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The Dead Pool is a 1988 American crime, action, and thriller film directed by Buddy Van Horn. It stars Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, and David Hunt, with Lalo Schifrin composing the score. The narrative is set in San Francisco, which also served as the filming location. Produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Malpaso Productions, the film is part of the Dirty Harry series. Jack N. Green was the director of photography, and David Valdes served as producer.
The movie has a runtime of 91 minutes and was released in the United States on July 13, 1988. It carries an R rating and was distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix in video on demand format. The production had a budget of $20,000,000 and generated box office revenue of $37,900,000. Critical reception included an IMDb rating of 6.3, a Metascore of 46, and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 53%.
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6.3Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of prominent figures. By the time Harry learns that the murders are part of a sick game to predict such deaths, it may be too late.
Cast
- Clint Eastwood as Insp. Harry Callahan
- Patricia Clarkson as Samantha Walker
- Liam Neeson as Peter Swan
- Evan C. Kim as Insp. Al Quan
- Jim Carrey as Johnny Squares
- David Hunt as Harlan Rook
Themes
- prison
- police
- hitman
- fight
- media
- gun
- gangster
- detective
- chinatown
- stalker
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
51,942 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
53%
Metacritic
46/100
- Year
- 1988
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Mystery
- Rated
- R
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Buddy Van Horn
- Screenplay by
- Steve Sharon
- Story by
- Steve Sharon Durk Pearson Sandy Shaw
- Based on
- Characters, by Harry Julian Fink R.M. Fink
- Produced by
- David Valdes
- Starring
- Clint Eastwood Patricia Clarkson Liam Neeson Evan Kim
- Cinematography
- Jack N. Green
- Edited by
- Ron Spang Joel Cox
- Music by
- Lalo Schifrin
- Production company
- Malpaso Productions
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- July 13, 1988 ( 1988-07-13 )
- Running time
- 91 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $30 million
- Box office
- $39 million (US Collection)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- dead pool
- Genre
- detective film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Series
- Dirty Harry
- Director
- Buddy Van Horn
- Composer
- Lalo Schifrin
- Producer
- David Valdes
- Production company
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Jack N. Green
- Narrative location
- San Francisco
- Filming location
- San Francisco
- Duration
- 87
- FilmAffinity ID
- 411509
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Dirty harry dead pool de.svg
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Encyclopedic overview
The Dead Pool is a 1988 American action-thriller film directed by Buddy Van Horn, written by Steve Sharon, and starring Clint Eastwood as Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan. It is the fifth and final film in the Dirty Harry film series and is set in San Francisco, California.
The story concerns the manipulation of a dead pool game by a serial killer, whose efforts are confronted by the hardened detective Callahan. It co-stars Liam Neeson (in his first action film) and Patricia Clarkson, with Jim Carrey (credited as James Carrey) in his first dramatic role. The film also features an appearance by future Mario voice actor Charles Martinet.
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