Every Which Way but Loose is a 1978 American adventure comedy film. It stars Clint Eastwood in an uncharacteristic and offbeat comedy role, as Philo Beddoe, a trucker and brawler roaming the ...

Clint Eastwood needed an original song called "Every Which Way But Loose" — whatever that meant — for his film of the same name. And he needed to write it overnight. Luckily, his pal ...

Critics hated Every Which Way but Loose, but audiences loved the movie, which came out on Dec. 20, 1978. The slapstick comedy road movie pic originally intended for Burt Reynolds, who turned it down.