Clint Eastwood in the 1980s movie "Any Which Way You Can", one of the two hit movies Eastwood made with co-star Clyde the orangutan. Later on, he drives a Dark Maple Red Metallic 1980 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency 4-door sedan. In 1982, Eastwood also directed, produced and starred in the Cold War-themed "Firefox", based on a 1977 novel with the same name by British novelist Craig Thomas. Eastwood directed and starred in "Honkytonk Man", based on the novel by Clancy Carlile about an aspiring country music singer named Red Stovall, set during the Great Depression. Barry Corbin, who played Red's father in "Honkytonk Man", with Clint
Every Which Way but Loose (film) only decent part is played by an orangutan. One can forgive [his] participation—he couldn't read the script—but what is Eastwood's excuse?" "Variety" commented that, "This film is so awful it's almost as if Eastwood is using it to find out how far he can go—how bad a film he can associate himself with." The soundtrack album included many successful country music hits, two new songs of which reached No. 1 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart in 1979: the title track "Every Which Way but Loose" by Eddie Rabbitt and "Coca-Cola Cowboy" by Mel Tillis; also included was "Behind