The Gauntlet 1977 Full Movie Free

The Gauntlet: A Thrilling Action Movie

Ben Shockley, an alcoholic Phoenix police detective, is assigned to extradite witness Augustina “Gus” Mally from Las Vegas. His superior, Commissioner Edgar Blakelock, remarks that she is a “nothing witness” for a “nothing trial”. Upon meeting Mally, he finds that she is a belligerent prostitute with mob ties and is convinced that she and Shockley are being set up.

Uncovering the Truth

Shockley dismisses her concerns but changes his mind when he learns that local bookmakers are taking bets on whether Mally will live to testify. The car he arranges to pick them up is bombed, and Mally’s house is subsequently fired on by the police after Shockley is framed for kidnapping and attempted murder. Shockley and Mally hijack a county constable at gunpoint and force him to drive them across the border to Arizona.

Escaping Danger

When the constable attempts to alert local authorities, he is gunned down by mob hitmen. Forced to camp for the night, Shockley stumbles across a biker rally and bluffs them into leaving, while also obtaining a motorcycle. Blakelock is revealed to be responsible for the set-up, secretly in the pocket of the mob. ADA John Feyderspiel is also shown to be involved in a conspiracy to thwart Arizona’s prosecution of Vegas mobster Angelo Deluca.

A Desperate Journey

While stopping in town for a meal, the two are ambushed by a police chopper sent by Blakelock; Shockley lures it into an area filled with high-altitude power lines, and the chopper eventually explodes after striking a pylon. The motorcycle is disabled by a stray bullet, so they hop on a train, which coincidentally, the same two bikers whose machine they had “borrowed” are riding.

The bikers beat Shockley and attempt to rape Mally. Shockley retrieves his gun and forces them off. Shockley and Mally realize that going back to Phoenix will be suicide but is the only way to prove their innocence. They decide to marry and drive into Phoenix using a Route Shockley had purposefully mailed to Blakelock.

Confronting the Truth

Maynard Josephson, Shockley’s former partner, warns the two of a gauntlet of armed police officers that Blakelock has set up to “welcome” them. Josephson convinces Shockley to turn himself in to Feyderspiel, whom he mistakenly thinks will help them. As the pair follow Josephson outside, Josephson is shot dead by snipers from a nearby building, and Shockley is hit in the leg.

Final Showdown

With no other option, the two return to the bus and enter the town. The bus is shot at as it runs the titular “gauntlet” of hundreds of armed officers lining both sides of the road, until it reaches the steps of City Hall, finally immobilized. Shockley emerges and begins to walk inside with Mally when Blakelock and Feyderspiel confront them.

A panicking Blakelock grabs the nearest officer’s gun and murders Feyderspiel but runs out of ammo before he can finish Shockley. Mally grabs Shockley’s revolver and shoots the commissioner dead. Realizing Blakelock’s crimes, the rest of the assembled officers watch as Shockley and Mally walk away safely from the gauntlet.

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