

Coogan's Bluff
The man with no fear... takes on a killer with no pity... in a city with no heart.
Coogan, an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prisoner to the airport, he escapes and Coogan heads into the city to recapture him.
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6.3/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.5M
- Box office
- $3.1M
- Language
- English
- new york city
- escape
- fish out of water
- chrysler building
- maverick cop
- motorcycle chase
- extradition
- prisoner escort
- fugitive suspect
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR2 Oct 1968
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1523 Jan 1969
BrazilBR
- Theatrical25 Jul 1969
FranceFR
- TheatricalU15 Jan 1969
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1216 Oct 1968
GreeceGR
- Theatrical169 Oct 1968
IrelandIE
- Theatrical157 Mar 1969
JapanJP
- Theatrical14 Feb 1969
MexicoMX
- Theatrical6 Feb 1969
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical182 Oct 1968
SpainES
- Theatrical17 Dec 1969
SwedenSE
- Theatrical152 Oct 1968
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Coogan's Bluff was released on 2 October 1968.
Audience reviews
4- T8/10
talisencrw
5/2/2016
Early American Clint Eastwood performances, as he was testing the cinematic waters after his huge success in Leone's highly influential 'The Man with No Name' trilogy of great spaghetti westerns, are such fun to watch, as he experiments and tries out different genres, deciding what direction he wants to take his career. There are such unexpected gems to behold, both acting and directing, like 'Two Mules for Sister Sa…
- J7/10
John Chard
3/5/2019
A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do! Arizona cop Walt Coogan is sent to New York to pick up an extradited prisoner. After losing him in the city he vows to bring him in anyway he can, he may be out of his jurisdiction, he may be patronised by the big city cops, but Coogan has his own way of doing things. Often thought of as the precursor to Dirty Harry, Coogan's Bluff is a crucial entry in the genre pantheon…
- R4/10
r96sk
11/26/2020
So boring. <em>'Coogan’s Bluff'</em> is a terrible film. Not even Clint Eastwood can elevate it. I'm not necessarily quick to call a film sexist, but this is pretty overtly so; especially at the beginning with women at the end of the 'jokes' - whether it be sexual assault, domestic violence or even rape. Even after all that, you're left with a seriously dull plot. Nothing of note happens for the opening chunk o…
- W7/10
Wuchak
10/11/2021
_**Eastwood as an antihero cowboy cop in mid-60’s Manhattan**_ A rural Arizona deputy sheriff (Clint Eastwood) comes to the Big Apple to extradite a prisoner (Don Stroud) while tangling with the chief detective (Lee J. Cobb) and flirting with a probation officer (Susan Clark). Tisha Sterling plays the thug’s drug-addicted girlfriend. Directed by Don Siegel, “Coogan’s Bluff” (1968) is a crime drama/thriller wi…
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