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Titolo originale: The Gauntlet
Regia: Clint Eastwood |
Anno: 1977
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Azione Crime Thriller
Tag: sniper | helicopter | prostitute | showdown | ambush | hitman | chase | bus | mexican standoff | freight train | witness | witness protection | police protection | biker | beating | organized crime | shootout | las vegas | motorcycle | alcoholic | tough cop | betting | gauntlet | corrupt official | extradition | phoenix, arizona | runaway bus | prisoner transport | corrupt police officials |
Cast: Clint Eastwood | Sondra Locke | Pat Hingle | William Prince | Bill McKinney | Michael Cavanaugh | Carole Cook | Mara Corday | Doug McGrath | Jeff Morris | Mildred Brion | Carver Barnes | Roy Jenson | Dan Vadis |

Ben Shockley, polizziotto di Phoenix, voleva un grande caso, ma il suo sogno si è sbiadito negli anni. Anche scortare a Las Vegas "una testimone da nulla in un processo da nulla" sembra l'ennesimo sterile esercizio. Poi, cominciano i fuochi d'artificio: la testimone è una prostituta che tutti vogliono morta.

Errori

When the constable says that there are about ten miles from the border it is full daylight outside. [...] D
In Las Vegas, the odds for a horse called "Mally No Show" keep increasing. It is revealed that there [...] D
When the blue car explodes, with many separate detonations, the ambulance Eastwood and Locke are in [...] D
When Josephson is talking to Shockley on the phone, the audio and video are slightly out of sync. D
When the constable's car swerves wildly and almost goes out of control, the sunglasses case and cita [...] D
When the helicopter crashes into the power lines, the copter is obviously a shell. The lack of an en [...] D
When Josephson gets on the bus to greet Shockley and Gus at the climax of the film, his glasses disa [...] D
At the beginning of the chase with the helicopter, there is an error with its shadow. The model chas [...] D
From the outside, the windshield on the driver's side is riddled with bullets but from the inside on [...] D
In the constable's car, there is a can of Tab sitting on the dash with the bar code side visible in [...] D
Even though the route Shockley and Gus was supposedly cleared of all traffic and pedestrians, people [...] D
Shockley uses an oxy-acetylene cutting torch, when he should be using a welding torch (which is conn [...] D
When Shockley and Gus are fleeing the black car, the second hole appears in the rear window well bef [...] D
When the bus approaches Josephson, his car is in the middle of the right lane. When they leave him, [...] D
Even though the road between Wickenburg, where the bus was stolen, and Phoenix is the US 60, the sce [...] D
When Shockley tells the remaining bikers to leave a motorcycle for him, he points his revolver at th [...] D
When Shockley orders the "kidnapped" constable to turn into a gas station parking lot they pull up t [...] D
Between the time Shockley leaves Gus and the time he arrives at city hall, the amount of blood on hi [...] D
Even after the police stop firing at the bus, it still gets hit several times. D
At the beginning credits, Shockley gets into his car and drives off past a Penney's department store [...] D
In the big final scene, there is no way that police could line up on both sides of the street, and f [...] D
The constable's police cruiser is a 1973 Ford Torino sedan. When the constable is murdered, the poli [...] D
After the bus reaches city hall and the police stop firing just before the tires burst, a squib expl [...] D
When Mally is giving directions to her house, she says, "Six blocks up, turn left, its the second ho [...] D
When Shockley and Gus leave on the motorcycle, the three bikers he forced to walk are nowhere visibl [...] D
Shockley never calls for anyone in Phoenix to come up and get him, despite that taking overall less [...] D
Upon learning that Shockley has hijacked a bus in Wickenburg Arizona and is en route, Blakelock anno [...] D
When the bus stops on the steps of the courthouse, someone is visible in the right front part of the [...] D
When two officers are discussing why Shockley would give them his route, they are in a police car ri [...] D
Phoenix is only five hours away from Las Vegas. The drive to there would have been faster and more d [...] D
In the house shootout, after the cease fire order has been given, the shooting stops. One of the off [...] D
As Shockley opens his door, a liquor bottle falls out and breaks. A moment later, the bottle is lyin [...] D
When Shockley and Gus leave on the motorcycle they go up a slight rise in terrain before turning, bu [...] D
Even today (like it was 1977) there are only a few roads leading from Nevada into Arizona that don't [...] D
Whilst rousting the motorbike gang, Shockley Clint Eastwood claims to have 'pretty green eyes', but [...] D
The helicopter used in the chase sequence is a Sud Aviation 341G Gazelle. But in one shot, the shado [...] D