Clint Eastwood in the 1980s Eastwood as a country western. Later on, Red Stovall (Clint Eastwood) suffers from tuberculosis at the Grand Ole Opry. He takes out on a stage to Nashville, Tennessee, Clint's son Kyle Eastwood is his nephew. The script was adapted slightly from the novel. A scene in the novel in which Red gives a reefer to his fourteen-year-old son (played by real-life son Kyle) was altered by Eastwood. The ending was also changed to a song playing on the radio written by Red on his death bed, shortly before his burial. The fourth "Dirty Harry" film "Sudden Impact" (1983), is widely
Clint Eastwood in the 1970s was drawn to the role as ringleader Frank Morris and agreed to star, providing Don Siegel directed under the Malpaso banner. Siegel insisted that it be a Don Siegel film and out-maneouvered Clint by purchasing the rights to the film for $100,000. This created a rift between the friends, causing Siegel to depart to Paramount, a rival studio. Although their disagreement was later patched up and Siegel agreed for it to be a Malpaso-Siegel production, Siegel would never direct an Eastwood picture again. As Siegel and Tuggle worked on the script, the producers paid $500,000 to restore the decaying prison