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Philo Beddoe
There was a fifteen year period where Clint Eastwood was about as high you could get in movie royalty and fans would watch his movies regardless of the premise. As long as you got to see Clint beat someone up or shoot some people, generally you were happy.
Eastwood was not known as a comedic actor, but one of his most successful characters was the bareknuckle boxer, Philo Beddoe in the two Comedy/Action films, “Every Which Way but Loose” and “Any Which Way You Can”. His sidekick was an orangutan (yes an orangutan) and he ran afoul of a motorcycle gang and the police usually with comedic results. Of course, any Eastwood fan wants to see him beat people up, which he does, and when he does lose, it is because he did the job on purpose. You have to remember, Clint Eastwood only loses, of he wants to!
Here is our issue with these films, and it isn’t the orangutan. It is Sondra Locke, the woman who stank up many Eastwood films in this period. What he saw in this mousy looking bad actress is beyond us, but Clint could have (and should have!) done so much better. Maybe Eastwood and Paul McCartney share the same puke colored glasses when they look at women.
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
Any Which Way You Can (1980)
Actor:
Clint Eastwood
Why you should vote for him:
For many, Clint Eastwood is a movie god.
Why you should not vote for him:
His best friend was an orangutan.
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