Every Which Way but Loose 1978

Philo Beddoe is your regular, easygoing, truck-driving guy. He's also the best bar-room brawler west of the Rockies. And he lives with a 165-pound orangutan named Clyde. Like other guys, Philo finally falls in love - with a flighty singer who leads him on a screwball chase across the American Southwest. Nothing's in the way except a motorcycle gang, some cops, and legendary brawler Tank Murdock.

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Set in

The cast

Clint Eastwood Philo Beddoe

Sondra Locke Lynn Halsey-Taylor

Geoffrey Lewis Orville Boggs

Manis Clyde

Beverly D'Angelo Echo

Walter Barnes Tank Murdock

George Chandler Clerk at D.M.V.

Roy Jenson Woody

James McEachin Herb

Bill McKinney Dallas, Treasurer Biker

William O'Connell Elmo, Sergeant-At-Arms Biker

John Quade Cholla, The Biker Leader

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Dan Vadis Frank, Assistant Head Biker

Gregory Walcott Putnam

Top billing shown. Full cast and crew on IMDB ↗

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