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6.3/10 • 326

1968-10-021h 33m

ActionCrimeDramaThriller

The man with no fear... takes on a killer with no pity... in a city with no heart.

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.

Directors
Don Siegel
Editors
Sam E. Waxman

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Clint Eastwood

    Clint Eastwood

    Coogan

  2. Lee J. Cobb

    Lee J. Cobb

    Lt. McElroy

  3. Susan Clark

    Susan Clark

    Julie Roth

  4. Tisha Sterling

    Tisha Sterling

    Linny Raven

  5. Don Stroud

    Don Stroud

    James Ringerman

  6. Betty Field

    Betty Field

    Ellen Ringerman

  7. Tom Tully

    Tom Tully

    Sheriff McCrea

  8. Melodie Johnson

    Melodie Johnson

    Millie

  9. James Edwards

    James Edwards

    Sgt. Jackson

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talisencrw

May 2, 2016

8/10

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.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
$3,110,000.00
Keywords
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