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
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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
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 109
- FilmAffinity ID
- 756313
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- publication date
- 1980-11-00
- title
- The Gauntlet
- review score
- 59/100
- capital cost
- 5500000
- box office
- 35400000
- Commons category
- The Gauntlet (film)
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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.
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