Clint Eastwood: Part I - The Early Years Quiz

Answer: Revenge of the Creature

Clint played the part of a laboratory technician named Jennings in "Revenge of the Creature". He had only one scene and delivered only a few lines. His role in the movie was unaccredited. He only had minor unaccredited parts in 1955 in "Tarantula" and "Francis in the Navy".

Answer: Ambush at Cimarron Pass

Clint plays the role of a southern cowboy, Keith Williams. The survivors of a US Army patrol and a group of cowboys are forced to join forces after both had been separately attacked by the same tribe of Indians. They are carry a cache of rifles which the Indians require so the Army and cowboys need to make it to the fort before the Indians get their hands on the rifles.
The other three westerns were also made in 1958. "Apache Territory" starring Rory Calhoun, "The Badlanders" starring Alan Ladd and "The Big Country" starring Gregory Peck and Charlton Heston.

Answer: A Fistful of Dollars

"A Fistful of Dollars" was made in 1964 but only released in the USA in 1967. Clint as The Stranger, rides into a small town Mexican border town called San Miguel and is caught up in a feud between two families looking to take control of the town. "For a Few Dollars More" and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" were the second and third movies of the "Dollars Trilogy".

Answer: Manco

Manco is the Spanish translation for "one-armed". During the movie Manco does everything with his left hand, except he shoots with his right hand. He was called Joe in "A Fistful of Dollars" by the undertaker and called Blondie by Tuco (Eli Wallach) in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". Rowdy was his character in the TV series "Rawhide".

Answer: Morris Schaffer

A team of commandos lead by Major John Smith (Richard Burton) parachute into the Bavarian Alps to rescue the captured U.S. Army Brigadier General George Carnaby (Robert Beatty). Morris Schaffer (Clint Eastwood) played the role of the right-hand man of the squad's commander John Smith. Wing Commander Cecil Carpenter was played by Vincent Ball.

Answer: I Talk to the Trees

The song is sung by Clint as he wanders in the forest when he realises he has fallen in love with Elizabeth. This is after Ben (Lee Marvin) leaves Pardner (Clint) to look after Elizabeth (Jean Seberg) while he temporarily goes to another town. Clint also sang "I Still See Elisa" and "Gold Fever". "Wand'rin Star" was sung by Ben Rumson (Lee Marvin) and "They Call the Wind Maria" and "There's a Coach Comin' in" were sung by Rotten Luck Willie (Harve Presnell).

Answer: Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine played the role of Sara, a prostitute posing as a nun. Shirley MacLaine (born 1934) has been active in the movie industry since 1955 and her real life brother is Warren Beatty. She won her first Academy Award for Best Actress for "Terms of Endearment" (1983).
Jean Seberg played Elizabeth in "Paint Your Wagon" (1969), Geraldine Page played Martha Farnsworth in "The Beguiled" (1971) and Susan Clark played Julie Roth in "Coogan's Bluff" (1968). Clint played opposite all of these actresses in the mentioned movies.

Answer: Radio jockey

Clint plays Dave Garver a KRML radio jockey who is stalked by a female fan who continually phones into the radio station requesting the jazz number "Misty". Jessica Walter plays the role of the stalker Evelyn Draper who has a casual romance with Dave and during the movie tries to kill him and his ex-girlfriend. Evelyn is sent to a mental institution, but on release tries again to strike up another relationship with Dave.

Answer: Scorpio

Scorpio, played by Andy Robinson, murders a young woman in a roof top swimming pool using a high powered rifle from a nearby roof top. He then demands that the city of San Francisco pay him a ransom of $100,000. A killing spree continues and Harry final corners Scorpio and delivers the famous lines before he shoots the killer. "You've got to ask yourself a question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?" The character of Scorpio is loosely based on the Zodiac serial killer that operated in the 1960s and '70s in northern California.

The actual killer's identity is still unknown to this day. Capricorn and Taurus are simply two of the 12 Zodiac signs.

Answer: a steam engine

Joe Kidd drives a steam engine through the saloon to get to the jail to confront the sheriff and the crooked landowner Frank Harlan (Robert Duvall). The movie is set in the early 1900s and Joe Kidd is a former bounty hunter. He gets involved with Frank Harlan to run down a Mexican revolutionary Luis Chama (John Saxon) but eventually turns against Harlan and kills him at the end of the movie after driving the steam engine through the saloon.