Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler west of the Rockies. And he lives with a 165-pound orangutan named Clyde. Like other guys, Philo finally falls in love - with a flighty singer who leads him on a screwball chase across the American Southwest. Nothing's in the way except a motorcycle gang, some cops, and legendary brawler Tank Murdock.
Clint Eastwood
Philo Beddoe
Sondra Locke
Lynn Halsey-Taylor
Geoffrey Lewis
Orville Boggs
Manis
Clyde
Beverly D'Angelo
Echo
Walter Barnes
Tank Murdock
George Chandler
Clerk at D.M.V.
Roy Jenson
Woody
James McEachin
Herb
Bill McKinney
Dallas, Treasurer Biker
William O'Connell
Elmo, Sergeant-At-Arms Biker
John Quade
Cholla, The Biker Leader
Dan Vadis
Frank, Assistant Head Biker
Gregory Walcott
Putnam
Hank Worden
Trailer Court Manager
Ruth Gordon
Ma Boggs
Jerry Brutsche
Sweeper Driver
Cary Michael Cheifer
Kincaid's Manager
Janet Cole Notey
Girl at Palomino
Sam Gilman
Fat Man's Friend
Chuck Hicks
Trucker
Timothy P. Irvin
M.C. at Zanzabar
Tim Irwin
Bandleader
Billy Jackson
Bettor
Joyce Jameson
Sybil
Richard Jamison
Harlan
Jackson D. Kane
Man at Bowling Alley
Jeremy Joe Kronsberg
Bruno, Biker
Fritz Manes
Bartender at Zanzabar
Michael Mann
Church's Manager
Lloyd Nelson
Bartender
George Orrison
Fight Spectator
Thelma Pelish
Lady Customer
William J. Quinn
Kincaid
Tom Runyon
Bartender at Palomino
Bruce Scott
Schyler
Al Silvani
Tank Murdock's Manager
Hartley Silver
Bartender
Al Stellone
Fat Man
Jan Stratton
Waitress
Mike Wagner
Trucker
Guy Way
Bartender
George P. Wilbur
Church
Gary Davis
Biker
Scott Dockstader
Biker
Orwin C. Harvey
Biker
Gene LeBell
Biker
Chuck Waters
Biker
Jerry Wills
Biker
Robert Bruce Baird
Brick Yard Worker (Bystander) (uncredited)
Phil Everly
Singer in Club (uncredited)
Harry Guardino
James Beekman (uncredited)
Clay Hodges
First Opponent (uncredited)
Harry Middlebrooks
Piano Player for Tillis (uncredited)
Frank Noel
Fight Trainer (uncredited)
Charlie Rich
Self (uncredited)
Thomas Rosales Jr.
Young Trucker (uncredited)
Dee Giffin Scott
Girl in Resturant (uncredited)
Judson Scott
Biker (uncredited)
Mel Tillis
Self (uncredited)
Roxanne Tunis
Extra (uncredited)
Bob Golden
Big Al (uncredited)
Director
James Fargo
Writer
Jeremy Joe Kronsberg
November 17, 2019
7
I think he's spending too much time with Clyde.
Every Which Way But Loose is directed by James Fargo and written by Jeremy Joe Kronsberg. It stars Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Beverly D'Angelo and Manis The Orangutan.
It surprised the studio executives, even had them sweating about the release, but the adventures of Philo Beddoe (Eastwood) and his pet Orangutan proved to be a smash hit at the box office.
Beddoe is a trucker who also happens to make money by bare knuckle fighting, and he's very good at it. Clyde the orangutan is a full on personality himself, and between them they wind up being trailed by vengeful coppers and a very incompetent motorcycle gang. Philo's brother Orville (Lewis) is along for the ride and polar opposite love interests come into play via Lynn Halsey-Taylor (Locke) and Echo (D'Angelo).
Plot is very thin on the ground, we are in fact viewing a series of events that are mined for comedy purpose - which totally work. Action comes by way of the punch ups Philo gets into, with Eastwood as always proving to be one of the better punch throwing actors of his generation, while Lewis shines bright as the best friend and voice of reason to Philo.
The love story sub-plot involving Lynn and Philo - and its subsequent revelations - feels a touch out of place, since this is such a chilled and relaxed comedy picture. Which is the key, the makers know what they are doing, they are having fun and ask the audience to do the same. The public lapped it up and ensured that a sequel of similar tropes would follow. That also proved to be popular since it was more of the same.
Open the beer and popcorn and just run with it, it was never meant to be high art etc. 7/10
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$5,000,000.00
Revenue:
$85,196,485.00