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Magnum Force
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7.1"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them.
Cast
- Clint Eastwood as Insp. Harry Callahan
- Hal Holbrook as Lieutenant Briggs
- Mitchell Ryan as Officer Charlie McCoy
- David Soul as Officer John Davis
- Felton Perry as Insp. Early Smith
- Robert Urich as Officer Mike Grimes
Themes
- uniform
- san francisco, california
- arbitrary law
- investigation
- inspector
- vigilante
- bad cop
- police corruption
- police vigilantism
- revolver
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
69,960 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
69%
Metacritic
58/100
- Year
- 1973
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Mystery
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Ted Post
- Screenplay by
- John Milius , Michael Cimino
- Story by
- John Milius
- Based on
- Characters, by Harry Julian Fink , R.M. Fink
- Produced by
- Robert Daley
- Starring
- Clint Eastwood , Hal Holbrook , Mitchell Ryan , David Soul , Felton Perry , Robert Urich
- Cinematography
- Frank Stanley
- Edited by
- Ferris Webster
- Music by
- Lalo Schifrin
- Production company
- The Malpaso Company
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- December 25, 1973 ( 1973-12-25 )
- Running time
- 123 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Box office
- $44.6 million (domestic)
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Encyclopedic overview
Magnum Force is a 1973 American neo-noir action-thriller film and the second to feature Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Harry Callahan after the 1971 film Dirty Harry. Ted Post, who had previously worked with Eastwood on Rawhide and Hang 'Em High, directed the film. The screenplay was written by John Milius and Michael Cimino (who later worked with Eastwood on Thunderbolt and Lightfoot). The film score was composed by Lalo Schifrin. This film features early appearances by David Soul, Tim Matheson, and Robert Urich. At 123 minutes, it is the longest of the five Dirty Harry films.
Plot
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