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Overview

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Director:
Don Siegel
Writers:
Herman Miller (screenplay) &
Dean Riesner (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
2 October 1968 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Crime more
Tagline:
Before "Dirty Harry"... there was Coogan. more
Plot:
Coogan, an Arizona cop, is sent to New York to collect a prisoner. Everyone in New York assumes Coogan is from Texas... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
A good, exciting action picture that mixes the western and the city crime drama. more
US TV Schedule:
Fri. July 2412:15 PMAMC   

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Clint Eastwood ... Deputy Sheriff Walt Coogan

Lee J. Cobb ... Det. Lt. McElroy, NYPD
Susan Clark ... Julie Roth, Probation Officer
Tisha Sterling ... Linny Raven, Ringerman's Girlfriend
Don Stroud ... James Ringerman
Betty Field ... Ellen Ringerman
Tom Tully ... Sheriff McCrea, Piute County
Melodie Johnson ... Millie, Coogan's Girlfriend
James Edwards ... Sgt. Wallace, Stakeout Cop

Rudy Diaz ... Running Bear
David Doyle ... Pushie, Tavern Owner (as David F. Doyle)
Louis Zorich ... Taxi Driver
Meg Myles ... Big Red
Marjorie Bennett ... Mrs. Fowler, Little Old Lady

Seymour Cassel ... Joe, Young Hood
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Additional Details

Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Spain:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | West Germany:16 (re-rated) (DVD) | West Germany:18 (f) | USA:Approved (certificate #21735) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 (1993) | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R (re-rating) (1968)

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Trivia:
Coogan's Bluff in New York City is the name of a large cliff extending northward from 155th Street in Manhattan. It once was the site of the fabled Polo Grounds, home of the New York baseball Giants, and the first home of the New York Mets before the Polo Grounds were demolished in 1964. more
Goofs:
Continuity: in the last few minutes of the movie, Coogan and Ringerman go to the top of the Pan Am Building to take the helicopter shuttle to the airport. Coogan says goodbye to the NYPD Lieutenant and then you see Coogan and Ringerman riding in the helicopter with scenery going by outside the window. Next you see the helicopter on the building again and Susan Clark is running to say goodbye. more
Quotes:
Taxi driver: That's $2.95, including the luggage.
Coogan: Tell me, how may stores are there named Bloomingdales in this town?
Taxi driver: One, why?
Coogan: We passed it twice.
Taxi driver: It's still $2.95, including the luggage.
Coogan: Yeah, well there's $3.00, including the tip.
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Referenced in Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' (1992) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
A good, exciting action picture that mixes the western and the city crime drama., 27 September 2000
Author: Tgrain from New York

The film borrows from the older city crime dramas adding a new twist, Eastwood's character, a police lieutenant from Arizona who will use any means to apprehend his prey. This film, shot on a relativley tight budget in New York City, captures the dark side of New York City in the late 60's, amidst the "free love" atmosphere. Particularly notable are the sharp fight sequences, the amazing sequence at the "Pidgeon Toed Orange Peel" dance club, and the chase sequence at the Cloisters. This film inspired the "Dirty Harry" series, and also paved the way for cowboy in the big city flicks such as "Midnight Cowboy" (and there are a few interesting resemblances). An overall exciting picture that should keep your interest.

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