Coogan, an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prisoner to the airport, he escapes and Coogan heads into the city to recapture him.
Direction
Siegel's lean, mean action machine.
Acting
Eastwood's squint could stop traffic.
Cinematography
NYC as concrete wilderness, gorgeous.
Director
Don Siegel
Clint Eastwood
Coogan
Lee J. Cobb
Lt. McElroy
Susan Clark
Julie Roth
Tisha Sterling
Linny Raven
Don Stroud
James Ringerman
Betty Field
Ellen Ringerman
Tom Tully
Sheriff McCrea
Melodie Johnson
Millie
James Edwards
Sgt. Jackson
David Doyle
Pushie
Louis Zorich
Taxi Driver
Meg Myles
Big Red
Marjorie Bennett
Mrs. Fowler
Seymour Cassel
Young Hood
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This Eastwood-Siegel collaboration directly led to Dirty Harry two years later—Coogan's the prototype.
The film captures 1968 NYC at its grimy peak, including the real Paine Whitney Psychiatric Clinic and pre-gentrified Upper West Side.
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