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Dirty Harry

  • 1971
  • R
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
172K
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Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry (1971)
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When a man calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces San Francisco, tough-as-nails Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down the crazed psychopath.When a man calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces San Francisco, tough-as-nails Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down the crazed psychopath.When a man calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces San Francisco, tough-as-nails Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down the crazed psychopath.

  • Directors
    • Don Siegel
    • Clint Eastwood
  • Writers
    • Harry Julian Fink
    • Rita M. Fink
    • Dean Riesner
  • Stars
    • Clint Eastwood
    • Andrew Robinson
    • Harry Guardino
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    172K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,210
    598
    • Directors
      • Don Siegel
      • Clint Eastwood
    • Writers
      • Harry Julian Fink
      • Rita M. Fink
      • Dean Riesner
    • Stars
      • Clint Eastwood
      • Andrew Robinson
      • Harry Guardino
    • 449User reviews
    • 131Critic reviews
    • 87Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 4 nominations

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    Clint Eastwood
    Clint Eastwood
    • Harry
    Andrew Robinson
    Andrew Robinson
    • Killer
    • (as Andy Robinson)
    Harry Guardino
    Harry Guardino
    • Bressler
    Reni Santoni
    Reni Santoni
    • Chico
    John Vernon
    John Vernon
    • The Mayor
    John Larch
    John Larch
    • Chief
    John Mitchum
    John Mitchum
    • De Georgio
    Mae Mercer
    Mae Mercer
    • Mrs. Russell
    Lyn Edgington
    Lyn Edgington
    • Norma
    Ruth Kobart
    Ruth Kobart
    • Bus Driver
    Woodrow Parfrey
    Woodrow Parfrey
    • Mr. Jaffe
    Josef Sommer
    Josef Sommer
    • Rothko
    William Paterson
    William Paterson
    • Bannerman
    James Nolan
    James Nolan
    • Liquor Proprietor
    Maurice Argent
    Maurice Argent
    • Sid Kleinman
    • (as Maurice S. Argent)
    Jo de Winter
    Jo de Winter
    • Miss Willis
    • (as Jo De Winter)
    Craig Kelly
    • Sgt. Reineke
    • (as Craig G. Kelly)
    Ann Bowen
    • Yelling Wife
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Don Siegel
      • Clint Eastwood
    • Writers
      • Harry Julian Fink
      • Rita M. Fink
      • Dean Riesner
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      After Clint Eastwood and Don Siegel came on-board the project, they hired Dean Riesner to work on the script. In his first re-write, the bank robbery scene ends with Harry not pointing the gun at the robber, but placing it against his own temple. He pulls the trigger, laughs, and then walks away. Eastwood and Siegel both felt this was too extreme, even for Harry Callahan.
    • Goofs
      Some considerable time after the first shooting, the police have arrived and Callaghan has climbed up to the roof from where the shooting took place. Yet when he looks down to the rooftop swimming pool, the blood in the pool is still only in one small area, instead of having been dispersed in the water.
    • Quotes

      Harry Callahan: Uh uh. 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 kinda 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 gotta ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, punk?

    • Crazy credits
      During the opening credits, the word "Dirty" in the title is in red as opposed to the rest of the credits' yellow.
    • Alternate versions
      As with all of the "Dirty Harry"-films this one also had some cuts for violent content in the initial Swedish release. Among trimmed scenes were Scorpio pulling Harry's knife out of his leg, and the scene where Scorpio pays a man to beat him up, which was cut by almost 40 seconds.
    • Connections
      Edited into Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Row, Row, Row Your Boat
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      Written by Traditional

    User reviews449

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    The best of the Dirtiest

    DIRTY HARRY (1971) **** Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Andy Robinson, John Vernon. Eastwood made cinematic lore out of laconic San Francisco renegade cop Harry Callahan known more for his intolerence of the bureaucratic legal system and his firm belief in justice through violent means necessitated by righting wrongs. In the first of the series he's faced with a psycho serial killer named Scorpio (grinning looney toon Robinson) just begging to be noticed. Directed by Eastwood's long-time mentor Don Siegal the film acts as a parable of the system strangle-holding society and still remains an indictment of how bad things still are. Classic Clint.
    • george.schmidt
    • Mar 5, 2003
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 23, 1971 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Facebook
      • Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dead Right
    • Filming locations
      • Holiday Inn Select Downtown Hotel - 750 Kearny Street, San Francisco, California, USA(pool murder opening scene, now Hilton San Francisco Financial District)
    • Production company
      • The Malpaso Company
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $4,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $35,988,495
    • Gross worldwide
      • $35,988,495
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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