Phoenix cop Ben Shockley's dream of breaking "the big case" has faded over time. His assignment to escort "a nothing witness for a nothing trial" from Las Vegas seems like another meaningless exercise. Until the fireworks start. Clint Eastwood runs The Gauntlet into an explosive movie embodying its title with a vengeance. The witness is a hardened hooker (Sondra Locke) whom everyone -- including Vegas oddsmakers -- wants dead. Trapped
