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Dirty Harry

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• Crime/detective
• Action

• 1971
• Don Siegel
• 102 mins
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Summary

Crime thriller starring Clint Eastwood. San Francisco cop "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned the case of a sniper who has murdered a young girl and threatened further killings if his ransom demand is not met. Dismayed to find himself partnered with a raw recruit, Callahan is soon at odds with his bosses over whether to pay off the killer.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Alan Jones

Movie history might have run differently had Frank Sinatra not injured his hand, causing him to relinquish the role of renegade cop "Dirty" Harry Callahan to Clint Eastwood. This is the first and best outing for Eastwood's San Francisco police inspector, in which he tramples on the American Constitution to bring gibbering psycho Andrew Robinson to justice. Directed by Don Siegel with his usual toughness and crisp efficiency, this is a masterpiece of action movie-making. Eastwood displays all the characteristic hard-boiled traits that are now part of his screen persona and cinema folklore. Making good use of Golden Gate locations, and armed with a smart and darkly cynical script, this original generates an excitement that none of the four sequels could match.

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7.7/10

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Cast

rolenameHarry CallahanClint EastwoodLieutenant BresslerHarry GuardinoChicoReni SantoniMayorJohn VernonKillerAndrew RobinsonChiefJohn LarchDeGeorgioJohn MitchumMrs RussellMae MercerNormaLyn EdgingtonBus driverRuth KobartMr JaffeWoodrow ParfreyRothkoJosef SommerBannermanWilliam PatersonLiquor store proprietorJames NolanSid KleinmanMaurice S ArgentMiss WillisJo DeWinterSergeant ReinekeCraig Kelly (1)

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rolenameDirectorDon Siegel

Details

Theatrical distributor

Columbia-Warner Dists

Released on

1972-03-30

Languages

English

Guidance

Violence, swearing and nudity.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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