Filo da torcere

Titolo originale: Every Which Way but Loose
Regia: James Fargo |
Anno: 1978
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Azione Commedia Avventura Romance Dramma
Tag: martial arts | waitress | bare knuckle boxing | fight | overweight | fishing | camping | motel | human animal relationship | beer | biker | orangutan | monkey | threesome | meat hook | exotic pet | street fight | pets | action hero |
Cast: Clint Eastwood | Sondra Locke | Geoffrey Lewis | Manis | Beverly D'Angelo | Walter Barnes | George Chandler | Roy Jenson | James McEachin | Bill McKinney | William O'Connell | John Quade | Dan Vadis | Gregory Walcott | Hank Worden | Ruth Gordon | Jerry Brutsche | Cary Michael Cheifer | Janet Cole Notey | Sam Gilman | Chuck Hicks | Timothy P. Irvin | Tim Irwin | Billy Jackson | Joyce Jameson | Richard Jamison | Jackson D. Kane | Jeremy Joe Kronsberg | Fritz Manes | Michael Mann | Lloyd Nelson | George Orrison | Thelma Pelish | William J. Quinn | Tom Runyon | Bruce Scott | Al Silvani | Hartley Silver | Al Stellone | Jan Stratton | Mike Wagner | Guy Way | George P. Wilbur | Gary Davis | Scott Dockstader | Orwin C. Harvey | Gene LeBell | Chuck Waters | Jerry Wills | Robert Bruce Baird | Phil Everly | Harry Guardino | Clay Hodges | Harry Middlebrooks | Frank Noel | Charlie Rich | Thomas Rosales Jr. | Dee Giffin Scott | Judson Scott | Mel Tillis | Roxanne Tunis | Bob Golden |

Il camionista Philo Beddoe è un pugile da strada che vive con un orango di 75 chili di nome Clyde. Philo si invaghisce di una bella cantante e finisce anche per darle dei soldi, ma quando la donna sparisce all'improvviso, il camionista decide di mettersi sulle sue tracce insieme all'amico Orville, all'orango e alla bella fruttivendola Eco...

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Adjusted for inflation, this is the biggest hit of Clint Eastwood's career. D
Philo's license plate reads "99951u", which, when the numbers are inverted, reads 15666 or IS666 or [...] D
Ma (Ruth Gordon) stated, "Get off my porch" and "Get off my property" to the Black Widows of Pacoima [...] D
Warner Brothers released this movie in smaller theaters first. Superman (1978) was still at the larg [...] D
Sondra Locke's singing debut. She has a duet with Phil Everly. D
This is the first movie to earn $10 million or more in its opening weekend. D
The name of the motorcycle gang was the "Black Widows of Pacoima", a real-life district in the San F [...] D
Included amongst the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the five hundred movies nominated for th [...] D
Whenever Echo (Beverly D'Angelo) is introduced to someone, her name is always said twice. D
Clint Eastwood's sixth movie for Warner Brothers. D
The movie's title is derived from Zora Neale Hurston's 1937 novel, "Their Eyes Were Watching God". T [...] D
Clint Eastwood's first completely "pure" comedy theatrical movie. D
"Popi", the orangutan who played Clyde's girlfriend, now lives at the same ape sanctuary as Michael [...] D
Claudia La Grippe's debut. D
This movie was shot on-location, including the California communities of Bakersfield, North Hollywoo [...] D
Clint Eastwood, Geoffrey Lewis, Walter Barnes, William O'Connell, Dan Vadis, and Chuck Waters all ap [...] D
Reportedly, Clint Eastwood was nervous about doing a comedy, and contacted Burt Reynolds for advice [...] D
Lynn Halsey-Taylor sings in a bar called the Zanza Bar. This is a play on Zanzibar, an island on the [...] D
Beverly D'Angelo stars as the girlfriend of Geoffrey Lewis. She played the mother of Juliette Lewis, [...] D
According to the closing credits, Manis the Orangutan appeared courtesy of Bobby Berosini's Performi [...] D
The movie and its sequel used "Clint and Clyde" first-name alliteration of its two main stars in its [...] D
The animals in this movie were not abused. D
Several years later, the movie was re-released on a double-bill with its sequel, Fai come ti pare (1 [...] D
The filming location of Philo's house was 11847 Peoria St., Sun Valley, California. The location of [...] D
Clint Eastwood was advised to do this movie on the heels of Il bandito e la madama (1977)'s runaway [...] D
Mel Tillis sings "Coca-Cola Cowboy", which includes the line "You've got an Eastwood smile and Rober [...] D
The script originally was intended for Burt Reynolds. It came to Clint Eastwood through a secretary, [...] D
Just as production was wrapping up in June 1978, Sondra Locke learned that she was pregnant. Locke, [...] D
Ruth Gordon won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Rosemary's Baby - Nastro rosso a New York (196 [...] D
British movie critic Philip French was convinced that Ma (Ruth Gordon), in this movie and its sequel [...] D
Reportedly, the small towns across the U.S. provided the best audiences for the movie at the box off [...] D
Sondra Locke's character "Lynn Halsey-Taylor" is named after Halsey Taylor, founder of the Halsey Ta [...] D
According to the book "Clint Eastwood: Hollywood's Loner" (1992) by Michael Munn, Eastwood called Cl [...] D
The Tank Murdock fight was shot at The Denver Brick Company. The spectators sat on cubes of brick, a [...] D
This is the last of seven collaborations between James Fargo and Clint Eastwood. This movie was the [...] D
This is part of a cycle of ring fighter movies (mostly boxing, some wrestling) inspired by the box-o [...] D
This is the third of six movies made by real-life couple Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke. D
Prior to being picked up by Warner Brothers, the movie's script by Jeremy Joe Kronsberg had been tur [...] D
According to publicity, Manis the Orangutan weighed one hundred eighty pounds (eighty-two kilograms) [...] D
In February 1979, the title song, sung by Eddie Rabbitt, topped Billboard Magazine's Hot Country Sin [...] D
Manis the Orangutan once got upset and grabbed Clint Eastwood while he was driving a truck. The ape' [...] D
Clint Eastwood's boxing coach for this movie was Al Silvani. He used to train Jake LaMotta, and had [...] D
Came out during a time when the main character or team lost to win i.e. ended up losing but learned [...] D
This movie and its soundtrack featured several country-and-western songs including tracks sung by Me [...] D
When singer Mel Tillis says the name of Lynne Halsey Taylor there is a noticeable pause. This is bec [...] D
Claudia La Grippe is of French ancestry. D
Linda Press, perhaps best known as a Neil Diamond's backup vocalist, appears unbilled as Sandra Lock [...] D
Theatrical movie debut of Manis the Orangutan (Clyde). D

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