"COOGAN'S BLUFF" is relatively enjoyable and there are certainly DIRTY HARRY moments (as a result of Siegel). The movie is probably the best example of obvious chauvinism that Clint has offered.
Coogan, a police officer/cowboy from the mid-west, is sent to the Big Apple in order to expedite a criminal back to his desert state. Most of the movie deals with his antipathy towards the different breed of criminal, justicial expectations/methods and fast-paced life. The film has dated but not inordinately. Pauling Kael would certainly have a field day over the male chauvinism which permiates the entire film (Coogan won't take no for an answer and practically smothers his romantic interest into submission).
There is some pleasant photography, music and direction though the sets look plastic. The superficial and piecemeal presentation of the counter-culture (at the rave and the girl's apartment) like most mainstream flicks pre 1969 is quite amusing. Is this the movie where Siegal and Eastwood wrote plot/character points, cut them up, shuffled them arbitrarily, and stuck them back together? It shows but I think the choppiness adds to its charm; which COOGAN's BLUFF certainly has a lot of.
Coogan, a police officer/cowboy from the mid-west, is sent to the Big Apple in order to expedite a criminal back to his desert state. Most of the movie deals with his antipathy towards the different breed of criminal, justicial expectations/methods and fast-paced life. The film has dated but not inordinately. Pauling Kael would certainly have a field day over the male chauvinism which permiates the entire film (Coogan won't take no for an answer and practically smothers his romantic interest into submission).
There is some pleasant photography, music and direction though the sets look plastic. The superficial and piecemeal presentation of the counter-culture (at the rave and the girl's apartment) like most mainstream flicks pre 1969 is quite amusing. Is this the movie where Siegal and Eastwood wrote plot/character points, cut them up, shuffled them arbitrarily, and stuck them back together? It shows but I think the choppiness adds to its charm; which COOGAN's BLUFF certainly has a lot of.