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 & 2 nominations.

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".

---

Plot Keywords:

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

---

Taglines:

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

---

Genres:

Action | Comedy

---

Certificate:

PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the big fight scene, kids ( Eastwoods? ) can be seen wearing Broncos Billy T shirts, from the Eastwood film made right before this one.

---

Goofs

After the bar fight with Philo and Jack Wilson, Wilson picks up Philo's hat, Wilson's tie is very askew at that point. In the very next shot in handing him that hat the tie is perfect.

---

Quotes

Orville Boggs: Philo... Jordan said he'd give us 200 big ones if we scrap that Merc for him.
Philo Beddoe: Great. Clyde? Scrap the Merc.
Orville Boggs: Come on, Clyde! You got work to do!

---

Alternate Versions

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

---

Connections

Referenced in Vintage Video: The Nude Bomb (1980) (2020)

---

Soundtracks

Too Loose
Written by Milton Brown (as M. Brown), Steve Dorff (as S. Dorff) and Snuff Garrett (as S. Garrett)
Sung by Sondra Locke

User Reviews

Many Adjectives Describe This

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.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 December 1980 (USA)

Also Known As:

Any Which Way You Can

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