|
| • Advanced Search • Help |
Coogan's Bluff | Year: 1968 Classification: Drama Directed: - Don Siegel Actors/Actresses: - Clint Eastwood - Lee J Cobb Arizona gives mighty New York a lesson in extradition Cast: Clint Eastwood ... Deputy Sheriff Walt Coogan Albert Henderson ... Desk sergeant Arizona Deputy Sheriff Coogan (Eastwood)comes to New York City to transport a prisoner, James Ringerman (Don Stroud ) back to Arizona for a suspected murder when he runs into lack of cooperation from Det. Lt. McElroy, NYPD (Lee J. Cobb), a cynical, overworked NYPD cop used to runarounds and bureaucracy. A typical provincial New Yorker who thinks New York is the center of the universe. he continually refers to Classic Eastwood Urban Western Gets a Makeover Another great Clint Eastwood movie gets the DVD release treatment, and finds Clint playing the title role in this "rural cop in the big city" action drama. This movie paved the way for the long running and succesful (though much more benign) TV series "McCloud" starring Dennis Weaver, and deals with the cultural clash between a Sheriff from Arizona, and NYPD's finest. This is a fairly straightforward story, but handled very well by the Don Siegel in the directors chair, who went on to make other Eastwood gems such as Dirty Harry a couple of years later. Fighting off the constant stereotyping by his New York brother officers, Lt Coogan (Eastwood) is a laconic fish out of water, and has to track down and return to Arizona with escaped killer Ringerman, played by Don Stroud. Red tape, and more than a little obstruction by the locals, mainly in the form of Lee J Cobb as his opposite number add to his woes, along with being caught up in the 60's drug and crime scene. The story suffers a little from this point of view, as the hippie psychedelic portrayal looks a bit dated, but the action more than makes for this minor complaint. Plenty of pace makes the 95 minute running time zoom by, and even though the ending is more than a little familiar, it's still a very enjoyable movie. Good solid early Eastwood action with a few great moments of comedy thrown in, and a particularly clever choreograghed bar room brawl, complete with pool sticks and balls is worth seeing also, and durability on the rewatching scale makes this a solid buy for fans and newcomers alike. Enjoy Great movie! Great movie! This review is in the VHS section because the U.S. doesn't offer the DVD (as of Feb. 2004). they cut out the scene where is gets even with the airport dudes by messing the one guy up with the pools balls in the bar. I have the DVD that is available in every $Šmp;! country but the US it seems, and they even cut it out of the DVD (oh yeah, the new crack down on physical violence in movies. They sure didn't mind physical violence in movies before 1990). The DVD has beautiful widescreen and multiple languages. (I got the Australian version). Did you see the conquests Coogan has in this movie! Buy Coogan's Bluff at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Coogan's Bluff Search with the Priority Search Engine on Coogan's Bluff This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
|
