Okay, yes, this movie has plot holes big enough to drive a bus through. Roger Ebert in his review called it "cheerfully preposterous". Eastwood (as director) certainly knows that it is preposterous. He's selling it as characters and action, not as realistic. I've always thought that it was a good watch, even so. (First saw it on cable in the early Eighties) I was highly impressed with Sondra Locke. Excellent acting doing the best that one could with not-always-serious material. She was also very beautiful, if in a bit of an unconventional way.
Review of The Gauntlet
