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6.3

Coogan's Bluff

R·1968·93m

Action

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Action

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Summary

Coogan, an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prisoner to the airport, he escapes and Coogan heads into the city to recapture him.

Cast

Clint Eastwood

Coogan

Lee J. Cobb

Lt. McElroy

Susan Clark

Julie Roth

Tisha Sterling

Linny Raven

Don Stroud

James Ringerman

Betty Field

Ellen Ringerman

Tom Tully

Sheriff McCrea

Melodie Johnson

Millie

James Edwards

Sgt. Jackson

Rudy Diaz

Running Bear

David Doyle

Pushie

Louis Zorich

Taxi Driver

Meg Myles

Big Red

Marjorie Bennett

Mrs. Fowler

Seymour Cassel

Young Hood

John Coe

Bellboy

Skip Battyn

Omega

Albert Popwell

Wonderful Digby

Conrad Bain

Madison Avenue Man

James Gavin

Ferguson

Albert Henderson

Desk Sergeant

James McCallion

Room Clerk

Syl Lamont

Manager

Jess Osuna

Prison Hospital Guard

Jerry Summers

Good Eyes

Antonia Rey

Mrs. Amador

Marya Henriques

Go-Go Dancer

David Brandon

Hippie Boy (uncredited)

Eve Brent

Hooker (uncredited)

Linda Clifford

Hippie Girl (uncredited)

James Dukas

Prison Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

Larry Duran

Zig Zag (uncredited)

Andy Epper

Pool Player (uncredited)

George Fargo

Gay Boy at Pigeon-Toed Orange Peel (uncredited)

Scott Hale

Dr. Scott (uncredited)

Ted Jacques

Detective (uncredited)

James Joyce

Man at Pigeon-Toed Orange Peel (uncredited)

Diki Lerner

Gay Boy at Pigeon-Toed Orange Peel (uncredited)

James McEachin

Man (uncredited)

Kathleen O'Malley

Woman (uncredited)

James Oliver

Hip Type (uncredited)

Robert Osterloh

Deputy (uncredited)

Clifford A. Pellow

Waiter (uncredited)

Allen Pinson

Whippy (uncredited)

Diana Rose

Psychedelic Paint Girl (uncredited)

Al Ruban

Detective (uncredited)

Don Siegel

Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

Kristoffer Tabori

Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

Colleen Thornton

Hippie Twin (uncredited)

Maureen Thornton

Hippie Twin (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Don Siegel

Screenplay

Dean Riesner

Screenplay

Howard A. Rodman

Screenplay, Story

Herman Miller

Reviews

talisencrw

May 2, 2016

Early American Clint Eastwood performances, as he was testing the cinematic waters after his huge success in Leone's highly influential 'The Man with No Name' trilogy of great spaghetti westerns, are such fun to watch, as he experiments and tries out different genres, deciding what direction he wants to take his career. There are such unexpected gems to behold, both acting and directing, like 'Two Mules for Sister Sara', 'Breezy', 'The Beguiled', 'Play Misty for Me', 'Where Eagles Dare' and this, where he plays the proverbial 'fish out of water', in way over his head, as a deputy sheriff from the sticks, having to find an escaped prisoner in the megalopolis of New York City, no less. The great variety of this time is such a cinematic luxury to peruse and discover for oneself. Mine came in the humongous '35 Years 35 Films', and there have been even larger compendiums more recently. They all offer fine value to the discerning cinephile.

It's great fun seeing Lee J. Cobb and Susan Clark (when she was really irresistible), and you can never go wrong with director Siegel, who, along with the aforementioned Leone, were the greatest influences on the American icon who at that time was blossoming into his own, the San Franciscan-born Eastwood. Definitely worth owning and rewatching.