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The Gauntlet (1977)

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Clint Eastwood is a down-and-out cop who is sent on a routine mission to pick up a witness and deliver her to the Phoenix courthouse. Sounds easy until he realizes he's been set up by the man who gave him this simple assignment. The interplay between … see full wiki

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review by Pine_Bluff_Variant. January 06, 2012

posted in Movie Hype

A lesser known, but still worthwhile piece of Eastwood's film history

Hey look, Clint Eastwood is in another cop film! Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke star in this 1977 action film which, while not a masterpiece by any means is still worth a look for fans of action films. Clint Eastwood is Ben Shockley, a down-and-out cop that is assigned to escort a prostitute (Gus Mally, played by Sondra Locke) from Las Vegas to Phoenix to testify in a mob trial. but it turns out that nobody wants them to turn up in Phoenix alive, including the cops, so … more

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review by cdbaker. April 12, 2005

posted in Movie Hype

One of Clint's Worst Movies

The Gauntlet may rank as one of Clint Eastwood's worst movies. It is so unrealistic and silly I frankly didn't want to even finish it. Released in 1977 after a string of some really good westerns and Dirty Harry movies, it stands out as being a real stinker. Here Eastwood plays a loser of a cop, Ben Shockley, who is sent on an assignment to pick up a witness in Las Vegas for a trial. He's told it's a "nothing witness for a nothing case" so he thinks it'll be an easy assignment. … more

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