BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Infamousta brilliant actors, brilliant editing

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Woodyanders Laconic and straightforward Arizona lawman Walt Coogan (the one and only Clint Eastwood, very much the supremely lanky and languid essence of charismatic laid-back cool) gets sent to New York City to extradite dangerous captured criminal James Ringerman (Don Stroud in fine loopy form). After Ringerman manages to escape due to a slip up, Coogan butts heads with no-nonsense Big Apple superior Lt. McElroy (a terrifically robust and sarcastic portrayal by Lee J. Cobb) as he uses decidedly unorthodox methods to track down and apprehend the fugitive. Director Don Siegel, working from a sly script by Herman Miller, Dean Riesner, and Howard Rodman, relates the absorbing story at a brisk pace, stages a few exciting action set pieces with real skill and aplomb, and makes neat use of gritty New York City locations, with an especially flavorsome evocation of the funky and decadent 1960's hippie scene. Moreover, a key source of amusement and enjoyment stems from the crafty way this movie wrings plenty of amusing and inspired dry humor from the fish out of water premise, with a pointed emphasis on the culture clash between Coogan's rough'n'ready country ways and the more by-the-book conventional approach to enforcing the law preferred by the New York police. The tip-top cast keeps this film humming: Susan Clark exudes pure class as tart parole officer Julie Roth, Tisha Sterling provides a winning blend of spice and sexiness as groovy and kooky hippie gal Linny Raven, and Betty Field has a stand-out sharp cameo as Ringerman's brassy mom Ellen. Popping up in nifty small roles are Seymour Cassel, Conrad Bain, and David Doyle. Both Bud Thackery's fluid cinematography and Lalo Schifrin's lively harmonic score are up to par. Recommended viewing for Eastwood fans.

Uriah43 Having incurred the wrath of his boss, "Deputy Sheriff Coogan" (Clint Eastwood) is sent from Arizona to New York to bring back a fugitive by the name of "James Ringerman" (Don Stroud). When he gets there he is told by "Lt. McElroy" (Lee J. Cobb) that he will have to wait a few days before the NYPD can hand the prisoner over to him. Not wanting to wait around Coogan goes to the hospital where Ringerman is being held and manages to get the prisoner released to him under false pretenses. Unfortunately, on the way to the heliport Coogan is knocked unconscious and Ringerman escapes. Now Coogan is faced with tracking the fugitive in a totally different environment than what he is used to. Anyway, rather than spoiling the movie for those who haven't seen it I will just say that this was a decent movie for the most part. I especially liked the performances of Clint Eastwood and the young woman named "Linny Raven" (Tisha Sterling). Along with that Susan Clark (as "Julie Roth") was rather nice on the eyes as well. Be that as it may, while this movie might not be the best Clint Eastwood film ever made it's entertaining enough for the time spent. Slightly above average.

Ed-Shullivan I believe Clint Eastwood started to emerge as the 1970's lead action star with his starring role in Coogan's Bluff. Don Siegel directed this absolute action movie which is a great representation of what action movies were about for the next decade or so. Clint Eastwood starred in a few of director Don Siegel's action movies, and I am sure Clint absorbed a lot of his talents as a director from watching Mr Siegel's work behind the camera. Clint plays an Arizona deputy sheriff sent to the big apple to pick up and return to Arizona a very dangerous murderer. The opening scenes of this movie have Clint chasing another on the run criminal in the mountains of Arizona and reflect Clint's unorthodox methods of hunting and capturing dangerous criminals.The Toronto, Ontario born actress Susan Clark was not only exceptionally attractive playing opposite to Clint Eastwood as his main love interest, but as a result of her complimenting the camera, she starred opposite many lead actors in the years to follow. After starring opposite NFL football star Alex Karras in the biography Babe, she married Mr. Karras in 1980 and remained with him until his death in October 2012. Don Stroud as the escaped murderer on the run, and Lee J Cobb as the lead New York investigator added depth to their characters and helped round out a strong castThis movie contains a good musical score, lot's of action, and lots of Clint Eastwood at his bad ass best. It is a classic action movie that helped Clint Eastwood and Susan Clark sustain long and endearing movie careers.

Ben Larson The raw violence in this film wasn't anything spectacular, but it was a foreshadowing of what was to come in the future.This film started a 10 year relationship between Eastwood and director Don Siegel. They would go on to do four more films, including Dirty Harry.You can contrast Eastwood's cool Coogan with the hokey McCloud that followed with Dennis Weaver.It's Harry Callhan with out a gun, so it is interesting from a historical perspective in the Eastwood acting career.It is also interesting to see the culture of the time being the Woodstock era.