Any Which Way You Can

1980
PG
1h 56m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

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Clint Eastwood in Any Which Way You Can (1980)

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A trucker turned prize fighter, his brother and their pet orangutan have a series of misadventures involving the mob, corrupt cops, motorcycle gangs and pretty dames.A trucker turned prize fighter, his brother and their pet orangutan have a series of misadventures involving the mob, corrupt cops, motorcycle gangs and pretty dames.A trucker turned prize fighter, his brother and their pet orangutan have a series of misadventures involving the mob, corrupt cops, motorcycle gangs and pretty dames.

Director
- Buddy Van Horn
Writers
- Stanford Sherman
- Jeremy Joe Kronsberg
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

21K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Buddy Van Horn
Writers
- Stanford Sherman
- Jeremy Joe Kronsberg
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations

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Trailer 2:32

Any Which Way You Can

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Storyline

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Trivia
A replacement had to be found for Manis the Orangutan, the original Clyde, as he had grown too much in the two years since the first movie.

Goofs
When the Black Widows are chasing Philo thru town, they end up passing under an asphalt spray used by the paving crew. Hot asphalt ranges from 200° to 330° depending on the mixture. Those temperatures would not only slow down the Black Widows, but would have caused severe, if not fatal burns. Nothing they would have walked away from.

Quotes
Cholla, Black Widow Leader: Why me Lord? You made other men out of clay. Mine, you made out of shit.

Alternate versions
UK cinema and video versions were cut by 45 secs by the BBFC to remove a scene of a snake and a mongoose fighting. The 2006 DVD release restored some footage via a different edit and is only missing 28 secs from the scene.

Connections
Featured in Sneak Previews: Any Which Way You Can/The Formula/Raging Bull/Nine to Five (1980)

Soundtracks
Beers To You
Written by Steve Dorff (as S. Dorff), John Durrill (as J. Durrill), Sandy Pinkard (as S. Pinkard) and Snuff Garrett (as S. Garrett)
Sung by Ray Charles and Clint Eastwood

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Okay, One Of Clint's Mokey Movies, But Still Pretty Funny

If any animal deserved its own trailer, chauffeured limousine and personal trainer, it would be Clyde.

"Any Which Way You Can" proves once and for all the similarities of ape to man (and in some cases, the ape's superiority).

Basically, this movie is a great improvement over the stillborn humor of "Every Which Way But Loose". Clint wisely plays straight man to Clyde, who provides the funniest moments, when not befriending William Smith ("Big Bill" Smith from the old biker movies. Go look it up.), then engaging in a bare-knuckle fight with him later on.

Everyone fares better in this movie, in fact. Sondra Locke is far more graceful, Geoffrey Lewis gets more laughs, even Ruth Gordon is seen as the next Bo Derek (bless her heart).

And if the Black Widows aren't more menacing this time around, well... that's kind of hard to do when you're wearing fake wigs and have penciled-in facial hair.

I've seen this movie so many times myself, that I have nearly the entire screenplay committed to memory. What more indelible impression could a filmmaker want to make than that?