Coogan's Bluff

Starring:Conrad Bain, Skip Battyn, Marjorie Bennett, Seymour Cassel, Susan Clark, Lee J. Cobb, John Coe, Rudy Diaz, David Doyle, Clint Eastwood, James Edwards, Betty Field, Melodie Johnson, Meg Myles, Albert Popwell, Tisha Sterling, Don Stroud, Tom Tully, Louis Zorich
Studio: Universal Studios
Product Type: DVD

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Coogan's Bluff
Starring: Conrad Bain , Skip Battyn , Marjorie Bennett , Seymour Cassel , and Susan Clark
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0001FVDJQ
Release Date: 2004-06-01

Customer Reviews:

Seems to be edited.......2007-04-14

Limp movie by today's standards, with jarring switches from locations in NY to obvious Universal studios backlot. Very TV movie in its look and overuse of extreme closeups. A view of the 60's counterculture that didn't even ring true then. I also seem to recall that when I saw this in the 60's that Susan Clark points out the actual Coogan's Bluff (a real natural landmark in NY) to Eastwood's character during their scene above the Cloisters. She tells a little story about it, tying it to the character's "bluff" about how tough he is. If I am recalling correctly, that scene has been clumsily trimmed out on this DVD. Note how in one shot Eastwood is wearing his hat, but in the very next one it is off. At that point the dialogue appears to jump from one subject to an entirely different one. Without this scene the title doesn't even make sense anymore

10-gallon Hat Eastwood in New York City.......2007-02-15

This is great for Eastwood lovers, unless you don't like to see him getting beaten up and bloodied (on several occasions). However, he does beat up lots of baddies in return and makes love to lots of chicks.

Eastwood's Western Sheriff Arrests All of 1968 New York.......2007-02-05

This film has aged extremely well -- a time capsule red state/blue state story of Eastwood's Arizona deputy sheriff -- "Texas" to the hard-bitten, seen-it-all New York cops, and his foray to New York City to pick up a fugitive. Eastwood's understated comic performance is spot-on, and New York of 1968 is a bizarre, mysterious melting pot, with hookers, freaks, crazies, druggies, and all manner of miscreants -- all portrayed with a wink and a nod in Don Siegal's steady hand. The scenes at New York's famous Electric Circus, and Eastwood's reaction, are priceless.

The Lalo Schifrin soundtrack is especially strong, and Lee J. Cobb's turn as the exasperated police chief adds to the fun. Good supporting roles too by Conrad Bain and Susan Clark. All in all this film is of a piece with New York films of its time, like Frank Sinatra's The Detective, Midnight Cowboy, even The Out-of-Towners. A treat.

Stranger in a Stranger Land.......2006-08-30

This is a "fish out of water" story. Clint Eastwood plays a deputy sheriff from rural Arizona. He is a westerner in the sense of the western movies. He is strong, confident about women and does not tolerate obstruction in any form. He has also hacked off his boss so he gets sent to New York City to extradite a prisoner. That's bad enough but this is NYC of the 60s with all of the additional strangeness brought on by that decade.

While there, he finds that picking up the prisoner is not as easy as it should be. He is bogged down by administrative procedures seeming designed to keep anyone from getting anything done. Worse, it keeps him in NYC waiting. He decides to take matters into his own hands and bluffs his way into custody of the prisoner. He is about to head back to Arizona when he gets bushwhacked and the prisoner escapes. Now he has to deal with a hostile NYCPD and track down a prisoner in very unfamiliar surroundings while the local police threaten to arrest him if he interferes any more.

This is a good but dated story. It has action but not as much as most modern movies. The chase scene seems rather tame. Still, it is about the good guy breaking the rules to bring in the bad guy. Dirty Harry would approve

Solid Eastern-Western, if you will about Arizona lawman tracking escaped killer in New York.......2006-06-08

Leo K Jacob (i.e. Lee J. Cobb) plays
frustrated New York Det. who tries
to get Coogan (AZ lawman) to stay in
line and help him track fugative. Good
supporting role for Susan Clark (before
she married knucklehead Alex Karras).
Good performances all the way around.

Average customer rating:

Seems to be edited
10-gallon Hat Eastwood in New York City
Eastwood's Western Sheriff Arrests All of 1968 New York
Stranger in a Stranger Land
Solid Eastern-Western, if you will about Arizona lawman tracking escaped killer in New York