EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE

Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke,

Beverly D’Angelo, Geoffrey Lewis

Warner Bros.; Directed by James Fargo

Rated PG; 110 minutes; 1978

Phil Beddoe is an easy-going trucker and a great fist-fighter. With two friends - Orville, who promotes prize-fights for him, and Clyde, the orang-utan he won on a bet - he roams the San Fernando Valley in search of cold beer, country music and the occasional punch-up. But he is floored himself by a dainty little country and western singer, who gives him the slip when she realises he's getting too serious. Phil, Clyde and Orville set off in pursuit, pestered by bikers.