Any Which Way You Can
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| Directed by | Buddy Van Horn |
| Produced by | Robert Daley, Fritz Manes |
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Stanford Sherman Jeremy Joe Kronsberg (characters) |
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| Cinematography | David Worth |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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116 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $70.7 million (North America) |
| The Sound Track Music From Clint Eastwood's Any Which Way You Can | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
| Released | 1980 |
| Genre | Country |
| Label | Viva, Warner Bros. |
Any Which Way You Can is a 1980 American action comedy film, starring Clint Eastwood, with Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, William Smith, and Ruth Gordon in supporting roles. It was directed by Buddy Van Horn. The film is the sequel to the 1978 hit comedy film Every Which Way but Loose.
Two years after throwing his fight with Tank Murdock, Philo Beddoe is still fighting in underground bare-knuckle boxing matches to make money on the side. Philo decides to retire when he realizes that he has started to enjoy the pain. Philo and his manager Orville decide to end his career. The problem is Jack Wilson, a new breed of fighter from the east coast who mixes martial arts with boxing. He is so effective at maiming his opponents that his handlers cannot book fights for him.
The Black Widows, the biker gang with a long-running grudge against Philo, make their return. They still want revenge for the destruction of their bikes. However, Philo bests them in a chase that runs through an asphalt machine during a road-paving project. They lose their hair and must wear wigs and penciled-on eyebrows to camouflage their appearance.
After a fight between a ferret and a western diamondback rattlesnake, the winning snake-handler realizes should Philo, king of the west coast brawlers, agree to fight Wilson, it would be the biggest draw in bare-knuckle boxing history. The handlers, led by handicapper Jimmy Beekman, in conjunction with the Mafia, kidnap Philo's love interest, country-western singer Lynn Halsey-Taylor, in order to leverage Philo, and coerce him into the fight.
Wilson, however, is a prize fighter armed peculiar boundaries, and a skewed sense of right and wrong. After learning of the plot, and helping Philo and Orville rescue Lynn, he decides they really don't need to fight to prove who is best. On the other hand, both fighter's personal pride makes them wonder who would have won. The brawl between the two characters ends up taking place, but is punctuated by pauses and personal reflections on their mutual admiration. Wilson breaks Philo's arm and offers to end the fight, but the two men continue the brawl. Meanwhile, the Black Widows bet everything they have on Philo because, despite their rivalry, they know he is the better fighter. When the mobsters decide to kill Philo once he gains the upper hand, the Black Widows protect their investment by beating up the Mafia men. After a long fight, Philo knocks Wilson out long enough to qualify for a win. Wilson helps Philo to the hospital to have his arm looked at, and the fighters and their friends have a beer at a bar.
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