# Every Which Way but Loose (1978)

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**Runtime**: 110 min
**Genres**: Action, Comedy, Adventure, Romance, Drama
**Directed by**: James Fargo
**Written by**: Jeremy Joe Kronsberg
**Starring**: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Manis, Beverly D'Angelo, Walter Barnes

> *Clint Eastwood will turn you Every Which Way But Loose*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Philo Beddoe lives with an orangutan, because that's normal. He falls for a singer and chases her across the Southwest. His romance is predictably chaotic.

**Mood tags**: cozy, playful, uplifting

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