Clint Eastwood (97 page)
Authors: Richard Schickel
Sitting with Clint in the fading light of certain wintry afternoons, searching through his life for such meanings as could be extracted from it, I have thought: He is a different man now than he was then … and then … and then. At virtually the same moment I have seen that at his core he was then … and then … and then the same man. And I have asked: Aren’t we all? And are we all? And I have thought that the power of his presence on our screens, in our minds, in the life of our times, derives from the elegant and enigmatic double helix he has spun from those questions.
R
EVENGE OF THE
C
REATURE
(1955)
Universal-International
Producer: William Alland
Director: Jack Arnold
Screenplay: Martin Berkeley
Director of Photography: Charles S. Welbourne
Editor: Paul Weatherwax
Cast: John Agar, Lori Nelson, John Bromfield, Nestor Paiva, Grandon Rhodes, Dave Willock, Robert B. Williams, Charles Cane, Clint Eastwood as Jennings, a lab technician
F
RANCIS IN THE
N
AVY
(1955)
Universal-International
Producer: Stanley Rubin
Director: Arthur Lubin
Screenplay: Devery Freeman
Director of Photography: Carl Guthrie
Editors: Milton Carruth, Ray Snyder
Cast: Donald O’Connor, Martha Hyer, Richard Erdman, Jim Backus, Clint Eastwood as Jonesy, David Janssen, Leigh Snowden, Martin Milner
L
ADY
G
ODIVA
(1955)
Universal-International
Producer: Robert Arthur
Director: Arthur Lubin
Screenplay: Oscar Brodney, Harry Ruskin
Director of Photography: Carl Guthrie
Editor: Paul Weatherwax
Cast: Maureen O’Hara, George Nader, Victor McLaglen, Rex Reason, Clint Eastwood as First Saxon
T
ARANTULA
(1955)
Universal-International
Producer: William Alland
Director: Jack Arnold
Screenplay: Robert Fresco, Martin Berkeley
Director of Photography: George Robinson
Editor: William M. Morgan
Cast: John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G. Carroll, Clint Eastwood as First Pilot
N
EVER
S
AY
G
OODBYE
(1956)
Universal-International
Producer: Albert J. Cohen
Director: Jerry Hopper
Screenplay: Charles Hoffman
Director of Photography: Maury Gertsman
Editor: Paul Weatherwax
Music: Frank Skinner
Cast: Rock Hudson, Cornell Borchers,
George Sanders, Ray Collins, David Janssen, Shelley Fabares, Clint Eastwood as Will, a lab assistant
S
TARIN THE
D
UST
(1956)
Universal-International
Producer: Albert Zugsmith
Director: Charles Haas
Screenplay: Oscar Brodney
Director of Photography: John D. Russell Jr.
Editor: Ray Snyder
Music: Frank Skinner
Cast: John Agar, Mamie Van Doren, Richard Boone, Leif Erickson, Coleen Gray, James Gleason, Randy Stuart, Terry Gilkyson, Paul Fix, Harry Morgan,
Clint Eastwood as a ranch hand
A
WAY
A
LL
B
OATS (1956)
Universal-International
Producer: Howard Christie
Director: Joseph Pevney
Screenplay: Ted Sherdeman
Director of Photography: William Daniels
Editor: Ted Kent
Music: Frank Skinner
Cast: Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Julie Adams, Lex Barker, Keith Andes, Richard Boone, William Reynolds, Charles McGraw, Jock Mahoney, John McIntire, Clint Eastwood as a sailor
T
HE
F
IRST
T
RAVELING
S
ALESLADY
(1956)
RKO
Producer/Director: Arthur Lubin
Screenplay: Devery Freeman, Stephen Longstreet
Director of Photography: William Snyder
Editor: Otto Ludwig
Music: Irving Gertz
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Barry Nelson, Carol Channing, David Brian, James Arness, Clint Eastwood as Jack Rice
E
SCAPADE IN
J
APAN (1957)
RKO/Universal-International
Producer/Director: Arthur Lubin
Screenplay: Winston Miller
Director of Photography: William Snyder
Editor: Otto Ludwig
Music: Max Steiner
Cast: Teresa Wright, Cameron
Mitchell, Jon Provost, Roger Nakagawa, Clint Eastwood as Dumbo, a pilot
L
AFAYETTE
E
SCADRILLE (1958)
Warner Bros.
Producer/Director: Willaim A. Wellman
Screenplay: A. S. Fleischman
Director of Photography: William Clothier
Editor: Owen Marks
Music: Leonard Rosenman
Cast: Tab Hunter; Etchika Choureau; Marcel Dalio; David Janssen; Paul Fix; Clint Eastwood as George Moseley, a fighter pilot; Bill Wellman Jr.
A
MBUSH AT
C
IMARRON
P
ASS
(1958)
Regal/20th Century-Fox
Producer: Herbert E. Mendelson
Director: Jodie Copeland
Screenplay: Richard G. Taylor, John K. Butler
Director of Photography: John M. Nickolaus Jr.
Editor: Carl L. Pierson
Music: Paul Sawtell, Bert Shefter
Cast: Scott Brady, Margia Dean, Clint Eastwood as Keith Williams, Baynes Barron, William Vaughan, Ken Mayer, John Manier, Keith Richards, John Merrick, Frank Gerstle, Dirk London, Irving Bacon, Desmond Slattery
F
ISTFUL OF
D
OLLARS
(1964; U.S. 1967)
Jolly Film/Constantin/Ocean/United Artists
Producers: Arrighi Colombo, George Papi
Director: Sergio Leone
Screenplay: Sergio Leone, Duccio Tessari, Victor A. Cantena, G. Schock
Director of Photography: Jack Dalmas (Massimo Dallamano)
Editor: Roberto Cinquini
Music: Ennio Morricone
Cast: The Stranger (Joe), Clint
Eastwood; Ramon Rojo, Gian Maria Volonté; Marisol, Marianne
Koch; Silvanito, Pepe Calvo; John Baxter, Wolfgang Lukschy; and
Sieghardt Rupp, Antonio Prieto, Margarita Lozano, Daniel Martin, Bruno Carotentuto, Benito Stefanelli, Richard Stuyvesant, Josef Egger, Mario Brega
F
OR A
F
EW
D
OLLARS
M
ORE
(1965; U.S. 1967)
Produzioni Europee Associates/ Constantin Arturo Gonzales
Producer: Alberto Grimaldi
Director: Sergio Leone
Screenplay: Luciano Vincenzoni, Sergio Leone
Director of Photography: Massimo Dallamano
Editors: Giorgio Ferralonga, Eugenio Alabiso
Music: Ennio Morricone
Cast: The Stranger (Monco), Clint Eastwood; Colonel Mortimer, Lee Van Cleef; El Indio, Gian Maria Volonté; and Klaus Kinski, Josef Egger, Rosemary Dexter, Mara Krup, Mario Brega, Aldo Sambrel, Luigi Pistilli, Benito Stefanelli, Panos Papadopoulos, Roberto Camardiel
T
HE
W
ITCHES
(1965; U.S. 1979)
Dino De Laurentiis/Les Productions Artistes Associes
Executive Producer: Alfredo De Laurentiis
Producer: Dino De Laurentiis
Director (Part Five, “A Night Like Any Other”): Vittorio De Sica
Screenplay: Cesare Zavattini, Fabio Carpi, Enzio Muzii
Director of Photography: Giusseppe Rotunno
Editor: Adriana Novelli
Music: Pierto Piccinoi
Cast: Giovanna, Silvana Mangano;
Husband, Clint Eastwood; and Armando Bottin, Gianni Gori, Paolo Gozlino, Angelo Santi, Piero Torrisi
T
HE
G
OOD, THE
B
AD, AND THE
U
GLY
(1966; U.S. 1968)
Produzioni Europee Associates/United Artists
Producer: Alberto Grimaldi
Director: Sergio Leone
Screenplay: Luciano Vincenzoni, Sergio Leone
Director of Photography: Tonino Delli Colli
Editors: Nino Baragli, Eugenio Alabiso
Music: Ennio Morricone
Cast: Blondie, Clint Eastwood; Tuco, Eli Wallach; Angel Eyes, Lee Van Cleef; and Aldo Giuffre, Mario Brega, Livio Lorenzon, Luigi Pistilli, Rada Rassimov, Enzo Petito, John Bartha
H
ANG ’EM
H
IGH
(1968)
United Artists/Malpaso
Producer: Leonard Freeman
Director: Ted Post
Screenplay: Leonard Freeman, Mel Goldberg
Directors of Photography: Richard Kline, Lennie South
Editor: Gene Fowler Jr.
Music: Dominic Frontiere
Cast: Jed Cooper, Clint Eastwood; Rachel, Inger Stevens; Captain Wilson, Ed Begley; Judge Adam Fenton, Pat Hingle; Jennifer, Arlene Golonka; Preacher, James MacArthur; and Ben Johnson, Charles McGraw, L. Q. Jones, Bruce Dern, Ruth White, Alan Hale Jr., Dennis Hopper, Bob Steele
C
OOGAN’S
B
LUFF
(1968)
Universal
Executive Producer: Richard E. Lyons
Producer/Director: Don Siegel
Screenplay: Herman Miller, Dean Reisner, Howard Rodman
Story: Herman Miller
Director of Photography: Bud Thackery
Editor: Sam E. Waxman
Music: Lalo Schifrin
Cast: Coogan, Clint Eastwood; Sheriff McElroy, Lee J. Cobb; Julie, Susan Clark; Linny Raven, Tisha Sterling; Ringerman, Don Stroud; Mrs. Ringerman, Betty Field; Sheriff McCrea, Tom Tully; and Melodie Johnson, James Edwards, Rudy Diaz, David F. Doyle, Louis Zorich, Meg Myles, Seymour Cassell, James Gavin
W
HERE
E
AGLES
D
ARE
(1968)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Producer: Elliott Kastner
Director: Brian G. Hutton
Story and Screenplay: Alistair MacLean
Director of Photography: Arthur Ibbetson
Editor: John Jympson
Music: Ron Goodwin
Cast: John Smith, Richard Burton; Lieutenant Morris Schaffer, Clint Eastwood; Mary Ellison, Mary Ure; Vice-Admiral Rolland, Michael Hordern; Colonel Wyatt Turner, Patrick Wymark; and Robert Beatty, Anton Diffring, Donald Houston, Ferdy Mayne, Neil McCarthy, Peter Barkworth, William Squire, Brook Williams, Ingrid Pitt
P
AINT
Y
OUR
W
AGON
(1969)
Paramount
Producer: Alan Jay Lerner
Director: Joshua Logan
Screenplay and Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner
Adaptation: Paddy Chayefsky
Director of Photography: William Fraker
Editor: Robert Jones
Music: Frederick Loewe, André Previn
Cast: Ben Rumson, Lee Marvin; Pardner, Clint Eastwood; Elizabeth, Jean Seberg; Rotten Luck Willie, Harve Presnell; Mad Jack Duncan, Ray Walston; and Tom Ligon, Alan Dexter, William O’Connell, Ben Baker, Alan Baxter, Paula Trueman, Robert Easton, Geoffrey Norman, H. B. Haggerty, Terry Jenkins, Karl Bruck, John Mitchum
K
ELLY’S
H
EROES
(1970)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Producers: Gabriel Katzka, Sidney Beckerman
Director: Brian G. Hutton
Screenplay: Troy Kennedy Martin
Director of Photography: Gabriel Figueroa
Editor: John Jympson
Music: Lalo Schifrin
Cast: Kelly, Clint Eastwood; Big Joe, Telly Savalas; Crapgame, Don Rickles; General Colt, Carroll O’Connor; Oddball, Donald Sutherland; and Gavin MacLeod, George Savalas, Hal Buckley, David Hurst, John Heller
T
WO
M
ULES FOR
S
ISTER
S
ARA
(1970)
Universal/Malpaso
Producer: Martin Rackin
Director: Don Siegel
Screenplay: Albert Maltz
Story: Budd Boetticher
Director of Photography: Gabriel Figueroa
Editor: Robert Shugrue
Music: Ennio Morricone
Cast: Hogan, Clint Eastwood; Sister Sara, Shirley MacLaine; Colonel Beltran, Manolo Fabregas; and Alberto Morin, Armando Silvestre
T
HE
B
EGUILED
(1971)
Universal/Malpaso
Producer/Director: Don Siegel
Screenplay: John B. Sherry, Grimes Grice
Novel: Thomas Cullinan
Director of Photography: Bruce Surtees
Editor: Carl Pingitore
Music: Lalo Schifrin
Cast: John McBurney, Clint Eastwood; Martha Farnsworth, Geraldine Page; Edwina Dabney, Elizabeth Hartman; Carol, Jo Ann Harris; Doris, Darleen Carr; Nellie, Mae Mercer; Amy, Pamelyn Ferdin; Abigail, Melody Thomas; Lizzie, Peggy Drier; Janie, Pattye Mattick
P
LAY
M
ISTY FOR
M
E
(1971)
Universal/Malpaso
Producer: Robert Daley
Director: Clint Eastwood
Screenplay: Jo Heims, Dean Reisner
Director of Photography: Bruce Surtees
Editor: Carl Pingitore
Music: Dee Barton
Cast: Dave Garland, Clint Eastwood; Evelyn Draper, Jessica Walter; Tobie Williams, Donna Mills; Sergeant McCallum, John Larch; and Clarice Taylor, Irene Hervey, Jack Ging, James McEachin, Don Siegel, Duke Everts
D
IRTY
H
ARRY
(1971)
Warner Bros./Seven Arts/Malpaso
Executive Producer: Robert Daley
Producer/Director: Don Siegel
Screenplay: Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. Fink, Dean Reisner
Director of Photography: Bruce Surtees
Editor: Carl Pingitore
Music: Lalo Schifrin
Cast: Detective Harry Callahan, Clint Eastwood; Lieutenant Bressler, Harry Guardino; Chico, Reni Santoni; Mayor, John Vernon; Scorpio, Andy Robinson; Chief, John Larch; DiGeorgio, John Mitchum; and Mae Mercer, Lyn Edgington, Ruth Kobart, Woodrow Parfrey, Josef Sommer, William Paterson, James Nolan, Maurice S. Argent, Jo de Winter, Craig G. Kelly
J
OE
K
IDD
(1972)
Universal/Malpaso
Executive Producer: Robert Daley
Producer: Sidney Beckerman
Director: John Sturges
Screenplay: Elmore Leonard
Director of Photography: Bruce Surtees
Editor: Ferris Webster
Music: Lalo Schifrin