---
title: 'Any Which Way You Can (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Buddy Van Horn'
released: '1980-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 116
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Action'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/any-which-way-you-can-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080377/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Any Which Way You Can (1980)

1980 · PG · 116 min · Comedy, Action · United States


## Synopsis

Any Which Way You Can is a 1980 American action comedy film directed by Buddy Van Horn in his feature directorial debut and starring Clint Eastwood, with Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, William Smith, and Ruth Gordon in supporting roles. The film is the sequel to the 1978 hit comedy Every Which Way but Loose. The cast of the previous film return as Philo Beddoe (Eastwood) reluctantly comes out of retirement from underground bare-knuckle boxing to take on a champion hired by the mafia, who will stop at nothing to ensure the fight takes place, while the neo-Nazi biker gang Philo humiliated in the previous film also comes back for revenge.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Buddy Van Horn](https://cinepixo.com/people/buddy-van-horn)
- **Screenplay:** [Stanford Sherman](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanford-sherman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Glen Campbell](https://cinepixo.com/people/glen-campbell)
- **Producer:** [Robert Daley](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-daley)
- **Director of Photography:** [David Worth](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-worth)
- **Editor:** [Ron Spang](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-spang)

## Cast

- [William Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-smith)
- [Dan Vadis](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-vadis)
- [Roy Jenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-jenson)
- [Bill McKinney](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-mckinney)
- [Barry Corbin](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-corbin)
- [Anne Ramsey](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-ramsey)
- [John Quade](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-quade)
- [Fats Domino](https://cinepixo.com/people/fats-domino)
- [William O'Connell](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-o-connell)
- [Ruth Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-gordon)
- [Clint Eastwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/clint-eastwood)
- [George Murdock](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-murdock)
- [Harry Guardino](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-guardino)
- [Geoffrey Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-lewis)
- [Al Ruscio](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-ruscio)

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