29 Dec 2016

Coogan’s Bluff (USA, 1968)

Coogan’s Bluff (USA, 1968). Director: Don Siegel. Stars: Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb, Susan Clark, Don Stroud...

This movie is sortof the missing link between his westerns and Dirty Harry-type stuff. He plays an Arizona (desert scene, like in his westerns) cop who is sent New York (the big city) to extradite a prisoner. The latter escapes and Harry, I mean Coogan encounters various members of the crime element and some hippies along the way trying to find him.

Hippie-chick Tisha Sterling takes Clint into a pool hall, and a fight ensues... we can spot a couple of pretty old machines. Here in the corner is a Thing (Chicago Coin, 1951) machine...



“Thing” was based on a novelty song that was a big hit in 1950, recorded by Phil Harris and others (listen here: https://youtu.be/JNAGir88An8 ).

Holy smokes, this Big Town (Genco, 1940) woodrail was about 28 years old when the movie came out! Clint punches the guy who goes flying into the machine and it slides a few feet over...



Bonus:
Bronco Billy (USA, 1980)
Director: Clint Eastwood. Stars: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Scatman Crothers...

As Clint and his gang walk out out of some joint, we can spot a bowling machine, a “Sunstar” jukebox (Seeburg, 1976) and a 4-player pinball machine, which appears to be Strato-Flite (Williams, 1974)...



Bonus II:
The Enforcer (USA, 1976). Third installment of the Dirty Harry series. Whilst he plays pool, there’s a glimpse of a Big Indian (Gottlieb, 1974) and a Spin-A-Card (Gottlieb, 1969)...



Bonus II Part 2:  Also, in the fourth Dirty Harry film, Sudden Impact (USA, 1983), there’s a scene in a bar and we can hear the classic chimes of a machine being played in the background, but we never see it. Pinballhearing? No, that’s not a thing!

TILT.

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