Coogan's Bluff

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Coogan's Bluff

R,

1968,

1h 34m,

Crime/

Drama

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Arizona lawman Walt Coogan hopes to make a short business trip to the big city, but his journey quickly becomes an odyssey of violence. Walt is flummoxed when Manhattan police put the brakes on his plan to return a jailed murderer to the Southwest. Bent on getting his man, he temporarily outwits the New Yorkers, only to be plunged into a series of ugly confrontations with counterculture types who are the antithesis of the straitlaced Walt.

Vincent Canby

New York Times

May 9, 2005

2/5

The screenplay is so predictable in situation and so arch in its supposedly tough, blunt, wise talk that it turns into a joke told by someone with no sense of humor.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Oct 23, 2004

3/4

Siegel knows what he wants and gets it.

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Don Druker

Chicago Reader

Jan 1, 2000

Eastwood's performance as the flawed, headstrong superman has been terribly underrated, but he brings to the part of Coogan a sure knowledge of the man's obvious strengths and not so obvious failings.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Aug 7, 2021

2.5/4

The material involving Coogan's pursuit of Ringerman is solid, but too much time is spent on a dreary relationship between Coogan and a probation officer (Susan Clark); their will-they-or-won't-they status would grow tiresome even in a romantic comedy.

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Quentin Tarantino

The New Beverly

Jun 22, 2020

For all intents and purposes, what we think of as comedic action cinema was born the day Coogan's Bluff was released.

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

Aug 21, 2014

7/10

A satisfying police yarn with some really great, physically hefty location photography.

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Rey S

Jan 17, 2019

Some movies age well. Some don't. Coogan's bluff clearly belongs to the second category. What might have been supposed to be "cool" in 1968 (or should one say "groovy"?) just looks ridiculous today. Even Clint Eastwood - who is busy during the whole thing banging every woman he meets - can't help it.

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Draco W

Dec 17, 2018

Coogan's Bluff ranks as one of my favorite Eastwood films. Partly because of the time period & location which the story takes place. It's an excellent period piece. Late 1960's New York city in all it's Glory. I live in NYC and it's was nice to see the Pan Am Building in the backdrop. It's now the Met Life building. The Pan Am building was also the location of the final scene where the helicopter takes off. The other reason I like this movie is that Eastwood is essentially playing Dirty Harry before Dirty Harry. Coogan is just like Harry Calahan without the 44. magnum. The story is solid but it's the locales and the situations that Coogan finds himself in that sell the movie. Who cares of it's dated? Of course it's dated but that's part of the experience. Actually most movies made more than 20 years ago (or less) are dated. If you look at it in the context of the time it was made then you'll enjoy it. Ignore the negative reviews and check it out.

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Luke W

Aug 31, 2018

Campy, but still action and entertainment from the 60s.

Albus M

Jul 25, 2018

oh yeah this is one of clint eastwood's most badass movies, love the psychedelic 60s scenes

Kylo L

Apr 6, 2018

***1/2 Look - if its originality you seek, give 'Coogan's Bluff' a miss. It's predictable, derivative and undoubtedly a product of its time. But it's still pretty entertaining, and Eastwood is his usual ever-likeable screen presence. Nothing special, but there are definitely worse ways to pass the time.

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Hagrid S

Feb 14, 2018

Loved it. Clint Eastwood plays an Arizon sheriff who hunts down a man who takes him all the way to NYC. I just love the way Seigal has Clint play a non nonsense 'just the way life is' macho man. One of my favorites.

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Synopsis

Arizona lawman Walt Coogan hopes to make a short business trip to the big city, but his journey quickly becomes an odyssey of violence. Walt is flummoxed when Manhattan police put the brakes on his plan to return a jailed murderer to the Southwest. Bent on getting his man, he temporarily outwits the New Yorkers, only to be plunged into a series of ugly confrontations with counterculture types who are the antithesis of the straitlaced Walt.

Director: Don Siegel
Producer: Don Siegel
Screenwriter: Herman Miller, Dean Riesner, Howard Rodman
Production Co: Universal/Universal Int, The Malpaso Company
Rating: R
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 11, 2015
Runtime: 1h 34m

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