A tough trucker with a cheeky pet orangutan, Philo Beddoe (Clint Eastwood) moonlights as a fighter, with his close friend Orville Boggs (Geoffrey Lewis) setting up matches for him. When Philo begins dating country singer Lynn Halsey-Taylor (Sondra Locke), and she abruptly disappears, he goes off in search of her, his simian companion and Orville in tow. On their cross-country trek, Philo and friends repeatedly clash with bikers, leading up to a violent showdown.
Plot
Philo Beddoe is a truck driver living in the San Fernando
Valley. He lives in a small house, with an orangutan named Clyde, behind that
of his brother, Orville Boggs, and his mother. Philo makes money on the side as
a bare-knuckle fighter; he is often compared to a legendary fighter named Tank
Murdock.
One-night Philo becomes smitten with Lynn Halsey-Taylor, an aspiring country music singer he meets at the Palomino Club, a local honky-tonk. His relationship with her seems to be going well until one day she and her camper disappear from the trailer park. Believing that he is falling for her, Philo decides to set off for Lynn's home in Denver, Colorado.
Along the way, he has a run-in with a motorcycle gang called the Black Widows, who incur Philo's wrath after two gang members insult him and Clyde at a traffic light. Philo chases them down and takes their bikes (which he repaints, repairs, and resells), and every attempt they make to get even results in disaster. Philo also incurs the wrath of an LAPD cop named Putnam, with whom he gets into a fight at the Palomino. Both the officer and the Widows learn of Philo's trip to Colorado and head off to find him.
Orville and Clyde accompany Philo to Denver, and on the way, they meet a woman named Echo who becomes Orville's girlfriend. They earn money along the way by booking fights for Philo. After a fight in a slaughterhouse, the man holding the money tries to stiff Philo. Echo fires two shots from a .38, dead centre into a side of beef. She lets the crowd know she knows how to shoot, saying, "The second shot was to let you know the first was no accident." The man hands over the money.
Knowing that Philo has come to look for her, Lynn helps the Black Widows lure him into a trap. Philo sees Lynn and attempts to talk to her but finds himself surrounded by the Black Widows. He manages to fight most of them until Orville intervenes. Using a garbage truck with a dumpster hoist, he dumps all the motorcycles into the back of the truck. The Widows charge the garbage truck, but Orville gets away. Philo, Echo, and Orville then escape.
Philo finally finds Lynn and she reveals her true nature to him. Hurt by her callousness, Philo says that he is the only one dumb enough to want to take her further than her bed. Lynn erupts in a fit of rage, striking him repeatedly until she collapses in tears.
Orville learns that Tank Murdock, based in the area, is ready to retire after one more fight. Orville makes the arrangements, and Philo faces his elderly nemesis. During the fight, the crowd, initially pro-Murdock, begins to insult him, with some murmurs that Philo is going to be the next Murdock. Philo lets his guard down, intentionally giving Murdock a clear shot, knocking Philo down for the count. Murdock, having regained the crowd's esteem, is allowed to retire undefeated. Clyde, Orville and Echo head home the next day.
Cast
Sondra Locke as Lynn Halsey-Taylor
Geoffrey Lewis as Orville
Beverly D'Angelo as Echo
Ruth Gordon as Ma
John Quade as Cholla, the Biker Leader
Dan Vadis as Frank, Assistant Head Biker
Roy Jenson as Woody, Secretary Biker
Bill McKinney as Dallas, Treasurer Biker
William O'Connell as Elmo, Sergeant-at-Arms Biker
Jeremy Joe Kronsberg as Bruno, Biker
Gary Davis as Biker
Scott Dockstader as Biker
Orwin Harvey as Biker
Gene LeBell as Biker
Chuck Waters as Biker
Jerry Wills as Biker
Judson Scott as Biker (uncredited)
James McEachin as Herb
Walter Barnes as Tank Murdock
Gregory Walcott as Putnam
Hank Worden as Trailer Court Manager
George Chandler as D.M.V. Clerk
Cary Michael Cheifer as Kincade's Manager
Manis as Clyde
Movie: The movie fans at IMDB have given a score of 6.4, alright
this movie is no masterpiece, but Snake feels a higher score is deserved. Reasonable action, some good comedy and a story that keeps you watching.
Snakes Score: 6.9
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