<P> Philo Beddoe is a truck driver living in the San Fernando Valley . He lives in a small house, with an orangutan named Clyde, behind that of his friend, Orville Boggs, and his mother . Philo makes money on the side as a bare - knuckle fighter; he is often compared to a legendary fighter named Tank Murdock . </P> <P> One night Philo becomes smitten with Lynn Halsey - Taylor, an aspiring country music singer he meets at the Palomino Club, a local honky - tonk . His relationship with her seems to be going well until one day she and her camper disappear from the trailer park . Believing that he is falling for her, Philo decides to set off for Lynn's home in Denver, Colorado . </P> <P> Along the way, he has a run - in with a motorcycle gang called "The Black Widows", who incur Philo's wrath after two gang members insult him and Clyde at a traffic light . Philo chases them down and takes their bikes (which he repaints, repairs, and resells), and every attempt they make to get even results in disaster . Philo also incurs the wrath of LAPD cop named Putnam, with whom he gets into a fight at the Palomino . Both the officer and the Widows learn of Philo's trip to Colorado and head off to find him . </P> <P> Orville and Clyde accompany Philo to Denver, and on the way, they meet a woman named Echo who becomes Orville's girlfriend . They earn money along the way by booking fights for Philo . After a fight in a slaughterhouse, the man holding the money tries to stiff Philo . Echo fires two shots from a . 38, and the man hands over the money . </P>

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