Every Which Way But Loose

With pal Orville (Geoffrey Lewis), shooting in the Palomino Club on Lankershim Blvd., trucker Philo (Clint Eastwood) likes the new act Lynn Halsey Taylor (Sondra Locke, introduced by Mel Tillis, her own vocal on a Neil Diamond song), in Every Which Way But Loose, 1978.

Learning about the circumstances of truck driver and part-time bare-knuckle fighter Philo (Clint Eastwood) in the San Fernando valley, meeting neighbor Orville (Geoffrey Lewis) and cranky Ma (Ruth Gordon), and an unexpected orangutan, in Every Which Way But Loose, 1978.

No particular story going on but one takes shape as trucker Philo (Clint Eastwood) and his orangutan pal, cruising the San Fernando valley, meet two bikers (Bill McKinney, Roy Jenson), who belong to the Black Widows club, who become the bad guys, in Every Which Way But Loose, 1978.