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Dirty Harry
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"Dirty Harry" is a 1971 crime film directed by Don Siegel about a San Francisco police detective hunting a serial killer. The film became influential in popular culture and helped establish conventions for the modern detective and police thriller genres.
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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
- Duration
- 102
- FilmAffinity ID
- 571114
- Official website
- www.warnervideo.com/dirtyharry
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- publication date
- 1977-06-09
- title
- Dirty Harry
- box office
- 35988495
- review score
- 7.7/10
- capital cost
- 4000000
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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.