<Li> George Chandler as D.M.V. Clerk </Li> <Li> Cary Michael Cheifer as Kincade's Manager </Li> <Li> Manis as Clyde </Li> <P> The script, written by Jeremy Joe Kronsberg, had been turned down by many other big production companies in Hollywood . Most of Eastwood's production team and his agents thought it was ill - advised . Bob Hoyt, whom Eastwood had contacts with (through his Malpaso secretary Judy Hoyt and Eastwood's long - term friend Fritz Manes), thought it showed promise and eventually convinced Warner Brothers to buy it . An orangutan named Manis was brought in to play Clyde; also cast were Geoffrey Lewis as the dimwitted Orville, Beverly D'Angelo as his girlfriend, and Sondra Locke as Lynn Halsey - Taylor, the country and western barroom singer . Eastwood spoke about using the orangutan for the main role, "Clyde was one of the most natural actors I ever worked with! But you had to get him on the first take because his boredom level was very limited ." </P>

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