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Dirty Harry
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Dirty Harry is a 1971 American action and vigilante film directed by Don Siegel, who also served as producer. The screenplay was written by Dean Riesner, John Milius, and Terrence Malick, with Lalo Schifrin composing the score. The cast includes Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, Harry Guardino, and Reni Santoni. Produced by Malpaso Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment, the film was shot in San Francisco, which also serves as its narrative location. It is associated with the New Hollywood movement and has a runtime of 102 minutes.
The film’s main subject is a serial killer. It received an R rating and was released on December 23, 1971. Financially, it had a budget of 4,000,000 and generated box office revenue of 35,988,495. Critical reception included a Metascore of 87 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 89%. On IMDb, it holds a rating of 7.7 based on 181,309 votes, while TMDb users gave it an average of 7.45 from 2,729 votes. The film has received 2 wins and 4 nominations.
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7.5When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.
Cast
- Clint Eastwood as Harry
- Harry Guardino as Bressler
- Reni Santoni as Chico
- John Vernon as The Mayor
- Andrew Robinson as Killer
- John Larch as Chief
Themes
- sniper
- police
- ambush
- chase
- ransom
- san francisco, california
- kidnapping
- psychopath
- detective
- mayor
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Ratings
IMDb
7.7/10
179,853 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Metacritic
87/100
- Year
- 1971
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 wins & 4 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- vigilante film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Series
- Dirty Harry
- Main subject
- serial killer
- Movement
- New Hollywood
- Director
- Don Siegel
- Cast member
- Kristoffer Tabori
- Composer
- Lalo Schifrin
- Production company
- Malpaso Productions
- Cinematographer
- Bruce Surtees
- Narrative location
- San Francisco
- Filming location
- San Francisco
- Duration
- 102
- FilmAffinity ID
- 571114
- Official website
- www.warnervideo.com/dirtyharry
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- topic's main category
- Category:Dirty Harry
- publication date
- 1977-06-09
- title
- Dirty Harry
- distributed by
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- box office
- 35988495
- review score
- 7.7/10
- capital cost
- 4000000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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Encyclopedic overview
Dirty Harry is a 1971 American action-thriller film produced and directed by Don Siegel, the first in the Dirty Harry series. Clint Eastwood plays the title role, in his first appearance as San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan. The film drew upon the real-life case of the Zodiac Killer as the Callahan character seeks out a similar vicious psychopath.
Dirty Harry was a critical and commercial success and set the style for a whole genre of police films. It was followed by four sequels: Magnum Force in 1973, The Enforcer in 1976, Sudden Impact in 1983, and The Dead Pool in 1988.
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