94 mins - United States 1968 - Dir: Don Siegel Starring: Clint Eastwood, Susan Clark and Lee J. Cobb The first collaboration between director Don Siegel and actor Clint Eastwood is the rollicking crime thriller COOGAN’S BLUFF, which could be described as an “Eastern Western”. Eastwood stars as Walt Coogan, an Arizona deputy sheriff who accompanies an extradited prisoner to New York City. However, Coogan walks into a trap and the prisoner escapes. Now the westerner must use his skills to track down his prey on the streets of Manhattan, coming up against crooks, hippies and world-weary cops along the way. “New York cop thriller with a touch of the Western and a touch of the Eastwood...and all the better for it.” Empire
Triskel Arts Centre is proud to present this special season dedicated to the films made by director Don Siegel and actor Clint Eastwood. When they first met, Siegel was known for his unpretentious yet taut and punchy style, illustrated in nifty B-movies such as RIOT IN CELL BLACK 11 (1954), INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956) and BABY FACE NELSON (1957). Eastwood was just coming off the success of the Segio Leone ‘spaghetti westerns’ A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (1964), FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (1965) and THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966). Beginning with COOGAN’S BLUFF in 1968 and ending with ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ in 1979, they collaborated on five pictures in total, ranging from urban crime thrillers, westerns, prison dramas and gothic horror. All of these films will be screened as part of this season, screening every Thursday during the month of February.
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