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christopher-underwood Likable, if less known than some of Eastwood's films, it is not without significance. This movie neatly segues from the Leone westerns to Dirty Harry. Indeed this is where Eastwood and Siegel first pair up and the seeds of the subsequent violent thrillers are clearly visible. It is also significant in that being a 1968 film we get a depiction of sexual politics that still resonates today. There is an early scene where Tisha Sterling is talking to her 'client' or probationer played by Don Stroud and the slimy kid touches, strokes and finally takes a hold of one of her breasts. Eastwood's 'country boy' from Arizona, looking more like a cowboy than a cop takes exception and knocks Stroud away. Tisha's character, who seemed to accept the sexual attention, is upset that her 'client' is now upset. Even more odd, as we now look back, Eastwood then picks up his case, takes her by the arm and announces he's taking her to lunch, and more as it subsequently turns out. Within the storyline of a film of this period it doesn't seem all that strange, no more it was, but looked at now from the era of a new morality, quite astonishing. The story moves well, Siegel has an eye for composition and can choreograph a bar room fight or a chase as good as anyone. The final motorbike chase is set on the slopes of an autumnal Fort Tryon Park and looks very good. Also good looking and very well shot is a hippy gig with back projections, coloured lights, near naked boys and girls and painted faces. Well worth a watch.

valleycapfan It's hard to believe that "Coogan's Bluff" was made just three years earlier than the iconic "Dirty Harry," for it looks ancient in comparison. Eastwood is portraying a very similar character - tough, cynical old school cop trying to maintain law and order in a world that doesn't seem to want it.While "Dirty Harry" still holds up well today (2016) due to an engaging story line, tight script, and a tremendous supporting cast topped off by a mesmerizing Andy Robinson as the deranged Scorpio killer, "Coogan's Bluff" looks like a pair of bell bottom jeans we find in an old foot locker. The clothes, the sets, and the slang look like they were out of date within a couple of years after this was made, and Don Stroud is about the least intimidating adversary ever cast in an Eastwood film. He's more pathetic than pathological. Lee J. Cobb and Susan Clark do their best with the material given to them, but it's no use.Watch this only to get a glimpse of late-1960s American pop culture, much like what you'd look for in an American museum display. As for convincing crime drama, forget it.Only "Easy Rider" looks more outdated than this film.

Ed-Shullivan I believe Clint Eastwood started to emerge as the 1970's lead action star with his starring role in Coogan's Bluff. Don Siegel directed this absolute action movie which is a great representation of what action movies were about for the next decade or so. Clint Eastwood starred in a few of director Don Siegel's action movies, and I am sure Clint absorbed a lot of his talents as a director from watching Mr Siegel's work behind the camera. Clint plays an Arizona deputy sheriff sent to the big apple to pick up and return to Arizona a very dangerous murderer. The opening scenes of this movie have Clint chasing another on the run criminal in the mountains of Arizona and reflect Clint's unorthodox methods of hunting and capturing dangerous criminals.The Toronto, Ontario born actress Susan Clark was not only exceptionally attractive playing opposite to Clint Eastwood as his main love interest, but as a result of her complimenting the camera, she starred opposite many lead actors in the years to follow. After starring opposite NFL football star Alex Karras in the biography Babe, she married Mr. Karras in 1980 and remained with him until his death in October 2012. Don Stroud as the escaped murderer on the run, and Lee J Cobb as the lead New York investigator added depth to their characters and helped round out a strong castThis movie contains a good musical score, lot's of action, and lots of Clint Eastwood at his bad ass best. It is a classic action movie that helped Clint Eastwood and Susan Clark sustain long and endearing movie careers.

tforbes-2 What struck me about "Coogan's Bluff" is Clint Eastwood's performance. Here, he plays a cocky Arizona deputy who has little regard for his prisoner, as well as for acting on the directive of his superior in his home area.As a result, he gets sent to New York to retrieve a prisoner.And the "fish out of water" gets an education and then some.This film may have been a prototype of the "McCloud" television series, for sure. While there are elements I see from the "Dirty Harry" series of films, his character here is more the Arizona cowboy who has a sense of propriety than the San Francisco detective he portrays later on. For example, he reacts badly toward a parolee who is fondling Susan Clark's breast, early in the movie.The film is an education both for Coogan, and for his New York counterparts: By the end of the movie, he treats his prisoner (Don Stroud) with respect, offering him a cigarette (obviously something WAYYY dated), Lee J. Cobb learns to respect the Arizona deputy and Susan Clark clearly cares for the Arizona deputy.Its flaws notwithstanding (not all of the New York scenes were filmed there; some were done on a back lot in Hollywood), I consider this one of Clint Eastwood's best performances, playing an Arizona deputy, warts and all. And you gotta love the vintage footage of New York in late 1967, when this was filmed!!