Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

valleycapfan It's hard to believe that "Coogan's Bluff" was made just three years earlier than the iconic "Dirty Harry," for it looks ancient in comparison. Eastwood is portraying a very similar character - tough, cynical old school cop trying to maintain law and order in a world that doesn't seem to want it.While "Dirty Harry" still holds up well today (2016) due to an engaging story line, tight script, and a tremendous supporting cast topped off by a mesmerizing Andy Robinson as the deranged Scorpio killer, "Coogan's Bluff" looks like a pair of bell bottom jeans we find in an old foot locker. The clothes, the sets, and the slang look like they were out of date within a couple of years after this was made, and Don Stroud is about the least intimidating adversary ever cast in an Eastwood film. He's more pathetic than pathological. Lee J. Cobb and Susan Clark do their best with the material given to them, but it's no use.Watch this only to get a glimpse of late-1960s American pop culture, much like what you'd look for in an American museum display. As for convincing crime drama, forget it.Only "Easy Rider" looks more outdated than this film.

Woodyanders Laconic and straightforward Arizona lawman Walt Coogan (the one and only Clint Eastwood, very much the supremely lanky and languid essence of charismatic laid-back cool) gets sent to New York City to extradite dangerous captured criminal James Ringerman (Don Stroud in fine loopy form). After Ringerman manages to escape due to a slip up, Coogan butts heads with no-nonsense Big Apple superior Lt. McElroy (a terrifically robust and sarcastic portrayal by Lee J. Cobb) as he uses decidedly unorthodox methods to track down and apprehend the fugitive. Director Don Siegel, working from a sly script by Herman Miller, Dean Riesner, and Howard Rodman, relates the absorbing story at a brisk pace, stages a few exciting action set pieces with real skill and aplomb, and makes neat use of gritty New York City locations, with an especially flavorsome evocation of the funky and decadent 1960's hippie scene. Moreover, a key source of amusement and enjoyment stems from the crafty way this movie wrings plenty of amusing and inspired dry humor from the fish out of water premise, with a pointed emphasis on the culture clash between Coogan's rough'n'ready country ways and the more by-the-book conventional approach to enforcing the law preferred by the New York police. The tip-top cast keeps this film humming: Susan Clark exudes pure class as tart parole officer Julie Roth, Tisha Sterling provides a winning blend of spice and sexiness as groovy and kooky hippie gal Linny Raven, and Betty Field has a stand-out sharp cameo as Ringerman's brassy mom Ellen. Popping up in nifty small roles are Seymour Cassel, Conrad Bain, and David Doyle. Both Bud Thackery's fluid cinematography and Lalo Schifrin's lively harmonic score are up to par. Recommended viewing for Eastwood fans.

Ed-Shullivan I believe Clint Eastwood started to emerge as the 1970's lead action star with his starring role in Coogan's Bluff. Don Siegel directed this absolute action movie which is a great representation of what action movies were about for the next decade or so. Clint Eastwood starred in a few of director Don Siegel's action movies, and I am sure Clint absorbed a lot of his talents as a director from watching Mr Siegel's work behind the camera. Clint plays an Arizona deputy sheriff sent to the big apple to pick up and return to Arizona a very dangerous murderer. The opening scenes of this movie have Clint chasing another on the run criminal in the mountains of Arizona and reflect Clint's unorthodox methods of hunting and capturing dangerous criminals.The Toronto, Ontario born actress Susan Clark was not only exceptionally attractive playing opposite to Clint Eastwood as his main love interest, but as a result of her complimenting the camera, she starred opposite many lead actors in the years to follow. After starring opposite NFL football star Alex Karras in the biography Babe, she married Mr. Karras in 1980 and remained with him until his death in October 2012. Don Stroud as the escaped murderer on the run, and Lee J Cobb as the lead New York investigator added depth to their characters and helped round out a strong castThis movie contains a good musical score, lot's of action, and lots of Clint Eastwood at his bad ass best. It is a classic action movie that helped Clint Eastwood and Susan Clark sustain long and endearing movie careers.

Leofwine_draca A fish-out-of-water comic action film in which Eastwood's cop cowboy is sent to New York to track down an escaped criminal. Once there, his Stetson-wearing character causes chaos in the local police department, while taking time out to romance a beautiful flame-haired woman.COOGAN'S BLUFF is very much a slight and lightweight piece of filmmaking that can't hold a candle to the star's more serious police thrillers and westerns. That's not to say it's unwatchable, though; in fact it's fairly appealing, trading in on the star's youthful charm and giving him more of a chance to experiment with comedy than he usually gets. As the film progresses, he finds himself caught up in the era's counter-culture movement with some memorable results.Don Siegel shot the film, so it looks great. There isn't a great deal of action, but it does close off with a rousing motorbike chase which is one of the most inventive I've seen on film; playing things simple always works out for the best in the end. Lee J. Cobb delivers an amusing turn as the exasperated lieutenant and Susan Clark (best known as 'Cherry Forever' in PORKY'S) is fine as the would-be love interest. Eastwood's character, a forerunner of Dirty Harry, is understated but also deliciously amoral and his visit to a liberal club makes for an amusing highlight.