Coogan's Bluff (film)
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Coogan's Bluff is the title of a 1968 film starring Clint Eastwood and directed by Don Siegel. In it, Eastwood plays the part of a sheriff from a sparsely-populated county in Arizona who travels to New York City to pursue a fugitive, played by Don Stroud, who is wanted for murder. The movie's most distinctive and elaborate scene takes place in a large, psychedelic-themed nightclub called The Pigeon-Toed Orange Peel. Herman Miller was responsible for the story and co-wrote the screenplay with Dean Riesner and Howard Rodman. Miller's work on this film is credited with inspiring the television show McCloud. In addition, the film's soundtrack was composed by Lalo Schifrin, who also wrote the theme song of the popular 1960s television show .
The character of Coogan, as a tough lawman who clashes with his superiors and short-cuts police procedure to get results, would be revisited by Eastwood and Siegel in "Dirty Harry" and its sequels.
The name of the film itself is a playful reference to a New York City natural landmark, Coogan's Bluff, a promontory in upper Manhattan overlooking the site of the former long-time home of the New York Giants baseball club, the Polo Grounds.
This was the first film that was produced by Clint Eastwood's Malpaso production company.
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