The Gauntlet

The Gauntlet movie poster.

Movie (1977)

Starring:
Clint Eastwood (Ben Shockley)
Sondra Locke (Gus Mally)
Pat Hingle (Josephson)
William Prince (Blakelock)
Bill McKinney (Constable)
Michael Cavanaugh (Feyderspiel)

A hard but mediocre cop is assigned to escort a prostitute into custody from Las Vegas to Phoenix, so that she can testify in a mob trial. But a lot of people are literally betting that they won't make it into town alive.

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31

Banana yellow DC-9 of Hughes Airwest, airline company which was purchased by Republic Airlines in the late 70’s, and that will merge to Northwest Airlines in the mid 80’s.