
The Gauntlet is a movie novelization written by Michael Butler and Dennis Shryack in 1977 and based on the movie of the same name, directed by Clint Eastwood in 1977. The movie features Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney, Michael Cavanaugh, and others.
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Storyline
Ben Shockley, an alcoholic cop from Phoenix, is given the task to escort witness Augustina Mally from Las Vegas. The constable dies at the hands of several men armed with machine guns. They eventually run into a gang of bikers whom Shockley threatens with his revolver, then confiscates one of their motorcycles and takes off on it with Mally.
Movie vs Book

Year
1977
Minutes
109
Movie Rate
6.40
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Movie
The Gauntlet
Director: Clint Eastwood
Country: USA
Year: 1977
Length: 1h49m
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Year
1977
Pages
236
Book Rate
6.00
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Book
The Gauntlet
Author: Michael Butler, Dennis Shryack
Country: USA
First published in: 1977
Length: 236 pages
Genre: Fiction
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