Clint Eastwood in the 1970s would be widely screened in France later and is considered one of Eastwood's finest works by the French. According to Eastwood and Lang, the film, aside from being poorly publicized, flopped due to Clint being "emasculated in the film". Eastwood said about his role: 1971 was a professional turning point in Eastwood's career. Before his professional financial adviser and president of Malpaso Productions Irving Leonard died, the last film they discussed was "Play Misty for Me". The goal was to give Eastwood the artistic control that he desired and make it his directorial debut. The rights to the song "Misty"
Clint Eastwood in the 1970s that Eastwood received second billing for a film. In the World War II movie "Kelly's Heroes", Eastwood stars as one of a group of Americans who steal a fortune in bullion from the Nazis. It was the last non-Malpaso film that Clint appeared in. The climax to the film echoes that of his Dollars films when he advances in lockstep on a German Tiger tank on the street of a small European town, with a Morricone-esque soundtrack by Lalo Schifrin. In the winter of 1969-70, Eastwood and Siegel began planning his next film, "The Beguiled". Jennings Lang, a Hollywood executive