The Gauntlet (film)

The Gauntlet
The Gauntlet
	Theatrical release poster by Frank Frazetta
Directed by	Clint Eastwood
Written by	Michael Butler; Dennis Shryack;
Produced by	Robert Daley
Starring	Clint Eastwood; Sondra Locke;
Cinematography	Rexford L. Metz
Edited by	Joel Cox; Ferris Webster;
Music by	Jerry Fielding
Production; company	The Malpaso Company
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	December 21, 1977;
Running time	109 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$5.5 million
Box office	$35.4 million

The Gauntlet is a 1977 American action thriller film directed by Clint Eastwood, who stars alongside Sondra Locke. The film's supporting cast includes Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney, and Mara Corday. Eastwood plays a down-and-out cop who falls in love with a prostitute (Locke), to whom he is assigned to escort from Las Vegas to Phoenix for her to testify against the mob.

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^ Munn, p. 161
^ "The Gauntlet, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 26, 2012.