Clint Eastwood Photo Opportunity #24

Clint Eastwood Photo Opportunity #24

‘Clint Eastwood presents “The Golden Bullet” award to his Thousandth victim’ Here is a great picture of Clint alongside British stuntman Joe Dunne. Clint was presenting Joe with a golden bullet. Why you may ask? Well this was to ‘celebrate’ Clint’s 1000th screen kill during the making of Kelly’s Heroes where Joe played a German soldier. For the full background story visit (HERE). 

We have long disputed the accuracy of this story – it was more likely a publicity story drummed up by MGM at the time, unless my maths are way off target. Not that I’ve counted of course – but a thousand screen victims by 1970? Anyway, this story of the bullet awarded to Joe had been around a long time. However, there was never an actual photo which backed up the story. But earlier this year our admin member Davy Triumph finally found one and sent it over to me. So it was great to at last see the proof. Joe Dunne was born on October 27, 1935 in Fylde, Lancashire, England. He enjoyed a long career in film and in that time regularly doubled for Peter Sellers in the Pink Panther movies. Sadly Joe died earlier this year in California, USA, he was 86.