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16/12/1978 Action, Comedy, Adventure, Romance, Drama 1h 50m
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Clint Eastwood will turn you Every Which Way But Loose

Overview

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, some cops, and legendary brawler Tank Murdock.

  1. James Fargo

    Director

  2. Jeremy Joe Kronsberg

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Clint Eastwood

    Philo Beddoe

  2. Sondra Locke

    Lynn Halsey-Taylor

  3. Geoffrey Lewis

    Orville Boggs

  4. Manis

    Clyde

  5. Beverly D'Angelo

    Echo

  6. Walter Barnes

    Tank Murdock

  7. George Chandler

    Clerk at D.M.V.

  8. Roy Jenson

    Woody

  9. James McEachin

    Herb

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2019-11-17
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 about the release, but the adventures of Philo Beddoe (Eastwood) and his pet Orangutan proved to be a smash hit at the box office.

Beddoe is a trucker who also happens to make money by bare knuckle fighting, and he's very good at it. Clyde the orangutan is a full on personality himself, and betw...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$5,000,000.00

Revenue
$85,196,485.00

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