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) Eddie Rabbitt song from the soundtrack, in which the singer complains that his girlfriend turns him "every which way but loose"; i.e., he cannot bring himself to leave her although he is more of a freewheeling character. Upon its release, the film was a surprising success and became Eastwood's most commercially successful film at the time. It ranks high amongst those of his career, and was the second-highest-grossing film of 1978. It received largely negative reviews, however. Critic David Ansen of "Newsweek", described the film as a "plotless junk heap of moronic gags, sour romance and fatuous fisticuffs." and "the