Dirty Harry ( film series ) - wikipedia Dirty Harry ( film series ) Dirty Harry Directed by Don Siegel ( 1 ) Ted Post ( 2 ) James Fargo ( 3 ) Clint Eastwood ( 4 ) Buddy Van Horn ( 5 ) Produced by Don Siegel ( 1 ) Robert Daley ( 1 -- 3 ) Clint Eastwood ( 4 ) David Valdes ( 5 ) Written by Harry Julian Fink ( 1 ) R.M. Fink ( 1 ) Dean Riesner ( 1, 3 ) John Milius ( 2 ) Michael Cimino ( 2 ) Stirling Silliphant ( 3 ) Joseph Stinson ( 4 ) Steve Sharon ( 5 ) Starring Clint Eastwood Music by Lalo Schifrin ( 1 -- 2, 4 -- 5 ) Jerry Fielding ( 3 ) Cinematography Bruce Surtees ( 1, 4 ) Frank Stanley ( 2 ) Charles W. Short ( 3 ) Jack N. Green ( 5 ) Edited by Carl Pingitore ( 1 ) Ferris Webster ( 2 -- 3 ) Joel Cox ( 3 -- 4 ) Ron Spang ( 5 ) Production company Malpaso Productions Distributed by Warner Bros. Release date 1971 -- 1988 Running time 530 minutes Country United States Language English Dirty Harry is an American film series featuring San Francisco Police Department Homicide Division Inspector `` Dirty '' Harry Callahan who is notorious for being extremely violent and ruthless in his methods, and a danger for any partner assigned to him. Actor Clint Eastwood portrayed Callahan in all five of the series ' films. Contents 1 Films 1.1 Dirty Harry ( 1971 ) 1.2 Magnum Force ( 1973 ) 1.3 The Enforcer ( 1976 ) 1.4 Sudden Impact ( 1983 ) 1.5 The Dead Pool ( 1988 ) 2 Characters 3 Reception 4 Influence on other productions 4.1 Sin City : That Yellow Bastard 4.2 The Protector 4.3 The Rookie 4.4 Gran Torino 5 Merchandise 5.1 Home media 5.2 Novels 5.3 Video games 6 See also 7 External links 8 References Films Dirty Harry ( 1971 ) Main article : Dirty Harry Dirty Harry ( 1971 ) was directed by Don Siegel and starred Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan. Harry tracks serial killer Scorpio ( loosely based on the Zodiac killer ). Eastwood 's iconic portrayal of the blunt - speaking, unorthodox detective set the style for a number of his subsequent roles, and its box - office success led to the production of four sequels. The `` alienated cop '' motif was subsequently imitated by a number of other films. At the beginning and end of the film, Callahan corners a criminal and says, `` You 've got to ask yourself a question : ' Do I feel lucky ? ' Well, do ya, punk ? '' ( The line is often misquoted as `` Do you feel lucky, punk ? '', and in the second movie, Magnum Force, Harry begins by saying, `` do you feel lucky '' ). It was the fourth - highest - grossing film of 1971 after Fiddler on the Roof, The French Connection, and Diamonds Are Forever. Magnum Force ( 1973 ) Main article : Magnum Force Magnum Force ( 1973 ) was directed by Ted Post. The main theme of this film is vigilante justice, and the plot revolves around a group of renegade traffic cops who are executing criminals who have avoided conviction in court. Despite Harry 's penchant for strong - arm methods, he does not tolerate coldblooded murder of the accused and resolves to stop the killers. In this film, Harry 's catch - phrase is `` A man 's got to know his limitations. '' The Enforcer ( 1976 ) Main article : The Enforcer ( 1976 film ) The Enforcer ( 1976 ) was directed by James Fargo. In this film, Harry is teamed with a rookie female partner, Kate Moore ( Tyne Daly ), as they take on a terrorist ring calling themselves the People 's Revolutionary Strike Force. Harry opposes introducing inexperienced inspectors to the dangers of police work, whether male or female, and sees the homicide department as too dangerous for his new partner, who worked until recently in Personnel. Though Moore starts out overenthusiastic, she soon proves herself valuable to Harry, and matures quickly, earning Harry 's respect in the process. Sudden Impact ( 1983 ) Main article : Sudden Impact Sudden Impact ( 1983 ) was directed by Clint Eastwood. Aging, but still bitter, Callahan is sent to a small town to follow up a lead in a murder case, which leads him directly to a rape victim who is out to avenge herself and her catatonic sister by killing the people who sexually assaulted them. The film is notable for Callahan 's catchphrase, `` Go ahead, make my day ''. The Dead Pool ( 1988 ) Main article : The Dead Pool The Dead Pool ( 1988 ) was directed by Buddy Van Horn. Harry finds that he is among the subjects of a dead pool, a game betting on deaths of celebrities. Someone tries to rig the game by killing the celebrities on one player 's list. After this film, Eastwood retired from playing the Dirty Harry character, as he felt his age ( 58 in 1988 ) would make Harry a parody. Characters Character Film Dirty Harry Magnum Force The Enforcer Sudden Impact The Dead Pool Harry Callahan Clint Eastwood Frank DiGiorgio John Mitchum The Mayor John Vernon John Crawford Al Bressler Harry Guardino Harry Guardino Scorpio Andy Robinson Chico Gonzalez Reni Santoni Bank Robber Albert Popwell Neil Briggs Hal Holbrook Charlie McCoy Mitchell Ryan John Davis David Soul Red Astrachan Kip Niven Mike Grimes Robert Urich Phil Sweet Tim Matheson Earlington `` Early '' Smith Felton Perry J.J. Wilson Albert Popwell Kate Moore Tyne Daly Bobby Maxwell DeVeren Bookwalter Lalo Michael Cavanaugh Karl Dick Durock Abdul Kenneth Boyd Miki Jocelyn Jones Father John M.G. Kelly Big Ed Mustapha Albert Popwell Jennifer Spencer Sondra Locke Mick Paul Drake Ray Perkins Audrie J. Neenan Lester Jannings Pat Hingle Horace King Albert Popwell Samantha Walker Patricia Clarkson Peter Swan Liam Neeson Al Quan Evan C. Kim Harlan Rook David Hunt Johnny Squares Jim Carrey Reception Film Rotten Tomatoes Dirty Harry 95 % Magnum Force 80 % The Enforcer 78 % Sudden Impact 56 % The Dead Pool 52 % Influence on other productions Sin City : that Yellow Bastard Main article : That Yellow Bastard Frank Miller, creator of the Sin City graphic novels, revealed in an interview that he created the Sin City story - arc That Yellow Bastard out of his dislike of The Dead Pool. Miller said : `` When I went to see the last Dirty Harry movie, The Dead Pool, I was disgusted. I went out and said, this is not a Dirty Harry movie, this is nothing, this is a pale sequel. '' and I also said, `` that 's not the last Dirty Harry story, I will show you the last Dirty Harry story. '' Another character in That Yellow Bastard story is Nancy Callahan, who is a pastiche or caricature of Harry Callahan. Bruce Willis played Hartigan, the `` Dirty Harry of the story '', in the Sin City ( 2005 ) film. The protector Main article : The Protector ( 1985 film ) This 1985 film featuring Jackie Chan was Chan 's second American feature film. The movie was noted for being similar to the Dirty Harry series, with inspiration taken therefrom by director James Glickenhaus. The rookie Main article : The Rookie ( 1990 film ) Directed by and co-starring Clint Eastwood ; the film features an aging, tough cop who partners with a rookie cop, played by Charlie Sheen. Upon the film 's release critics and audiences noted the similarities between Eastwood 's two characters. Gran Torino Main article : Gran Torino Eastwood returned to acting after a four - year self - imposed hiatus in this 2008 film, which he also directed, produced, and partly scored with his son Kyle and Jamie Cullum. Eastwood plays Walt Kowalski, a recently widowed Korean War veteran alienated from his family and angry at the world. Walt 's young neighbor, Thao Vang Lor, is pressured into stealing Walt 's prized 1972 Ford Gran Torino by his cousin for his initiation into a gang. Walt thwarts the theft and subsequently develops a relationship with the boy and his family. Biographer Marc Eliot called Eastwood 's role `` an amalgam of the Man with No Name, Dirty Harry, and William Munny, here, aged and cynical, but willing and able to fight on whenever the need arose ''. Manohla Dargis compared Eastwood 's presence on film to Dirty Harry and the Man with No Name, stating, `` Dirty Harry is back, in a way, in Gran Torino, not as a character but as a ghostly presence. He hovers in the film, in its themes and high - caliber imagery, and of course, most obviously in Mr. Eastwood 's face. It is a monumental face now, so puckered and pleated that it no longer looks merely weathered, as it has for decades, but seems closer to petrified wood. '' Tania Modleski, author of Clint Eastwood and Male Weepies, said, `` ( f ) or many reviewers, Gran Torino represents the final step in Eastwood 's repudiation of the Dirty Harry persona. If Unforgiven ends up being equivocal in its attitude toward violence and vigilantism, Gran Torino appears to accept the impotence of the lone, avenging hero '' and that the impotence `` is perhaps underlined by Walt 's repeated gesture of pointing his finger at villains as if it were a gun. '' Amy Biancolli of the Houston Chronicle said that though Walt, an `` old fart '', does not have the same name as Dirty Harry, `` there 's no mistaking the rasp in his voice or the uncompromising crankiness of his Weltanschauung. '' Tom Charity of CNN said of Walt, `` Like other Eastwood heroes before him, Walt sacrifices his independence by accepting that others depend on him. '' John Serba of The Grand Rapids Press said that Walt, who is `` bitter, hopelessly cranky, '' `` shares a sense of moral certainty '' with Callahan, but that Walt `` is infused with the wisdom and weariness '' that Callahan does not have. Merchandise Home media Warner Home Video owns rights to the Dirty Harry series. The five films have been remastered for DVD three times -- in 1998, 2001 and 2008. They have been packaged in several DVD box sets. The Dirty Harry films made their high - definition debuts with the 2008 Blu - ray discs. Warner 's marketing plan calls for only `` The Dead Pool '' film to be available as a separate Blu - ray, requiring fans who want the other four movies in high definition to buy the box set. In 2010 all five movies were released as a Blu - ray box set, `` Clint Eastwood Dirty Harry Collection ''. Novels Main article : Dirty Harry novels In the early 1980s, Warner Books published twelve books, authored under the pseudonym Dane Hartman, that further the adventures of Dirty Harry. The novels were later translated into French in the 1990s, as the Collection Supercops. Video games Main articles : Dirty Harry : The War Against Drugs and Dirty Harry ( 2007 video game ) Dirty Harry : The War Against Drugs is a 1990 video game based on Dirty Harry film series. It incorporates several references to the film series. Dirty Harry, originally scheduled for a 2007 release, is a canceled video game by The Collective, Inc. based on the 1971 film of the same name. In 1995 Williams Electronic Games ( WMS ) created a Dirty Harry pinball machine, inspired by the 1971 film. 4,248 units were manufactured. Notable features include a gun handle shooter, a moving cannon used to shoot playfield targets and custom audio callouts recorded by Clint Eastwood. Game modes, sounds and dot matrix animations reflect events in the movie, such as a car chase, barroom brawl, defusing bombs and `` Feel Lucky '' mode. See also External links Dirty Harry filming locations The Best Dirty Harry Movies from American Movie Classics References Jump up ^ `` Dirty Harry ''. 24 December 1971. Jump up ^ `` Magnum Force ''. 1 January 1973. Jump up ^ `` The Enforcer ''. 1 January 1976. Jump up ^ `` Sudden Impact ''. 1 January 1983. Jump up ^ Robert, Daniel ( 2005 - 08 - 03 ). `` Interviews > Frank Miller Creator Of Sin City ''. Suicidegirls.com. Archived from the original on 2008 - 07 - 23. Retrieved 2012 - 04 - 24. Jump up ^ `` Variety Reviews - The Rookie - Film Reviews - - Review by Variety Staff ''. Variety.com. 1989 - 12 - 31. Retrieved 2012 - 04 - 24. Jump up ^ Turan, Kenneth ( December 12, 2008 ). `` Review : ' Gran Torino ' ''. Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 12, 2010. Jump up ^ Eliot, Marc ( 2009 ). American Rebel : The Life of Clint Eastwood. New York : Harmony Books. p. 329. ISBN 978 - 0 - 307 - 33688 - 0. Jump up ^ Dargis, Manohla ( December 12, 2008 ). `` Hope for a Racist, and Maybe a Country ''. New York Times. Retrieved January 10, 2010. Jump up ^ Modleski, Tania. `` Clint Eastwood and Male Weepies. '' American Literary History. 2010. Volume 22, Issue 1. p. 136 - 158. DOI 10.1093 / alh / ajp051. First published online on November 20, 2009. Jump up ^ Biancolli, Amy. `` Gran Torino. '' Houston Chronicle. Thursday January 8, 2009. Retrieved on March 16, 2012. Jump up ^ Charity, Tom. `` Review : ' Gran Torino ' offers great Eastwood. '' CNN. January 9, 2009. 2. Retrieved on March 16, 2012. Jump up ^ Serba, John. `` Scowls, subtlety make ' Gran Torino ' classic Clint Eastwood. '' The Grand Rapids Press. Friday January 9, 2009. Retrieved on March 16, 2012. Jump up ^ `` New Dirty Harry DVDs : We 're in luck - DVD Spin Doctor ''. Dvdspindoctor.typepad.com. 2008 - 03 - 10. Retrieved 2012 - 04 - 24. Jump up ^ Used book ad for the French version of The Long Death. Archived October 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` The Internet Pinball Machine Database ''. Dirty Harry series Harry Callahan Films Dirty Harry Magnum Force The Enforcer Sudden Impact The Dead Pool Tie - ins Dirty Harry ( video game ) Dirty Harry ( pinball game ) Dirty Harry ( video game ; cancelled ) Related `` Go ahead, make my day '' Novels Smith & Wesson Model 29 Book Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dirty_Harry_(film_series)&oldid=851434987 '' Categories : English - language films Dirty Harry Action films by series Police detective films Film series Warner Bros. franchises Vigilante films Films adapted into video games Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Talk Contents About Wikipedia Dansk Español Euskara Français Română Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Edit links This page was last edited on 22 July 2018, at 07 : 58 ( UTC ). 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Question: which iconic character is featured in movies such as the enforcer sudden impact and the dead pool
Answer: Harry Callahan