There are many road movies out there, but not many with an with an Ape in tow.The plot moves on nicely as it gathers up more characters on Clint's trail throughout the film.In a way, rather similar to the Blue Brothers, but with more primates and knuckle fights. Comedy all the way through with some great acting except for Sandra Locke.Oh Clint - why did you succumb to that? And why on Earth did you marry her!If it's on TV I'm normally drawn back into it.Favourite scene? The Black Widow tattoo scene - hilarious!

Clint Eastwood was one of the few Hollywood stars from the early 1970s who was still popular by the end of the decade. Steve McQueen had deliberately reduced his output, Paul Newman was still fairly active, as were Robert Redford and Burt Reynolds. "Every Which Way But Loose," is more of a guilty pleasure than anything else. There is no plot to speak of, just a basic story about a bare knuckle brawler who befriends an orangutan. It sounds rather absurd but it is faintly endearing, strangely enough. The fight scenes are OK, if a bit on the lacklustre side! "Hard Times" with Bronson has better fight scenes. Geoffrey Lewis does a good job as Clint Eastwood's sidekick. The motorcycle gang become tiresome after a while.

Here's another surprise from Clint Eastwood. First he surprised me with The Bridges of Madison County (1995), then with Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997), and then I saw THIS on YouTube. Clint hangs out with his orangutan buddy, kicks some asses and falls in love. What more could you possibly want?

Eaztwood's fist-fighting, bare-knuckled Philo Beddoe does not disappoint, in this 1978 comedy classic.Most of the supportive cast also does not disappoint. Once again, Eastwood casts former costars from his classic Westerns, in the supportive roles; most notably, the late-John Quade, as the biker-gang leader.Sondra Locke, who quickly became "Clint's leading lady", out of respect to their former off-screen Relationship, is mediocre at best, here, as man-hustling, con-artist, country-singer wannabe, Lynne Halsey-Taylor. Most of her delivery falls flat; perhaps due her nervousness in working so closely and intimately with Clint; this being their second film together. The early critics slammed her as flaky and flat, when LHT is supposed to be a vixenish vamp. Perhaps it was because Clint allowed Sondra too much creative leeway. But alas.. one cannot turn back the clock and fix things. Thank goodness Locke's delivery in the sequel Any Which Way You Can redeemed her.At this film's original premiere, some critics grazed Clint for steering away from his classic Westerns personae to do a little comedy for a change. Well that direction paid off; thought admittedly I am dearly surprised this under-rated film's overall average is 6.5. Eastwood is as epic as Coca-Cola and Taco Bell. And he is one of those genuinely versatile stars who built a career on Perfection. To-date, he has seldom disappointed.The biker-gang; mostly composed of repeat co-stars, is deadpan hilarious. Headed by scruffy character-actor John Quade, traditionally, bikers are younger serious muscle-head guys with chicks riding piggyback. However, here, we get a bunch of middle-aged bungling doofus' who routinely get their butts kicked, in spite bearing Black Widow tattoos on their arms. Geoffrey Lewis; lifetime friend and co-star of Eastwood, is deliciously delightful, and goofball, as Philo's brother and fight-manager, Orville; comically turning his hat backwards before Philo enters a fist-fight. What fan and Fem cannot resist his signature blue eyes and sexy shoulders? The real stars and scene-stealers in this film, however - are frothy 'Ma' (Ruth Gordon) who can't seem to pass her senior's driver's test, then goes Annie Oakley on the biker gang. And Clyde; Philo's pet orangutan "12 ribs", with an Oreo cookie fetish, and a taste for action, and human beer.