Any Which Way You Can (1980)

A trucker turned prize fighter, his brother and their pet orangutan have a series of misadventures involving the mob, corrupt cops, motorcycle gangs and pretty dames.

Director:

Buddy Van Horn

Writers:

Stanford Sherman, Jeremy Joe Kronsberg (characters)

Stars:

Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Clint Eastwood	...	Philo Beddoe
Sondra Locke	...	Lynn Halsey-Taylor
Geoffrey Lewis	...	Orville
William Smith	...	Jack Wilson
Harry Guardino	...	James Beekman
Ruth Gordon	...	Ma
Michael Cavanaugh	...	Patrick Scarfe
Barry Corbin	...	Fat Zack
Roy Jenson	...	Moody
Bill McKinney	...	Dallas
William O'Connell	...	Elmo
John Quade	...	Cholla
Al Ruscio	...	Tony Paoli Sr.
Dan Vadis	...	Frank
Camila Ashland	...	Hattie (as Camila Ashlend)

Storyline

Philo Beddoe (Clint Eastwood) 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 comes along and arranges another fight, he is pushed into it. A motorcycle gang and an orangutan called Clyde (C.J. the Orangutan) all add to the "fun".

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Plot Keywords:

orangutan | bare knuckle fighting | fistfight | hit in the face | bare knuckle boxing | 

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Taglines:

Faster, funnier and wilder. It'll knock you out.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 December 1980 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mit Vollgas nach San Fernando

Filming Locations:

Jackson Hole Airport, Jackson, Wyoming, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,024,663, 21 December 1980

Gross USA:

$70,687,344

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$70,687,344

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Malpaso Company, Warner Bros.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color (DeLuxe)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Clint Eastwood's eighth movie for Warner Brothers.

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Goofs

When the bikers are fighting over the wigs, the 'invisible' cap covering the hair of one of the bikers is clearly loose - the biker with the red bandanna round his neck.

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Quotes

Philo Beddoe: [when Clyde peels off pieces off someone's car] He's crazy.

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Alternate Versions

DVD versions replaces the 1972 Warner Bros. Pictures logo with 1984 logo

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Connections

Spoofs 10 (1979)

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Soundtracks

Beers To You
Written by Steve Dorff (as S. Dorff), John Durrill (as J. Durrill), Sandy Pinkard (as S. Pinkard) and Snuff Garrett (as S. Garrett)
Sung by Ray Charles and Clint Eastwood

User Reviews

Okay, One Of Clint's Mokey Movies, But Still Pretty Funny

If any animal deserved its own trailer, chauffeured limousine and personal trainer, it would be Clyde.

"Any Which Way You Can" proves once and for all the similarities of ape to man (and in some cases, the ape's superiority).

Basically, this movie is a great improvement over the stillborn humor of "Every Which Way But Loose". Clint wisely plays straight man to Clyde, who provides the funniest moments, when not befriending William Smith ("Big Bill" Smith from the old biker movies. Go look it up.), then engaging in a bare-knuckle fight with him later on.

Everyone fares better in this movie, in fact. Sondra Locke is far more graceful, Geoffrey Lewis gets more laughs, even Ruth Gordon is seen as the next Bo Derek (bless her heart).

And if the Black Widows aren't more menacing this time around, well... that's kind of hard to do when you're wearing fake wigs and have penciled-in facial hair.

I've seen this movie so many times myself, that I have nearly the entire screenplay committed to memory. What more indelible impression could a filmmaker want to make than that?