Video: 'The Gauntlet' trailer

(Saturday, December 17, 1977) — The Gauntlet, an American action film about a mediocre, alcoholic cop who gets assigned to escort a tough Vegas hooker to a mob trial only to find out that various parties don’t expect them to make it there alive, was released today in Japan (Dec. 21, 1977 in the U.S.).

Directed by Clint Eastwood, the film starred Eastwood and Sondra Locke.