Any Which Way You Can (1980)

115 min · Action, Komödie, action film, boxing film, buddy film, comedy film

Popularity4.5/5

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Directors

Buddy Van Horn

Cast

Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, William Smith, Harry Guardino, Ruth Gordon, Barry Corbin, Michael Cavanaugh

The story

Two years after throwing his fight with Tank Murdock, Philo Beddoe is still fighting in underground bare-knuckle boxing matches. He still lives in a house with Clyde, his pet orangutan, on the property of his best friend Orville Boggs and Orville's mother. He decides to retire when he realizes that he has started to enjoy the pain.

Catalogue themes and tags

1980s, Affen, Bare Knuckle Boxing, California, Car Garage, Fist fight, Geldnot, Gewalt, Mafia, Motel, Motorcycle Club, Motorradfahrer, Nachtclub, Organisiertes Verbrechen, Pride and Vanity, Rivale, chase, Biker Film, Buddy film, Action Comedy, Action/Adventure, Comedy, Action

Genres

Action, Komödie, action film, boxing film, buddy film, comedy film

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