'Coogan's Bluff' - has it actually been released? - Blu-ray Forum

Bruce Morrison · 11-18-2015, 09:20 AM

'Coogan's Bluff' was supposed to have been released on November 10th, but Amazon are showing it as "temporarily out of stock". I've had it on pre-order since it was announced, so I'm wondering whether it has actually appeared at all.

Has anyone received a copy of it?

Seymour · 11-18-2015, 10:25 AM

Yeah, I got my copy from Amazon yesterday.

Bruce Morrison · 11-18-2015, 10:57 AM

Wouldn't you know it - less than two hours after putting my post up, I got an e-mail from Amazon saying they'd shipped it!

Not sure how they could be out of stock two hours ago and shipping a copy to me now. Anyway, it's on its way so it's all good.

Henry R. Kujawa · 03-05-2025, 03:57 PM

Reportedly, this film went thru 8 script drafts. Eastwood preferred the 1st, and hired a new writer to do the 8th. Never a good thing. Notoriously, there are 3 scenes that were CUT from the film before release. They only ever turned up in syndication, never on home video. And all 3 are IMPORTANT to the story! His boss gives him his assignment, in the park, Julie talks about the location known as "Coogan's Bluff", and, I think, near the end, McElroy gets Ringerman released early, which is why Coogan THANKS him at the end!

There are a lot of fans who feel the film should be RESTORED to its full, uncut length and reissued. I'm among them. Then again, Universal is notorious for losing edits on films. The 1st season of McCLOUD was missing for 50 YEARS.

All of the main characters in the McCLOUD pilot are far more likable than their counterparts in this film, but despite its major flaws, COOGAN'S BLUFF is the better of the two, while the McCLOUD pilot is, in my view, the single WORST episode of my #1 favorite TV series of the 1970s. How did that ever become a series? Due to a lawsuit, Herman Miller got "creator" credit, and he never worked on the show.

I never realized Leslie Stevens was in charge of that pilot. Glen Larson didn't come on board until the first one-hour FOUR-IN-ONE episode. I think he SAVED that series from an early death.

11-18-2015, 09:20 AM	#1
Bruce Morrison Power Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:United Kingdom 4K collection:339 Blu-ray collection:2245 DVD collection:581	'Coogan's Bluff' - has it actually been released? 'Coogan's Bluff' was supposed to have been released on November 10th, but Amazon are showing it as "temporarily out of stock". I've had it on pre-order since it was announced, so I'm wondering whether it has actually appeared at all. Has anyone received a copy of it?

11-18-2015, 10:25 AM	#2
Seymour Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jan 2011 Blu-ray collection:3231 DVD collection:360	Yeah, I got my copy from Amazon yesterday.

11-18-2015, 10:57 AM	#3
Bruce Morrison Power Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:United Kingdom 4K collection:339 Blu-ray collection:2245 DVD collection:581	Wouldn't you know it - less than two hours after putting my post up, I got an e-mail from Amazon saying they'd shipped it! Not sure how they could be out of stock two hours ago and shipping a copy to me now. Anyway, it's on its way so it's all good.

03-05-2025, 03:57 PM	#4
Henry R. Kujawa Member Member since:Jan 2022	Reportedly, this film went thru 8 script drafts. Eastwood preferred the 1st, and hired a new writer to do the 8th. Never a good thing. Notoriously, there are 3 scenes that were CUT from the film before release. They only ever turned up in syndication, never on home video. And all 3 are IMPORTANT to the story! His boss gives him his assignment, in the park, Julie talks about the location known as "Coogan's Bluff", and, I think, near the end, McElroy gets Ringerman released early, which is why Coogan THANKS him at the end! There are a lot of fans who feel the film should be RESTORED to its full, uncut length and reissued. I'm among them. Then again, Universal is notorious for losing edits on films. The 1st season of McCLOUD was missing for 50 YEARS. All of the main characters in the McCLOUD pilot are far more likable than their counterparts in this film, but despite its major flaws, COOGAN'S BLUFF is the better of the two, while the McCLOUD pilot is, in my view, the single WORST episode of my #1 favorite TV series of the 1970s. How did that ever become a series? Due to a lawsuit, Herman Miller got "creator" credit, and he never worked on the show. I never realized Leslie Stevens was in charge of that pilot. Glen Larson didn't come on board until the first one-hour FOUR-IN-ONE episode. I think he SAVED that series from an early death.

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