The Gauntlet

The Gauntlet

  • Director: Clint Eastwood
  • Writer: Michael Butler,Dennis Shryack
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: December 21, 1977
  • Sound mix: 4-Track Stereo
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: Gauntlet
    • "The Gauntlet" is an action film directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Clint Eastwood and Sandra Rourke.
    The film tells the story of an honest police officer protecting Molly, a key witness in a drug case.

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    • Release date December 21, 1977
    • Filming locations Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
    • Production companies Warner Bros., The Malpaso Company

    Box office

    Budget

    $5,500,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $26,414,658

    Gross worldwide

    $26,414,658

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    • By Shyanne 2022-10-16 22:50:41

      8000 bullets shot at him!

      The police and gangster film "Gauntlet" (1977), directed and starred by Dongmu, is rarely mentioned, but it is actually a typical 70'-style drama.

      The plot of this movie is very simple. The male protagonist played by Dongmu is a police officer with a straight personality. In fact, he will continue to treat him as "Dirty Harry". He...

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    • By Bonnie 2023-09-13 20:40:35

      The interaction between the male and female protagonists is very interesting, and the ending is a little idealized, a movie I watched a long time...

    • By Freddie 2023-08-06 03:29:13

      It's comedy, it's comedy, it's...

    • By Nella 2023-07-29 16:57:54

      Bruce Willis' Brave 16th...

    • By Bertha 2023-07-24 02:06:08

      The old man has also made movies that are so bad that they can't be scrutinized with the thinking of earth people,...

    • By Ressie 2023-06-03 10:48:40

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    Movie plot

    Shackley was an honest police officer, but he was never appreciated by his superiors. It was not until he was about to retire that he took over a major case from the newly appointed chief and asked him to take Molly, an important witness in a drug case, to another city. He went to Phoenix to testify in court. When he was about to return to Phoenix, he was chased and killed by police and gangsters. All the signs made them understand...
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    Movie quotes

    • Ben Shockley: Now I get the big case and I'm picked to go down with it.

      Gus Mally: You don't have to. Neither of us does. Nobody is forcing you to go back to Phoenix. Look, we could go to Canada or Mexico. Anywhere!

      Ben Shockley: [sarcastically] Sure. And live like kings.

      Gus Mally: I've got some money. Look, I've got my checkbook. $5000 back in Vegas.

      Ben Shockley: And when that runs out?

      Gus Mally: Look, let's then take the money and buy a pickup truck. An old sedan, or something unobtrusive, for God's sake. We'll take the back roads, we'll turn ourselves in to some precinct station. Anything but City Hall! We'll ask for protective custody. Talk to the D.A.

      Ben Shockley: That's exactly what I want you to do.

      Gus Mally: Well, what about you?

      Ben Shockley: Me, I am going in.

      Gus Mally: Why?

      Ben Shockley: We both know why Blakelock picked me for the job. I'm gonna prove he's wrong.

      Gus Mally: Then I'm going with you.

      Ben Shockley: Uh-uh. You're not my prisoner anymore. You can go wherever you want. You get your money, you can take off. This is strictly between me and Blakelock.

      Gus Mally: Look, you said yourself you didn't think the whole thing would work.

      Ben Shockley: At least someone'll know I tried.

      Gus Mally: Who, Blakelock?

      Ben Shockley: No, me.

    • Gus Mally: [in cell] You found out I was right, didn't you?

      Ben Shockley: [opening cell door, entering] I didn't find out dick. All I know is there is a horse named Mally No Show in the 10th race at Santa Anita, and the way the odds are going up, somebody's betting she's going to drop dead at the starting gate.

      Gus Mally: That's right! And this is the gate right here! Don't you see? They're saying we don't have a chance!

      Ben Shockley: For all I know, there is a horse, it's just a coincidence.

      Gus Mally: [scoffs impatiently] It's not a coincidence! For Chrissakes, Shockley, there isn't any 10th race at Anita!

      [he scowls at her]

      Paramedic Driver: [two medics arrive] The wagon's outside.

      Ben Shockley: What about that horse?

      Paramedic: 75 to one. Sounds like a real nag.

      Gus Mally: [frantic] Look, go back home. Leave me be. Call it off. Please!

      Ben Shockley: We're splitting right now.

      [to the paramedics]

      Ben Shockley: Look, one of you call Hertz or Avis, I don't care which one. Get me a car. Have them leave it somewhere inbetween here and the airport. Leave the keys in and I'll pay for it when I get her on the plane.

      [to her:]

      Ben Shockley: If, and I say if, what you're saying is true, then somebody's betting I can't do my job. Well, they're full of shit!

      Gus Mally: You are - - These people laying these odds will chew you up and spit you out! You're fucking crazy! I'm not going anywhere with you!

      [retreats back to the bunk bed, looking into his steely unsympathetic eyes tearfully]

    • Ben Shockley: [driving the ambulance] Come here!

      [panicky, she scurries up from the back]

      Ben Shockley: Take this!

      [holds out the service revolver to her]

      Gus Mally: What's that?

      Ben Shockley: It's a gun, take it!

      Gus Mally: Well, I don't want it!

      Ben Shockley: Take it!

      [she takes it]

      Ben Shockley: Anybody comes up behind us, shoot 'em!

      Gus Mally: You gotta be kidding!

      [frazzled]

      Gus Mally: Where the hell are you going?

      Ben Shockley: Take a less popular way to the airport.

      Gus Mally: After what happened back there? Jesus, they'll be waiting for us at the airport!

      Ben Shockley: By the time they sift through that wreckage, we'll be in Phoenix!

      Gus Mally: [the ambulance is tailed by a suspicious black car, but, unaware, she has her own ideas] Pull over!

      [the gun pointed at him]

      Ben Shockley: [unperturbed] I'm going 50 miles an hour. Until you pull that trigger, I'm headed at the airport.

      Gus Mally: I mean it! I swear to Christ if you don't stop this thing I'm gonna shoot you!

      [a shot is suddenly fired at them from the tailing car, through the back of the ambulance, then another]

      Gus Mally: What's that?

      Ben Shockley: They're shooting at us!

      [another shot]

      Ben Shockley: Shoot at 'em!

      Gus Mally: Stop this thing! It's the police!

      Ben Shockley: It's not the police! Shoot at 'em!

      Gus Mally: I can't!

      Ben Shockley: [looking back annoyed] You were ready to shoot at me, dammit!

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