Clint Eastwood Meets Mister Ed (22 Apr. 1962)

After Clint Eastwood moves into the neighborhood, Mister Ed sets up a party line with his house, which causes nothing but problems for Mr. Eastwood.

Director:

Arthur Lubin

Writers:

Sonia Chernus, Lou Derman

Stars:

Alan Young, Connie Hines, Larry Keating

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Alan Young	...	Wilbur Post
Connie Hines	...	Carol Post
Larry Keating	...	Roger Addison
Clint Eastwood	...	Himself
Edna Skinner	...	Kay Addison
Kathleen Freeman	...	Katie
Donna Douglas	...	Girl
Richard St. John	...	Stanley Darrow
Mister Ed	...	Himself

Storyline

After Clint Eastwood moves into the neighborhood, Mister Ed sets up a party line with his house, which causes nothing but problems for Mr. Eastwood.

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Plot Keywords:

man horse relationship | riding a horse | equestrian

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 April 1962 (USA)

Filming Locations:

General Service Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmways Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title refers to actor Clint Eastwood who was starring in the TV Western Rawhide long before he performed in his Italian Westerns and his Dirty Harry role.

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Connections

References Rawhide (1959)

User Reviews

Clint Eastwood's Directorial Debut?

If the creators of Mister Ed could only have realized just what they were prophesying in this episode, they'd have gotten in on the ground floor of Malpaso films. When Clint Eastwood was just known as the star of Rawhide, in fact at the height of that series run, he made a guest appearance on Mister Ed.

It was a rocky road for Mister Ed and Clint. Clint moves into the neighborhood where the Posts and Addisons are and he's got a horse that Mister Ed doesn't get along with. Ed's campaign to get rid of Eastwood and the horse nearly gets Alan Young a beating.

But later on Eastwood gets a young filly instead and Mister Ed of course now is all in favor of him. By that time though Eastwood has been in the spirit of good neighborliness, inveigled into directing a western sketch of his own creation starring the Mister Ed regulars. We never did see the finished product just the rehearsals with Alan Young, Larry Keating, Connie Hines and Edna Skinner in western attire.

Almost fifty years and two Oscars later for Best Director, can we say that Clint Eastwood's career as a director started with this? An interesting thing to turn over in your mind.

This is a very good episode of a series I really liked back in the day and I'm glad the THIS network has picked up these shows.