The Gauntlet
Clint Eastwood is the man in the middle of The Gauntlet
Country
Production
Budget
$5 500 000
Box office
$26 414 658
Director
Actors
Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney, Michael Cavanaugh, Carole Cook, Mara Corday, Doug McGrath, Jeff Morris
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Dennis Shryack, Michael Butler
Producer
Robert Daley
Camera operator
Rexford L. Metz
Composer
Jerry Fielding
Artist
Audition
Editing
Short description
Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness from Las Vegas. The witness turns out to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties—and incriminating information regarding a high-ranking official.
What's left behind the scenes
- Barbra Streisand was originally slated to play the role of prostitute Gus Mally.
- Constructing the house in the desert that was shot up cost $250,000; the building had 7,000 holes drilled into it for exploding firecrackers to simulate gunfire. A crew of 15 people prepared the shootout over a month, working 8 hours a day laying out the firecrackers. Special effects coordinator Chuck Gaspar (1938-2009) later stated that preparing the shootout scene was a sweat, because the film crew didn't have a second chance.
- 8,000 rounds of ammunition were used in the shootout scene.
- When the film was shown to focus groups, and it reached its climax, the audience started shouting: "Shoot the tires, you idiot!"
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