Playboy Interview: Clint Eastwood

March, 1997

Clint Eastwood is walking around Mission Ranch, the quiet, secluded property he owns only a few miles from his home in Carmel, California. He purchased the ranch on the Monterey Peninsula in 1986 when businessmen planned to turn the 22-acre site into a condominium development. He enjoys talking about the history of the place--it was one of the first California dairies and, during World War Two, an Army and Navy officers' club with a rollicking reputation.As soon as Eastwood bought the ranch, he...