Every Which Way But Loose

Every Which Way But Loose

1978 | 1h 55m | Action, Comedy | TV-14

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Brief Synopsis

Clint Eastwood shares top billing with a scene-stealing orangutan named Clyde. Eastwood plays laid-back trucker Philo Beddoe, the best bare-knuckle boxer west of the Rockies, who falls in love with an aspiring country-western singer.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

James Fargo

CAST

Clint Eastwood

Sondra Locke

Geoffrey Lewis

Beverly D'Angelo

Walter Barnes

Ruth Gordon

PRODUCERS

Robert Daley

WRITERS

Jeremy Kronsberg

Related Videos

03:48
Every Which Way But Loose (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Two Dumb Questions In A Row
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Learning about the circumstances of truck driver and part-time bare-knuckle fighter Philo (Clint Eastwood) in the San Fernando valley, meeting neighbor Orville (Geoffrey Lewis) and cranky Ma (Ruth Gordon), and an unexpected orangutan, in Every Which Way But Loose, 1978.
04:00
Every Which Way But Loose (1978) -- (Movie Clip) You Sure Sing Pretty
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With pal Orville (Geoffrey Lewis), shooting in the Palomino Club on Lankershim Blvd., trucker Philo (Clint Eastwood) likes the new act Lynn Halsey Taylor (Sondra Locke, introduced by Mel Tillis, her own vocal on a Neil Diamond song), in Every Which Way But Loose, 1978.
03:50
Every Which Way But Loose (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Which One's The Ape?
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No particular story going on but one takes shape as trucker Philo (Clint Eastwood) and his orangutan pal, cruising the San Fernando valley, meet two bikers (Bill McKinney, Roy Jenson), who belong to the Black Widows club, who become the bad guys, in Every Which Way But Loose, 1978.

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