 This was Clint Eastwood (qv)s first film since  _Kellys Heroes (1970)_ (qv) not to be produced by The Malpaso  Company. At the time, divorce proceedings between Eastwood and  Maggie Johnson (qv) were under way so the profits would have had  to be shared with Maggie. Instead his Malpaso comrade  Robert Daley (I) (qv) set up Second Street Films to produce the  movie.