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The Gauntlet
1977
· Movie
· 109 min
C
MEANRANK
62/100
Every rating
44–75
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 44, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 75.
See the most agreed on films →A down-on-his-luck, alcoholic Phoenix detective is assigned a simple job: escort a witness from Las Vegas to testify in court. He quickly realizes the assignment is a suicide mission when every police officer and criminal in the state seems to be trying to kill them both. He must use all his skills and grit to get the witness through the gauntlet of bullets alive.
Details
- Director
- Clint Eastwood
- Writers
- Clint Eastwood, Dennis Shryack, Michael Butler
- Released
- 17 December 1977
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $5.5M
- Box office
- $26.4M
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