Malpaso Productions

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Malpaso Productions, originally known as The Malpaso Company, is 's . It was established in 1967 by Eastwood's financial adviser for the film , using finances from the . Leonard had served as President of the Malpaso Company until his death in December 1969. The name is derived from , located south of , , where Eastwood has spent much of his life. The name "Malpaso" is Spanish for "bad pass" or "bad step." When Eastwood agreed to take the role of the , his agent told him that it would be a "bad step" for his career. After the made it big and Eastwood decided to run his own production company, he thought "Malpaso" would be an appropriately ironic choice.