The Gauntlet

December. 21,1977      R
Rating:
6.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness from Las Vegas. The witness turns out to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties—and incriminating information regarding a high-ranking figure.

Clint Eastwood as  Ben Shockley
Sondra Locke as  Gus Mally
Pat Hingle as  Josephson
William Prince as  Blakelock
Bill McKinney as  Constable
Michael Cavanaugh as  Feyderspiel
Carole Cook as  Waitress
Mara Corday as  Jail Matron
Doug McGrath as  Bookie
Jeff Morris as  Desk Sergeant

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Reviews

Alicia
1977/12/21

I love this movie so much

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Wordiezett
1977/12/22

So much average

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Claysaba
1977/12/23

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

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Livestonth
1977/12/24

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

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videorama-759-859391
1977/12/25

Yes, this is a movie that lacks brains, but in this film, there's an admirable quality about it. Again, in not much stretch of acting ability, Eastwood lowers the ranks of Mr Harry Callahan, playing a drunken loser of a cop, Ben Shockley, who becomes a pawn for murder, while transporting a female prisoner (Locke) who is first thought to be a guy, thanks to a name mix up, or could it be he was given the wrong message on grounds that Shockley may of not accepted the job if it was a guy, as this prisoner is a witness to a mob hit, involving crooked cops. But unlike Callahan, Shockley is a guy that obeys his fellow commanders. Trying to keeping Locke and himself, is a dangerous mission, where you have to wait until the end, for the blood to spill, in an overdone shootout in a bus, which in reality, you couldn't survive, Locke coming out of the big bullet holed bus, with hardly a scratch. This low brainer does have some cool moments, where on the surface,. this isn't a badly made actioner, that uses some good locations, and like Eastwood's Phillow Bello. he tackles another cluster of bikies, you do feel sorry for, Eastwood even mentioning his favorite ape's name, while pointing a gun at one of them. Take this, for what it's worth, an entertaining no brained actioner, with it's share of faults, we can dismiss, as we just want to great to get caught up in the stupidity of it all. William Prince is good as the bent cop, with great actor Robert Cavanaugh, as as his squirmy right hand man. Cavanaugh went onto playing the lead baddie again, with Clint, in the messy third Dirty Harry film, while also playing the baddie in the worst Chuck Norris flick, I won't mention. This too, would have to be the worst film, our lead actor/director, ever made.

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SnoopyStyle
1977/12/26

Ben Shockley (Clint Eastwood) is a drunken wasted Phoenix police detective. Commissioner Blakelock assigns him a nothing job to transport prisoner Gus Mally (Sondra Locke) to Vegas. She is sure that she is getting assassinated. Shockley dismisses her and has her tied up to be transported by ambulance. There are car bomb and gunfire. Gus is a prostitute with mob ties and incriminating information on highly placed people. They're being hunted by both criminals and police alike.Sondra Locke is great at being spunky. She and Eastwood have always been a combustible couple just like in their real life. They're great together. This is a lot of gun action. It is action-filled and playing to the cheap seats. The simplistic story doesn't pass most logic test. This is a good movie to stuff your face with popcorn at all the action as long as one don't think too much. However, the last scene is so preposterous that it leaves a bitter taste with the popcorn. The cops are literally standing around in a circle while people are shot to death. It could have been a pass if the last scene is staged better.

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utgard14
1977/12/27

Clint Eastwood plays a Phoenix cop sent to Las Vegas to bring a witness back to testify at a mobster's trial. The witness is a tough, smart prostitute, played by Sondra Locke. The two clash instantly but soon find they have to rely on each other to survive because nobody seems to want Locke to make it to Phoenix alive.Underrated Eastwood movie that blends road trip comedy, romantic comedy, action, and drama all into one. Gritty and violent with an epic amount of gunfire for a '70s movie. Today that would all be CGI and lame. Clint's great. Sondra Locke has probably her best movie role here. Very good supporting cast of familiar faces. Like I said, this one's pretty underrated. If you're an Eastwood fan, you definitely should check it out.

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lee1888
1977/12/28

What happen? This film started out pretty good, it had a nice plot, two good actors and most of all it was believable. Yea, Yea I know the left will say look at all the guns and violence in this movie, but hey, one of your on (Barbra Streisand) begged for this movie, but McQueen wouldn't have anything to do with her what so ever.This move turns into the "Bus That Wouldn't Die" horror show in the last 15 minutes. Over 8,000 rounds and you can't stop a Bus. If only O J had watched this movie before he tried to escape to Mexico in his Bronco.Just when you thought it could get any weirder , guess again. Commissary Blakelock pulls out a weapon in front of 600 armed policeman and just starts firing away at Clint, now you would think people would scatter everywhere with a mad man shooting, or at least try and stop him. Not these policeman, in fact you can see some of them in the background chewing gun.But all is not lost, after shooting good old boy Clint, this ex prostitute (Sondra Locke) just picks up a gun and kill's the Police Commissary right in front the whole Phoenix police department without them lifting a finger to stop her. OK, OK, sorry about spilling the beans about the ending, but trust me, I just did you a favor, now you don't have to watch this horrible movie. We love you Clint, but man, what happen here?

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