The Gauntlet (film)

For other uses, see Gauntlet (disambiguation).
The Gauntlet
Official poster with Frank Frazetta illustration of Clint Eastwood with ripped off shirt and jeans, holding his gun and hugging Locke, behind them is a ruined bus. Below the duo are the film's title, credits, and release date, above them is the film's slogan.
Theatrical release poster by Frank Frazetta
Directed byClint Eastwood
Written by
Produced byRobert Daley
Starring
CinematographyRexford L. Metz
Edited by
Music byJerry Fielding
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • December 21, 1977 (1977-12-21)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5.5 million[1][2]
Box office$35.4 million[3]

The Gauntlet is a 1977 American action thriller film directed by Clint Eastwood, who stars alongside Sondra Locke. The film's supporting cast includes Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney, and Mara Corday. Eastwood plays a down-and-out cop who falls in love with a prostitute (Locke), to whom he is assigned to escort from Las Vegas to Phoenix for her to testify against the mob.

  1. ^ Hughes, p.63
  2. ^ Munn, p. 161
  3. ^ "The Gauntlet, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 26, 2012.