MOVIEmeter
SEE RANK
Down 223 this week

Every Which Way But Loose (1978)

 -  Action | Comedy  -  20 December 1978 (USA)
6.0
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 6.0/10 from 11,718 users  
Reviews: 54 user | 14 critic

Philo Beddoe is an easy-going trucker and a great fist-fighter. With two friends - Orville, who promotes prize-fights for him, and Clyde, the orangutan he won on a bet - he roams the San ... See full summary »

Director:

0Check in
0Share...

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 10000 titles created 3 months ago
 
a list of 43 titles created 10 months ago
 
a list of 3627 titles created 2 months ago
 
a list of 623 titles created 02 Jan 2012
 
a list of 89 titles created 26 May 2012
 

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: Every Which Way But Loose (1978)

Every Which Way But Loose (1978) on IMDb 6/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of Every Which Way But Loose.
1 win. See more awards »

Videos

Photos

Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

Action | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.8/10 X  

Philo takes part in a bare knuckle fight - as he does - to make some more money than he can earn from his car repair business. He decides to retire from fighting, but when the Mafia come ... See full summary »

Director: Buddy Van Horn
Stars: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis
City Heat (1984)
Action | Comedy | Crime
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.3/10 X  

A slick private eye and tough police lieutenant--once partners, now bitter enemies--reluctantly team up to investigate a murder.

Director: Richard Benjamin
Stars: Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander
Action | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.9/10 X  

A wide variety of eccentric competitors participate in a wild and illegal cross-country car race.

Director: Hal Needham
Stars: Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore, Farrah Fawcett
Hooper (1978)
Action | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6/10 X  

Aging stuntman Sonney Hooper is still on top as one of the best stuntmen in the business. But up and coming Ski is starting to do bigger and better stunts. Hooper has the experience to ... See full summary »

Director: Hal Needham
Stars: Burt Reynolds, Jan-Michael Vincent, Sally Field
Action | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X  

A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.

Director: Jamie Uys
Stars: Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo, N!xau
Action | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4.4/10 X  

The original characters from the first Cannonball movie race across the country once more in various cars and trucks.

Director: Hal Needham
Stars: Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin
D.C. Cab (1983)
Comedy | Action
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5/10 X  

The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company but needs to motivate Harold's employees ... See full summary »

Director: Joel Schumacher
Stars: Max Gail, Adam Baldwin, Mr. T
Action | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X  

A young martial artist is caught between respecting his pacifist father's wishes or stopping a group of disrespectful foreigners from stealing precious artifacts.

Director: Chia-Liang Liu
Stars: Jackie Chan, Lung Ti, Anita Mui
Spy Hard (1996)
Comedy | Action
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5/10 X  

General Rancor is threatening to destroy the world with a missile he is hiding at his secret base. But to complete his goal, he needs a special computer chip, invented by the scientist Prof... See full summary »

Director: Rick Friedberg
Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, Charles Durning
Air America (1990)
Action | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.5/10 X  

A young pilot finds himself recruited into a covert and corrupt CIA airlift organization operating in Vietnam War Era Laos.

Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Stars: Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis
Action | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3.7/10 X  

A tough detective's mother comes to visit him and begins to meddle in his life and career.

Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Estelle Getty, JoBeth Williams
Action | Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.7/10 X  

On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery. Perry has decided to hold up the local bank to raise ... See full summary »

Director: Francis Veber
Stars: Nick Nolte, Martin Short, Sarah Rowland Doroff
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
...
...
...
Orville
...
Echo
Walter Barnes ...
Tank Murdock
George Chandler ...
Clerk at D.M.V.
...
Woody
James McEachin ...
Herb
Bill McKinney ...
Dallas
William O'Connell ...
Elmo
John Quade ...
Dan Vadis ...
Frank
...
Putnam
...
Trailer Court Manager
...
Ma
Edit

Storyline

Philo Beddoe is an easy-going trucker and a great fist-fighter. With two friends - Orville, who promotes prize-fights for him, and Clyde, the orangutan he won on a bet - he roams the San Fernando Valley in search of cold beer, country music and the occasional punch-up. But he is floored himself by a dainty little country and western singer, who gives him the slip when she realizes he's getting too serious. Phil, Clyde and Orville set off in pursuit, pestered by bikers. Written by David Wark <dwark@automail.com>

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

singer | biker | orangutan | beer | brawl | See more »

Taglines:

Clint Eastwood will turn you Every Which Way But Loose

Genres:

Action | Comedy

Certificate:

PG | See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

 »
Edit

Details

Country:

Language:

Release Date:

20 December 1978 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

The Coming of Philo Beddoe  »

Filming Locations:

 »

Box Office

Budget:

$5,200,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$105,918,400 (USA)
 »

Company Credits

Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Color:

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

The boxing coach who trained Clint Eastwood's for his bare-knuckle fist-fighting scenes was Al Silvani who once had trained the legendary boxer Jake LaMotta, who was the subject of Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull, which got released in the same 1980 year as this movie's sequel, Any Which Way You Can. Silvani also had recently prepped Sylvester Stallone for Rocky. See more »

Goofs

When the officer falls down at the lake and lands face to face with the rattle snake, you can clearly see the glass that separates the actor and the snake. See more »

Quotes

[Later in the day, Herb is digging a hole in the sand while Putnam rests and drinks a beer]
Putnam: Herb?
Herb: Yeah?
Putnam: What are we gonna do with that son-of-a-bitch?
Herb: Who?
Putnam: You know damn well what I'm talking about. That cowboy at the Palomino Club.
Herb: I don't know what you can do about it. What can we do, man?
Putnam: You mean to stand and tell me you'll let him get away with it?
Herb: Well, Putnam, you got anything in mind?
Putnam: What I got in mind is to break his stupid head.
[...]
See more »

Connections

Referenced in T.J. Hooker: Thieves' Highway (1982) See more »

Soundtracks

"Every Which Way But Loose"
Written by Steve Dorff (as S. Dorff), Milton Brown (as M. Brown) and Snuff Garrett (as T. Garrett)
Sung by Eddie Rabbitt
See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

See more (Spoiler Alert!) »

User Reviews

 
great family film
28 March 2006 | by (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews

a truly classic film , which shows Clint in a different light and can truly act. very enjoyable family film, despite the fact that it is now 28 years old , the kids loved it. another generation now enjoying this funny film with the ape Clyde stealing most scenes. the fight scenes are very well choreographed, the film is fast moving and keeps you interested to see what happens.The film is highly recommended for family viewing , especially on a weekend. the music and songs will stick in your mind, especially the title song every which way but loose, which really goes hand in hand with the film and truly complements it. one definitely to watch.


10 of 15 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
Hitting someone with a fish heisenberg83
What does the title mean? Erumpent
ENDING? CHUCKIN8OR
Clyde's Trainer/Abuser FINALLY Punished Janegael
Should be remade bishop27c
Where in Albuquerque was Philo's house? sw349
Discuss Every Which Way But Loose (1978) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?