The Gauntlet is a 1977 American action thriller film directed by Clint Eastwood, who stars alongside Sondra Locke. The film's supporting cast includes Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney, and Mara Corday. Eastwood plays a down-and-out cop who falls in love with a prostitute (Locke), to whom he is assigned to escort from Las Vegas to Phoenix for her to testify against the mob.
Theatrical release poster by Frank Frazetta
Clint Eastwood as Ben Shockley and Sondra Locke as Augustina Mally
Sandra Louise Anderson, professionally known as Sondra Locke, was an American actress and director.
Locke in 1969
Locke on the 1957 S.M.S. basketball team
Locke's yearbook photo, 1960
From the 1973 PBS installment Gondola