# The “obsolete” 1980 movie Clint Eastwood called his most personal: “I’ve always loved it”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-obsolete-1980-movie-clint-eastwood-called-his-most-personal-ive-always-loved-it/
- Published: 2026-09-30T19:15:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-30T19:55:44+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/obsolete-movie-clint-eastwood-called-most-personal/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Eastwood considered *Bronco Billy* his most personal film.
- He identified with Billy’s leap from shoe sales to cowboy life.
- The 1980 film made a profit but was not a critical high point.

## Summary

Clint Eastwood called *Bronco Billy* (1980) his most personal film, despite it being far removed from the westerns and crime roles that made him famous. He related to Billy McCoy, a struggling Wild West show owner who had left shoe sales behind to pursue a dream, and said he had always loved the film.

The article links that connection to Eastwood’s own path: before becoming a Hollywood cowboy, he was a lifeguard from Oakland, while Billy had been a shoe salesman from New Jersey. The film, which also starred Sondra Locke, made a profit, though it was not considered one of Eastwood’s strongest works; Locke received a nomination for the first Worst Supporting Actress Razzie.

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