The Gauntlet

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Synopsis

Academy Award winner Clint Eastwood stars as a not-very-smart Phoenix cop assigned to a mission that his boss does not expect him to survive.

The job seems simple: escort a witness from Las Vegas to Phoenix to testify at a mob trial. But his charge, beautiful, college-educated prostitute Gus Mally (Sondra Locke), cannot convince officer Ben Shockley (Eastwood) that the police intend to kill them both--until the bullets start to fly. Now the only way for the pair to survive both the cops and the mob is for Ben to deliver Gus alive to the trial in Phoenix.

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Release:

1977

Running Time:

109 min

Certificate:

Contains strong language and violence and a scene of attempted rape

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Cast:

Pat Hingle
as Josephson
Clint Eastwood
as Ben Shockley
Sondra Locke
as Gus Mally

Director:

Clint Eastwood

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andy vortenhaus
utterly implausible action drama
06 December 2008
This baroque and utterly implausible action drama subscribes to the over-the-top theory of movie making. Huge quantities of bullets, bikers and bad apples are unleashed on Mr.Eastwood, Ms. Locke, his remand witness, and us, the audience. Eastwood executes the gauntlet with great resolve and resourcefulness: he even knows how to fortify a bus with armored plates. Clint is in peak form and Locke will never again reach the heights that she does here. Clearly, the two have wonderful screen chemistry and would remain together as a couple for more than a decade. Make sure you see this movie letterboxed in order to absorb all the destructive power and subtle artistry on display.
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