Coogan's Bluff
1968 · Movie · R · 94 min · ★ 6.4 · 90% critics
A tough Arizona lawman travels to New York to escort a prisoner back home, but the transfer quickly goes wrong. Stranded in an unfamiliar city and clashing with local authorities, he pushes ahead on his own to track the fugitive through the streets and nightlife of late-1960s Manhattan.
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Details
- Years
- 1968
- Release date
- 1968-10-02
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Max quality
- SD
- Critic score
- 90/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (368 votes)
- Box office
- $3,110,000
- Budget
- $1,500,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tough, rule-bending cop story with culture-clash humor and a gritty 1960s New York time-capsule feel, like an early draft of Dirty Harry; Not for you if dated sexism or a thin plot will ruin it.
Pros: brisk chases and fights; fish-out-of-water humor; vivid 60s NYC vibe | Cons: thin, contrived story; dated attitudes toward women; uneven, sometimes dull pacing
Themes
- new york city
- escape
- fish out of water
- chrysler building
- maverick cop
- motorcycle chase
- extradition
- prisoner escort
- fugitive suspect
Cast & crew
Clint Eastwood
as Coogan
Lee J. Cobb
as Lt. McElroy
Susan Clark
as Julie Roth
Tisha Sterling
as Linny Raven
Don Stroud
as James Ringerman
Betty Field
as Ellen Ringerman
Tom Tully
as Sheriff McCrea
Melodie Johnson
as Millie
James Edwards
as Sgt. Jackson
- RD
Rudy Diaz
as Running Bear
Directed by Don Siegel