| | | You don't assign him to murder cases. You just turn him loose.
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In this tense police thriller, ruthless cop Harry Callahan tries to stop a psychotic rooftop killer. After he is set free, the killer and Callahan are set on a collision course for death from which only one of them will emerge alive.
"Riveting action film... Brillantly filmed and edited for maximum impact." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
Editor's Note
A tremendously controversial film, both decried as an apologia for fascism and hailed as the solution to a decade of rising crime, DIRTY HARRY propelled Clint Eastwood's career into the stratosphere while adding another archetype to join his Man with No Name in film iconography. Clint stars as Harry Callahan, a truculent San Francisco police detective well known for his vicious take-no-prisoners attitude toward criminals. With the city of San Francisco being terrorized by the psychotic killer known only as Scorpio (Andrew Robinson), Harry is assigned by the mayor (John Vernon) and Lt. Bressler (Harry Guardino) to try to stop him, pairing him with reluctantly accepted new partner Chico (Reni Santoni). Scorpio kidnaps a 14-year-old girl and buries her alive, demanding a $200,000 ransom for her return. Harry is to bring him the money--alone. What follows is one of the most exciting ransom deliveries in film history. The prototype for most of the action films through the rest of the century, DIRTY HARRY rises far above most of them due mostly to an excellent script and Eastwood's gripping acting. That said, the main character's contemptuous attitude toward the Miranda law seems far more damning now that it did in the early 1970s.
Plot Summary
Clint Eastwood stars in one of his most popular roles, as Harry Callahan, a determined cop hunting down the psychotic Scorpio. But just when he thinks the case is closed, the chase begins again. This violent and controversial hit paved the way for several sequels and a slew of urban cop movies.
| Features | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Korean | | Documentary Dirty Harry's Way (1971) | | New Documentary On The Dirty Harry Films | | Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital, French | | All New Documentary With Cast And Crew |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 4/26/2005 |
| Running Time: 102 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1971 | | Catalog ID: 21516 | | UPC: 00085392151622 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Chinese | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Memorable Quotes| "I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kind of lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself a question. 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?----Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood) to Scorpio (Andrew Robinson) |
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| | Professional Reviews | Premiere
"[I]mpactful for how it cold-cocked the movies' good-guy cop persona." 12/01/2003 p.11Total Film
"Andrew Robinson gives an indelible performance..." 04/01/2004 p.137 Entertainment Weekly
"Tautly directed by Don Siegel, it's a terrific, politically polarizing thriller." 06/13/2008 p.55 |
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