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Every Which Way But Loose

Year:

1978

Duration:

110 min

Genres:

Action | Comedy

IMDB rate:

6.2

Director:

James Fargo

Awards:

1 win

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1978-12-20

Filming Locations: Cottonwood Court, 1742 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Earnings

Budget: $5,200,000

Opening Weekend: $10,272,000 (USA) (24 December 1978)

Gross: $85,196,485 (USA) ( 1979)

Cast

Actor

Character

George P. Wilbur

Clint Eastwood

Philo Beddoe

Sondra Locke

Lynn Halsey-Taylor

Geoffrey Lewis

Orville

Beverly D'Angelo

Echo

Walter Barnes

Tank Murdock

George Chandler

Clerk at D.M.V.

Roy Jenson

Woody

James McEachin

Herb

Bill McKinney

Dallas

William O'Connell

Elmo

John Quade

Cholla

Dan Vadis

Frank

Gregory Walcott

Putnam

Hank Worden

Trailer Court Manager

Ruth Gordon

Jerry Brutsche

Sweeper Driver

Cary Michael Cheifer

Kincaid's Manager

Janet Cole Notey

Girl at Palomino (as Janet Louise Cole)

Sam Gilman

Fat Man's Friend

Chuck Hicks

Trucker

Timothy P. Irvin

M.C. at Zanzabar

Tim Irwin

Bandleader

Billy Jackson

Bettor

Joyce Jameson

Sybil

Richard Jamison

Harlan

Jackson D. Kane

Man at Bowling Alley

Jeremy Joe Kronsberg

Bruno (as Jeremy Kronsberg)

Fritz Manes

Bartender at Zanzabar

Michael Mann

Church's Manager

Lloyd Nelson

Bartender

George Orrison

Fight Spectator

Thelma Pelish

Lady Customer

William J. Quinn

Kincaid

Tom Runyon

Bartender at Palomino

Bruce Scott

Schyler

Al Silvani

Tank Murdock's Manager

Hartley Silver

Bartender

Al Stellone

Fat Man

Jan Stratton

Waitress

Mike Wagner

Trucker

Guy Way

Bartender

Gary Davis

Biker

Scott Dockstader

Biker

Orwin C. Harvey

Biker (as Orwin Harvey)

Gene LeBell

Biker

Chuck Waters

Biker

Jerry Wills

Biker

Manis

Clyde

Phil Everly

Singer in Club (uncredited)

Bob Golden

Big Al (uncredited)

Harry Guardino

James Beekman (uncredited)

Clay Hodges

First Opponent (uncredited)

Harry Middlebrooks

Piano Player for Tillis (uncredited)

Frank Noel

Fight Trainer (uncredited)

Charlie Rich

Himself (uncredited)

Thomas Rosales Jr.

Young Trucker (uncredited)

Judson Scott

Biker (uncredited)

Mel Tillis

Himself (uncredited)

Roxanne Tunis

Extra (uncredited)

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Trivia

Final of seven collaborations of James Fargo and Clint Eastwood. This movie was the second that Fargo directed Eastwood, the first having being the Dirty Harry sequel The Enforcer (1976). Fargo had been an assistant director on five other Eastwood pictures during the 1970s.

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The film and its soundtrack featured a number of country-and-western songs including tracks sung by Mel Tillis, Charlie Rich and Eddie Rabbitt.

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Beverly D'Angelo stars as the girlfriend of Geoffrey Lewis. In 1989 she stars as the mother of Juliette Lewis, Geoffrey's daughter, in a National Lampoon movie.

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Goofs

In the slaughterhouse fight scene, the overhead shots are not consistent with the eye-level camera angles.

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While Echo is firing two rounds into the side of beef, the cigar falls out of the man's mouth twice.

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When the officer falls down at the lake and lands face to face with the rattle snake, you can clearly see the glass that separates the actor and the snake.

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Quotes

Tank Murdock: [upon seeing Philo's blood on his nose and lip after the confrontation with Lynn] Looks like you've had a go at it already. You sure that face won't hurt too much to fight?

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Philo Beddoe: [upon learning about Schuyler and Lynn] What do you do? You hustle for him?

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Philo Beddoe: Lynn!

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Faq

List: Wacky boxing

See: this FAQ entry

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