Universal/Malpaso. Director Don Siegel; Producer Don Siegel; Screenplay Herman Miller, Dean Riesner, Howard Rodman; Camera Bud Thackery; Editor Sam E. Waxman; Music Lalo Schifrin;; Art Director Alexander Golitzen, Robert C.MacKichan
Clint Eastwood
Lee J. Cobb
Susan Clark
Tisha Sterling
Don Stroud
Betty Field
Story is of the clash between sophisticated law enforcement and frontier-style simplistics, which is perhaps one of the major internal American problems. Clint Eastwood stars as a laconic, taciturn stranger, this time a deputy sheriff from Arizona in New York City.
Herman Miller's story establishes Eastwood as a cold, selfish desert lawman sent to NY to extradite hippie Don Stroud, whose Arizona offense is never mentioned. Lee J. Cobb, a city detective, tries to explain to Eastwood that things are done differently.
Susan Clark is very good as a probation officer who falls for Eastwood. Tisha Sterling does well as Stroud's hippie girl friend. Betty Field has an excellent scene as Stroud's mother, impact being second only to Cobb's terrific work.
(Color) Available on VHS, DVD. Extract of a review from 1968. Running time: 93 MIN.
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