Every Which Way But Loose
1978 · Movie · PG · 110 min · ★ 6.1 · 40% critics
An easygoing truck driver with a knack for barroom brawling hits the road across the American Southwest to track down a singer he can’t stop thinking about. With his orangutan sidekick and a few friends in tow, he stumbles into a string of comic scrapes involving a biker gang, persistent cops, and plenty of fistfights.
Also known as The Coming of Philo Beddoe
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Details
- Original title
- Every Which Way but Loose
- Years
- 1978
- Release date
- 1978-12-16
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Critic score
- 40/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (504 votes)
- Box office
- $85,196,485
- Budget
- $5,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a laid-back, oddball road comedy with brawls, country flavor, and a mischievous animal buddy; Not for you if you need a tight story or sharper laughs like Bronco Billy.
Pros: goofy road-trip fun; lovable animal sidekick; easygoing comedy | Cons: thin meandering plot; slow pacing at times; uneven romance subplot
Themes
- martial arts
- waitress
- bare knuckle boxing
- fight
- overweight
- fishing
- camping
- motel
- human animal relationship
- beer
- biker
- orangutan
- +7 more
Cast & crew
Clint Eastwood
as Philo Beddoe
Sondra Locke
as Lynn Halsey-Taylor
Geoffrey Lewis
as Orville Boggs
Manis
as Clyde
Beverly D'Angelo
as Echo
Walter Barnes
as Tank Murdock
George Chandler
as Clerk at D.M.V.
Roy Jenson
as Woody
James McEachin
as Herb
Bill McKinney
as Dallas, Treasurer Biker
Directed by James Fargo