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Arizona lawman Walt Coogan (Clint Eastwood) hopes to make a short business trip to the big city, but his journey quickly becomes an odyssey of violence. Walt is flummoxed when Manhattan police put the brakes on his plan to return a jailed murderer (Don Stroud) to the Southwest. Bent on getting his man, he temporarily outwits the New Yorkers, only to be plunged into a series of ugly confrontations with counterculture types who are the antithesis of the straitlaced Walt.

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Coogan's Bluff | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Variety Story is of the clash between sophisticated law enforcement and frontier-style simplistics, which is perhaps one of the major internal American problems. Mar 26, 2009 Full Review Coogan's Bluff | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Time Out Even Siegel's somehow off-centre treatment of New York hippiedom is intriguingly wry. Jun 24, 2006 Full Review Coogan's Bluff | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Vincent Canby New York Times The screenplay is so predictable in situation and so arch in its supposedly tough, blunt, wise talk that it turns into a joke told by someone with no sense of humor. Rated: 2/5 May 9, 2005 Full Review Coogan's Bluff | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Matt Brunson Film Frenzy The material involving Coogan's pursuit of Ringerman is solid, but too much time is spent on a dreary relationship between Coogan and a probation officer (Susan Clark); their will-they-or-won't-they status would grow tiresome even in a romantic comedy. Rated: 2.5/4 Aug 7, 2021 Full Review Coogan's Bluff | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Quentin Tarantino The New Beverly For all intents and purposes, what we think of as comedic action cinema was born the day Coogan's Bluff was released. Jun 22, 2020 Full Review Coogan's Bluff | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy A satisfying police yarn with some really great, physically hefty location photography. Rated: 7/10 Aug 21, 2014 Full Review Read all reviews

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Geoff T Great fun! . Clint is at his laconic yet menacing best. Great time capsule of the swinging 60's and the seedy and grotty side of New York way back then. Don't know how i ever missed seeing this but finally have ( 55 years later)😆. That's the beauty of film . Happy to have at last , " discovered " this Eastwood gem. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/12/23 Full Review Logan M Clint and Don were the 1960's-1970's dynamic due of action movies, and this film shows that. It's got the grit and excitement you'd expect, and that makes it worth watching. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/24/23 Full Review isla s This film is a case of Clint Eastwood playing to type - being the cool and collected, reserved and observant main character, Coogan. The plot pace, I felt, was frustratingly slow but I can't say the main characters weren't mildly intriguing never the less. Its fair to say the somewhat sexist attitudes of some people make this film rather out dated but I guess thats to be expected of a film of this age (it was released in 1968). I was surprised to see a woman complain when Coogan singled out a man for inappropriate behaviour, for one thing but I won't give any other spoilers. Its an ok character based/focussed drama but no more - not an especially solid good film but ok. Also the incidental music is quite cheesy and so I didn't think much of that, although there is a chase scene I quite enjoyed.I wouldn't recommend going out of your way to watch this but if your a fan of Clint Eastwood then it may be worth seeing, as long as you know its not a Western film, or a Dirty Harry-esque rebellious crime film but rathera more subtle character crime drama, set in New York City. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review colin m Police drama set in Arizona and New York. The story was shallow, the movie predictable and not very interesting. Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review jelisije j Never mess with an out of town deputy and his mission to bring back his prisoner to justice. Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review mike g Time capsule featuring a Western Clint trying on his imminent Dirty Harry role. 68 NYC plays as much a role as the characters (except for the obvious WB studio shots of NY Street). Hippies are nuts but fun to watch. Great to see Lee J. Cobb (12 Angry Men) a very young Seymour Cassel, & David Doyle (Bosley from Charlie Angels). A very early version of a Philo Beddoe barfight planted the seed for future good fun. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Don Siegel Director Clint Eastwood Coogan Lee J. Cobb Lt. McElroy Susan Clark Julie Tisha Sterling Linny Raven Don Stroud Ringerman
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Synopsis Arizona lawman Walt Coogan (Clint Eastwood) hopes to make a short business trip to the big city, but his journey quickly becomes an odyssey of violence. Walt is flummoxed when Manhattan police put the brakes on his plan to return a jailed murderer (Don Stroud) to the Southwest. Bent on getting his man, he temporarily outwits the New Yorkers, only to be plunged into a series of ugly confrontations with counterculture types who are the antithesis of the straitlaced Walt.

Director
Don Siegel

Producer
Don Siegel

Screenwriter
Herman Miller, Dean Riesner, Howard Rodman

Production Co
Universal/Universal Int, The Malpaso Company

Rating
R

Genre
Crime, Drama

Original Language
English

Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 11, 2015

Runtime
1h 34m
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