 the enforcer is a 1976 american action film and the third in the dirty harry film series. directed by james fargo, it stars clint eastwood as inspector "dirty" harry callahan, tyne daly as inspector kate moore and deveren bookwalter as terrorist leader/main antagonist bobby maxwell. ==plot== in marin county, two gas company men are lured by a scantily-clad woman to a remote spot in mill valley and killed by bobby maxwell (deveren bookwalter). maxwell's gang, the people's revolutionary strike force (prsf), plans to use the gas men's uniforms and van as part of an ambitious series of crimes that will make them rich. inspector harry callahan (clint eastwood) and his partner frank digiorgio (john mitchum), after dealing with a chronic fainter, arrive at a liquor store where robbers have taken hostages. the robbers demand a car with a police radio; the inspector provides one by driving his squad car into the store and shooting the robbers. his superior captain mckay (bradford dillman) reprimands callahan for "excessive use of force", injuring the hostages, and causing $14,379 of damage to the store, and temporarily transfers him out of the homicide unit. while assigned to personnel, callahan participates in the interview process for promotions, and learns that affirmative action means that three of the new inspectors will be female including kate moore (tyne daly), despite her very limited field experience. the prsf uses the gas company van to steal m72 law rockets, colt m16 rifles, a taser and other weapons from a warehouse. in the course of the robbery, three people are killed: a security guard whom maxwell kills for his keys; digiorgio, whom maxwell stabs in the back after he stumble
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