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Coogan's Bluff [DVD] [1968]

DVD ~ Clint Eastwood
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  • Actors: Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb, Susan Clark, Tisha Sterling, Don Stroud
  • Directors: Don Siegel
  • Writers: Dean Riesner, Herman Miller, Howard Rodman
  • Producers: Don Siegel, Irving L. Leonard, Richard E. Lyons
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Uca Catalogue
  • DVD Release Date: 6 Jun 2005
  • Run Time: 90 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00006RHU3
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 19,434 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Clint Eastwood is Walt Coogan, a deputy sheriff from Arizona on the loose in the urban jungle of New York. Searching for a violent prisoner he has let slip ("It's got kinda personal now"), Coogan, in Stetson and cowboy boots, runs up against hippies, social workers and a bluntly hostile New York police chief played by Lee J. Cobb. It's a key film in the Eastwood oeuvre, the one in which his definitive persona first emerges, marrying the cool, laid-back westerner of the Rawhide TV series and the Italian westerns to the street-wise, kick-ass toughness which would be further developed in the Dirty Harryfilms. Directed by Eastwood's mentor, Don Siegel, Coogan's Bluff has pace, style and its share of typical Eastwood one-liners (to a hoodlum: "You better drop that blade or you won't believe what happens next"). Like all Eastwood's successful movies, it cunningly plays it both ways. Coogan represents the old-fashioned conservatism of the west in conflict with the decadence of city life. Yet he's the perennial outsider, hostile to authority, a radical loner who gets the job done where bureaucracy and legal niceties fail. The film was to be the inspiration behind the TV series McCloud, in which Dennis Weaver took the Eastwood role. --Edward Buscombe


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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars a forgotten classic, 19 April 2003
This is one of Clints best unknown films with all the right Clint ingredients. One liners, motorbike chases, punch ups, beautiful women and some genuinely funny moments as Clint lays down some of the characteristics that he was to play in 'Dirty Harry', namely a high level of cynicism.
A brief outline of the story is that Coogan (Eastwood) is a Deputy Sherriff from Arizona sent to New York to pick up a prisoner wanted in his State. This leads to the fish out of water scenario of the cowboy with the hat and boots mingling with the hippies of New York. On finding his prisoner in hospital recovering from a drug overdose and therefore unfit for transfer and himself wanting to get back to Arizona as soon as possible, Coogan bluffs him out of the prison hospital then subsequently loses him. Coogan looks to his 'country ways' of tracking his escaped prisoner down in the big city while all the time dealing with his problematic superiors.

The script is wonderfully entertaining and perfect for Clint Eastwoods 'less talk' method of acting, particularly on the plane coming into New York when a bussiness man sitting next to Coogan looking at his cowboy hat cheerfully asks;
Texas?
-Arizona.
Rancher?
-Nope, Deputy Sherriff.
Oh one of your boys step out of line in our fair city?
-Nope, one of yours in ours.

This is the general theme of the film as Coogan is constantly asked Texas?
-Arizona.
countless times this happens and it never becomes boring only better each time.

The film was directed by Don Siegel who collaborated with Clint on some of his best films and his level of class shows on this film, particularly in a pool hall fight.
A motorbike chase has a genuinely high level of excitement as Clint and Don Stroud race around a park on Triumph motorbikes.
Watch for the moment when you can see Clint laughing when he should'nt be and then mistakenly rides straight into a wall!

On the down side the film is seriously dated with the Flower Power Hippies used as the opposite for Clints cowboy and there is one very bad piece of editing when Clint meets the desk sergent which will probably leave you laughing. But all this can be forgiven because it was an early film in Clints career, and therefore over thirty years old, so technically a bit patchy but more than making up in entertainment value.
The best role Clints played other then 'The Man With No Name' and 'Dirty Harry' in fact a combination of both with a touch of humour thrown in.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Classy entertainment, 20 Sep 2006
By S J Buck (Kent, UK) - See all my reviews
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This very good film is worth seeing for a number of reasons:
Firstly it is directed by Don Siegel who earlier in his career directed the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers and then went on to make a string of minor classics (Charley Varrick, The Shootist, The Beguiled) and later would direct the first Dirty Harry movie. Don Siegel was a major influence on Clint Eastwood as a director and if you've seen the above films you'll know why. If you haven't seen them they are all strongly recommended.

The second reason to see this is Clint Eastwood. As an actor he was just beginning to hit his golden period, and this film, where he plays Coogan, a deputy Sheriff who is sent to escort a dangerous prisoner, gives him the oppurtunity to show why he was the biggest box office star for years and years. A lot of credit must also go to Lee J Cobb who almost steals the film from Eastwood, playing Det McElroy the city cop with little time or patience for Coogan. However in the end it is Eastwood's performance that wins out, if only because he gets to deliver some laconic lines in classic style.

Some of the scenes from the nightclub (not to mention the music) look rather dated now (1968 was the height of flower power etc), but this is a well acted, action-packed and sometimes funny film that is well worth getting.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Country Cop In The Big City!, 17 Oct 2004
By no1filmaddict (UK) - See all my reviews
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I have been a big fan of Clint Eastwood for a few years now and while this film is not his best, it certainly is a forgotten classic, combining characteristics from both 'the man with no name' and 'dirty harry' movies. This movie also paved the way for the long running, succesful TV series "McCloud" starring Dennis Weaver, and deals with the cultural clash between a Sheriff from Arizona, and NYPD's finest.

Clint plays a quiet spoken Deputy Sheriff from Arizona, Walt Coogan, who is sent over to New York to retreive a prisoner wanted in his state. However the man is in hospital and Coogan has to bluff him out so that he can take him back to Arizona without delay. On their way back to Arizona, Coogan is jumped on by some friends of the convict and he manages to escape into the concrete canyons of Manhattan. When the legal system fails him, Coogan is forced to employ his own unorthadox methods to find his prisoner.

As i have already said, Clint combines characteristics from 'the man with no name' and what would be 'Dirty Harry', adding the usual one-liners and a bit of extra comedy for good measure, and comes up with Walt Coogan a rural cop in the big city. Lee J. Cobb plays the solid Detective. Lt. McElroy who doesn't make life easy for Coogan. Susan Clark plays Julie Roth the probation officer whom Coogan falls for while in New York. Tisha Sterling plays Linny Raven, the drugged up girlfriend of the convict who Coogan is trying to catch. Finally, Don Stroud plays the convict himself, James Ringerman.

Also, during the scene in the nightclub, watch out for the big screen which is playing 'Tarantula', one of Clint very early films. One thing about the DVD itself though, is the fact that they didn't put any extras on at all, not even a trailer, which is a bit of a shame, but fans will still enjoy the film just as much, even though it may seem slightly dated in todays world.

Overall, 'Coogan's Bluff' is a nice little Clint film that seems to have been forgotton amongst classics like 'Dirty Harry', however fans of his should enjoy it tremendously, with plenty of action, punch-ups, pretty woman, chases, and of course the famous Clint one-liners that we all know and love.

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