Coogan's Bluff

Play trailer

Coogan's Bluff

R

1968

1h 34m

Crime

Drama

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

95%

Tomatometer

19 Reviews

50%

Popcornmeter

5,000+ Ratings

Arizona lawman Walt Coogan hopes to make a short business trip to the big city, but his journey quickly becomes an odyssey of violence. Walt is flummoxed when Manhattan police put the brakes on his plan to return a jailed murderer to the Southwest. Bent on getting his man, he temporarily outwits the New Yorkers, only to be plunged into a series of ugly confrontations with counterculture types who are the antithesis of the straitlaced Walt.

Watch on Fandango

Stream Now

Variety

Mar 26, 2009

Story is of the clash between sophisticated law enforcement and frontier-style simplistics, which is perhaps one of the major internal American problems.

Go to Full Review

Time Out

Jun 24, 2006

Even Siegel's somehow off-centre treatment of New York hippiedom is intriguingly wry.

Go to Full Review

Vincent Canby

New York Times

May 9, 2005

2/5

The screenplay is so predictable in situation and so arch in its supposedly tough, blunt, wise talk that it turns into a joke told by someone with no sense of humor.

Go to Full Review

Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Aug 7, 2021

2.5/4

The material involving Coogan's pursuit of Ringerman is solid, but too much time is spent on a dreary relationship between Coogan and a probation officer (Susan Clark); their will-they-or-won't-they status would grow tiresome even in a romantic comedy.

Go to Full Review

Quentin Tarantino

The New Beverly

Jun 22, 2020

For all intents and purposes, what we think of as comedic action cinema was born the day Coogan's Bluff was released.

Go to Full Review

Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

Aug 21, 2014

7/10

A satisfying police yarn with some really great, physically hefty location photography.

Go to Full Review

Read all reviews

Alain E

@AlainE 1 day ago

If you favor rapid succession of unrealistic situations this is a movie for you. Deputy Coogan survives getting shot at while driving his jeep, then arrests the evil doer. While taking a refreshing bath at the home of his married girlfriend the sheriff shows up. Instead of a threesome (or foursome) he has to have further adventures. I lasted 12:04.

See more

Jerod S

@jeroduptown Jun 24, 2026

Eastwood is doing his cowboy thing in NYC - but unsure what Coogan's bluff ever was.

See more

thiago s

@Thiagostone Dec 8, 2025

Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são mais ou menos, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom, o filme teve algumas cenas de brigas, com uma perseguição perto do final que acabou de um jeito normal, com tudo isso, eu até recomendo esse filme.

See more

Stephen C

@bob25009 Jul 20, 2025

Success in 1 hour and 34 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See more

Per S

@RT83737705 Jul 5, 2025

Coogan comes from Arizona, not Texas, to NYC where he chases women and crooks. It's no better just because Clint Eastwood is in it, and the best part is probably the music.

See more

Geoff T

@RT31236545 Oct 12, 2023

Great fun! . Clint is at his laconic yet menacing best. Great time capsule of the swinging 60's and the seedy and grotty side of New York way back then. Don't know how i ever missed seeing this but finally have ( 55 years later)😆. That's the beauty of film . Happy to have at last , " discovered " this Eastwood gem.

See more

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

POST RATING

Don Siegel

Director

Clint Eastwood

Coogan

Lee J. Cobb

Lt. McElroy

Susan Clark

Julie

Tisha Sterling

Linny Raven

Don Stroud

Ringerman

The Gauntlet

75%

54%

The Gauntlet

Watchlist

Bonnie and Clyde

91%

88%

Bonnie and Clyde

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Bonnie and Clyde

Bloody Mama

13%

41%

Bloody Mama

Watchlist

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

72%

45%

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

Watchlist

Across 110th Street

85%

77%

Across 110th Street

Watchlist

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

View more photos

Synopsis

Arizona lawman Walt Coogan hopes to make a short business trip to the big city, but his journey quickly becomes an odyssey of violence. Walt is flummoxed when Manhattan police put the brakes on his plan to return a jailed murderer to the Southwest. Bent on getting his man, he temporarily outwits the New Yorkers, only to be plunged into a series of ugly confrontations with counterculture types who are the antithesis of the straitlaced Walt.

Director: Don Siegel
Producer: Don Siegel
Screenwriter: Herman Miller, Dean Riesner, Howard Rodman
Production Co: Universal/Universal Int, The Malpaso Company
Rating: R
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 11, 2015
Runtime: 1h 34m

Join The Newsletter

Join The Newsletter

Cookie Settings