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Clint again. No he’s not a “Diva,” but the women are of course… Sondra Locke would be one of my early “crushes.” Also Clint’s longtime partner in the 70’s and 80’s. The Gauntlet was a departure from his early Westerns and Dirty Harry movies. Sondra plays a witness to a mob killing and Clint is the detective assigned to escort her from Las Vegas to Phoenix. Of course they are “set up” by the bad guys. The “bus” scene is implausible but totally awesome and of course the movie has a good ending.

Sondra is definitely my type here. Very beautiful and sexy. She is smart and doesn't take shit from anyone. Never knew why she didn’t get more work as an actress.

(The movie was filmed in 1976, several years before I was born. I have visited the Southwest US as an adult and been to both Las Vegas and Phoenix even driving the route traveled in the movie. It’s amazing how little was out there 40 years ago. I think they still tested atomic bombs. )