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He rose to international fame with his role as the man with no name in sergio leones dollars trilogy of spaghetti westerns during the 1960s, and as antihero cop harry callahan in the five dirty harry films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Listen as clint eastwood talks candidly about his thoughts on making this film and what influenced him through the filming. Movie typography from the film the gauntlet 1977, directed by clint eastwood, starring clint eastwood, sondra locke, pat hingle, william prince. Clint eastwood is on top form in this movie, both clint and sondra locke work well. Ben shockley, an alcoholic cop from phoenix, is well on his way to becoming a downandout when he is given the task to escort witness gus mally from las vegas. The gauntlet 1977 watch hot english movies free online. In a major role reversal, clint eastwood stars in the gauntlet as a person who might be on the receiving end of the violence epitomized in his famed dirty harry film series. Dirty harry is set in san francisco, the gauntlet is set in arizona. Lowther strikes up a friendship with his captor butch haynes kevin costner. His assignment to escort from las vegas a nothing witness for a nothing trial seems like another meaningless exercise. But a lot of people are literally betting that they wont make it into town alive. Prince, who is told by eastwood that he is coming, sets up an incredible police gauntlet, hundreds of cops who riddle the bus as it roars into the city. Phoenix cop ben shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness named gus mally from vegas.
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