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17 December 1980 (USA)
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Faster, funnier and wilder. It'll knock you out.
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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...
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Orangutan
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Motorcycle Gang
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Clint Eastwood | ... | Philo Beddoe | |
| Sondra Locke | ... | Lynn Halsey-Taylor | |
| Geoffrey Lewis | ... | Orville Boggs | |
| William Smith | ... | Jack Wilson | |
| Harry Guardino | ... | James Beekman | |
| Ruth Gordon | ... | Senovia 'Ma' Boggs | |
| Michael Cavanaugh | ... | Patrick Scarfe | |
| Barry Corbin | ... | Fat Zack | |
| Roy Jenson | ... | Moody, Black Widow | |
| Bill McKinney | ... | Dallas, Black Widow | |
| William O'Connell | ... | Elmo, Black Widow | |
| John Quade | ... | Cholla, Black Widow Leader | |
| Al Ruscio | ... | Tony Rapoli Sr. aka Big Tony | |
| Dan Vadis | ... | Frank | |
| Camila Ashland | ... | Hattie (as Camila Ashlend) |
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115 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Spain:18 |
UK:15 (video rating) (cut) |
UK:AA (cinema rating) (cut) |
Australia:M |
West Germany:12 |
UK:18 (uncut) |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:16 (1981) |
Sweden:15 |
USA:PG |
Singapore:PG |
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The orangutan who played Clyde in this film was found dead of a cerebral hemorrhage two weeks after the film wrapped.
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Revealing mistakes: When Philo is dragged along the ground by Clyde, Philo is lifting his own head up off the ground every time he is pulled along. However, he’s supposed to be unconscious from the knock to the head from the butt of the shotgun. He should not be able to pull his own head up every time he was pulled along.
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Cholla, Black Widow Leader:
Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will chew on Philo Beddoe's ass for my last supper!
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Warrior of the Lost World (#6.1)" (1993)
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Soundtrack:
You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma
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List: Wacky boxingmore
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Crude, sophomoric, irreverent, silly, stupid, overly macho, etc., etc. - yet, an endearing and very enjoyable film for a lot of people. I wouldn't put myself in that category any more, calling it "endearing," but when I was a lot younger and more less discerning, I laughed a lot at this. I enjoyed this as much, if not more, than the original film, "Every Which Way But Loose."
Now, it's a bit too seedy and I don't care for all the abuses of the Lord's name in vain, especially in comedy. However, this is an entertaining film. No one falls asleep watching the antics of the orangutan or Clint Eastwood and his fighting opponent or the irascible Ruth Gordon. The villain in here - Eastwoood's boxing opponent "Jack Wilson" (William Smith) was a good guy and the bare- knuckle was something to see!
It's low brow stuff, but a lot of that kind of humor was big in the '70s and early '80s.