The Enforcer (1976) - Plot Summary - IMDb The Enforcer (1976) Plot Summary Showing all 6 plot summaries Picking up three years after the events in Magnum Force, a threatening terrorist group called, The People's Revolutionary Strike Force declare war to the city of San Francisco and demand a ransom to be paid, otherwise they plan to blow the city apart. While Inspector 'Dirty' Harry Callahan is at a limbo following his unorthodox method during a robbery, he's at it to dispatch the terrorist group, by playing their game by being more dirty than ever. But this time, he's got a new partner, which might prove the task to be somewhat more difficult than ever, unless the two can work together. - Written by Anonymous San Francisco Police Inspector Harry Callahan returns in the third of the Dirty Harry movies. Teamed with his new partner, Policewoman Inspector Kate Moore, they hunt for a group of terrorists that are blackmailing the City of San Francisco for two million dollars. - Written by David J. Kiseleski <davidk269@aol.com> Robbers at a liquor store are holding a shopkeeper and three of his patrons hostage.

Asked by the robbers for a car with a police radio, Inspector Dirty Harry Callahan volunteers his own car. Dirty Harry drives the car right through the store's plate glass window. Before the robbers know what hit them, Dirty Harry has shot them. $14,379 is how much the San Francisco police department will have to pay to repair the damages caused by Dirty Harry's encounter with the robbers. Rather than getting a medal, which he doesn't want, Harry is relegated to Personnel to help interview patrol officers on the list to make inspector. Dirty Harry is told that of the eight openings, three will be filled by women. A group that calls themselves the People's Revolutionary Strike Force (PRSF), led by Bobby Maxwell, are making plans to go on a rampage throughout San Francisco as some kind of extremist political statement. When Dirty Harry's longtime partner is killed by the PRSF during a major weapons theft, Dirty Harry vows revenge and, surprisingly, is given some support by his superiors. Dirty Harry has bad luck when it comes to partners. Being Dirty Harry's partner is like having your doctor say you only have a few days left to live.

Harry gets a new partner named Kate Moore, a woman whose decade long entire police career has been spent in the Human Resources department. With her suit and high heels, Kate has trouble chasing suspects. But she proves to be resilient and resourceful and becomes Harry's friend. The PRSF continues stealing explosive devices and rocket launchers. After they're armed to the teeth, they kidnap the mayor and demand a ransom of two million dollars. The PRSF is prepared to blow up the toilets in the police station itself. Dirty Harry goes undercover, attempting to root out Maxwell and his crew. Kate and Dirty Harry discover that the mayor is being held at Alcatraz Island. This leads Kate and Dirty Harry to a showdown against Maxwell. - Written by Todd Baldridge Following a reprimand from his superiors for his somewhat destructive approach to his work, Harry Callahan finds his new partner to be female. Though none too pleased with this, the job has to come first - in this case the City being held to ransom following an arms robbery, by a gang prepared to blow up the toilets in the police station itself. - Written by Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk> When SFPD Insp.

Harry Callahan ends a liquor store holdup by doing things in his usual hard-boiled manner, his bleeding-heart boss, Capt. Briggs (Bradford Dillman) demotes Harry to the personnel division. But Harry doesn't remain there for long, as a group of terrorists rob an arms warehouse and begin a bloody extortion spree demanding $2 million from the City. Harry is paired with Insp. Kate Moore (Tyne Daly) to shut the terrorists down. Callahan is none too thrilled to be paired with Moore, but she more than proves herself when she and Harry pursue the terrorists to their hideout in the old prison of Alcatraz. - Written by Derek O'Cain Dirty Harry must foil a terrorist organization made up of disgruntled Vietnam veterans. But this time, he's teamed with a rookie female partner that he's not too excited to be working with. Magnum Force | DirtyHarry Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Template:Italic title Magnum Force is the 1973 American sequel to the 1971 film Dirty Harry , starring Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Harry Callahan .

Ted Post , who also directed Eastwood in TV's Rawhide and the feature film Hang 'Em High , directed the second film in the Dirty Harry series . The screenplay was written by John Milius (who provided an uncredited rewrite for the original film) and Michael Cimino . This film features early appearances by David Soul , Tim Matheson and Robert Urich as the primary antagonists, the vigilante traffic cops. At 124 minutes, it is also the longest Dirty Harry film. Contents Edit Mobster Carmine Ricca drives away from court after being acquitted on a technicality . An unseen SFPD motorcycle cop stops Ricca's limo for a traffic violation . Suddenly, the patrolman pulls his service revolver—a .357 Magnum Colt Python —shoots all four men in the car, then rides away. Inspector Harry Callahan and his partner Earlington Smith visit the crime scene. Callahan is controversial within the department. His superior Lieutenant Briggs views Callahan and his tactics—such as his handling of the Scorpio case , and foiling an aircraft hijacking at the airport by impersonating a pilot—as reckless and dangerous.

The dislike is mutual, with Callahan mocking Briggs about the fact Briggs had never pulled his gun since he had been on the Police Force, saying "Well, you're a good man Lieutenant, and good men always know their limitations". Others, such as rookie traffic cops Philip Sweet, John Davis, "Red" Astrachan, and Michael Grimes, see the inspector as a role model. The young officers' zeal and marksmanship impress Callahan. A motorcycle cop attacks a mobster's pool party, using a satchel charge and a 9mm Smith & Wesson M76 machine gun to kill multiple people. A pimp who killed one of his prostitutes is himself shot by a motorcycle cop. Callahan realizes that the pimp had let his killer approach him and had offered a bribe. He deduces that a cop is likely responsible, and suspects his old friend Charlie McCoy, who is unstable after leaving his wife. A motorcycle cop murders drug kingpin Lou Guzman and associates with the Colt Python equipped with a suppressor, but encounters McCoy and kills him to eliminate a potential witness. Callahan presents his suspicions to Briggs, who informs him of McCoy's death and that Davis was the first on the scene of the shooting.

Davis' promptness draws Callahan's suspicion. During a shooting competition with the rookie, Callahan borrows Davis' gun and embeds a slug in a wall. He finds that the slug matches those found at the crime scene involving Guzman and McCoy, and begins to suspect that a secret death squad within the department is responsible for the murders. Briggs insists that mob killer Frank Palancio is behind the deaths and obtains a warrant for his arrest. Callahan requests two of the four rookies, Davis and Sweet, as his backup. Palancio and his gang are called shortly before the raid and told that men dressed as police officers will attack. Palancio kills Sweet during the resulting shootout with a 12 gauge Winchester Model 1897 shotgun; he and his men are also killed. The three remaining renegade cops ask Callahan to join their organization; he responds, "I'm afraid you've misjudged me." He discovers and defuses a bomb in his mailbox left by the vigilantes in case he refused their offer, but a second bomb kills Smith.

Briggs arrives and asks Callahan to drive; in the car he draws his .357 Magnum Smith & Wesson Model 19 snubnose revolver and forces the inspector to disarm. Briggs reveals himself as a member of the death squad, cites the traditions of frontier justice and summary executions , and says, “You’re a great cop, Harry...But you’d rather stick with the system.” Callahan responds, "I hate the goddamn system, but until someone comes along with some changes that make sense I'll stick with it." Callahan distracts Briggs and knocks him out, then kills the pursuing Grimes by hitting him head-on with his car. He runs onto an old escort aircraft carrier as the remaining two vigilantes arrive. The unarmed Callahan evades his pursuers and kills Astrachan with his bare hands, then rides his motorcycle with Davis in pursuit. After a series of daring jumps on the carrier, the two cyclists run out of deck space; Callahan is able to stop but Davis falls in the sea with his motorcycle and he is killed. Briggs confronts the inspector back at his car and threatens to prosecute Callahan for killing fellow cops.

The inspector surreptitiously activates the timer on the mail bomb; it explodes, killing Briggs. The final scene of the movie is a close-up of Callahan's face as he says, "A man's got to know his limitations", before he walks away. Cast Edit Writer John Milius came up with a storyline in which a group of rogue young officers in the San Francisco Police Force systematically exterminate the city's worst criminals, portraying the idea that there are worse cops than Dirty Harry. [1] Clint Eastwood specifically wanted the story to show that, in spite of the 1971's film perceived view of Inspector Callahan, Harry was 100% not a vigilante. David Soul , Tim Matheson , Robert Urich and Kip Niven were cast as the young vigilante cops. [2] Milius was a gun aficionado and political conservative and the film would extensively feature gun shooting in practice, competition, and on the job. [2] Given this strong theme in the film, the title was soon changed from Vigilance to Magnum Force in deference to the .44 Magnum that Harry liked to use.

Milius thought it was important to remind the audiences of the original film by incorporating the line "Do ya feel lucky?" repeated in the opening credits and with Dirty Harry once again eating a hot dog but this time foiling an airplane hijacking at the airport. [2] With Milius committed to filming Dillinger , Michael Cimino was later hired to revise the script, overlooked by Ted Post, who was to direct. According to Milius, his script did not contain any of the action sequences (the car chase scene and duel on the aircraft carriers) at the end of the film. His was a "simple script". [3] The adding of the character Sunny was done at the suggestion of Eastwood, who reportedly received letters from women asking for "a female to hit on Harry" (not the other way around). [3] Filming Edit Frank Stanley was hired as cinematographer and Lalo Schifrin once again conducted the score and filming commenced in late April 1973.

[2] During filming Eastwood encountered numerous disputes with Post over who was calling the shots in directing the film, and Eastwood failed to authorize two important scenes directed by Post in the film because of time and expenses, one of them was at the climax to the film with a long shot of Eastwood on his motorcycle and he confronts the rogue cops. [4] Eastwood was intent, like with many of his films on shooting it as smoothly as possible, often refusing to do retakes over certain scenes insisted on by Post who later remarked, "A lot of the things he said were based on pure, selfish ignorance, and showed that he was the man who controlled the power. By Magnum Force Clint's ego began applying for statehood". [4] Post remained bitter with Eastwood for many years and claims disagreements over the filming affected his career afterwards. [5] According to director of photography Rexford Metz , "Eastwood would not take the time to perfect a situation.

If you've got seventy percent of a shot worked out, that's sufficient for him, because he knows his audience will accept it." [4] Impact Edit The film would launch a number of careers, including David Soul ( Starsky & Hutch television series), Robert Urich ( S.W.A.T. , Vega$ and Spencer for Hire ) and Tim Matheson (films like Animal House (1978) and Fletch (1985). Future Three's Company TV star Suzanne Somers can be seen as the topless blonde at the mobster's pool party. Interestingly, Soul and Matheson, who played two of the vigilante cops, would later both play protagonists in Stephen King made-for-TV film adaptations that involves their characters returning to their childhood home town only to find that it is infested by an evil presence (Soul starred in Salem's Lot , while Matheson starred in Sometimes They Come Back ). Controversy Edit The film received negative publicity in 1974 when it was discovered that a scene in which drain cleaner is used to murder a prostitute had allegedly inspired the infamous Hi-Fi Murders , with the two killers believing the method would be as efficient as it was portrayed in the film.

The killers said that they were looking for a unique murder method when they stumbled upon the film, and that had they not seen the movie, would have chosen a method from another film. The drain cleaner reference was repeated in three other films, Lethal Weapon (1987), Heathers (1989) and Urban Legend (1998). According to scriptwriter John Milius, this drain cleaner scene was never meant to be filmed, but was only mentioned in his original script. [3] Release Edit Although the film was a major success after release, grossing $58.1 million dollars in the United States alone, a new record for Eastwood, it was not a critical success. [5] New York Times critics such as Nora Sayre criticized the often contradictory moral themes of the film and Frank Rich believed it "was the same old stuff". [5] Pauline Kael , a harsh critic of Eastwood for many years mocked his performance as Dirty Harry, commenting that, "He isn't an actor, so one could hardly call him a bad actor. He'd have to do something before we could consider him bad at it. And acting isn't required of him in Magnum Force.

[5] Dirty Harry: Magnum Force YIFY subtitles source Clint Eastwood knows his limitations.8/10 After a known criminal, with clout over the city, manages to escape the punishment of the law, he and his partners are gunned down by a vigilante dressed as a cop and with a .44 Magnum. Drawn to the case Infamous San Francisco Detective "Dirty" Harry Callahan starts to investigate as the vigilante continues to take out criminals citywide. Soon there are suspicions that the criminals are getting their information from inside the police force. If there is one actor that can be plainly badass, macho, and tough in the most stereotypical way without making a fool of himself, it's Clint Eastwood. Never has an actor been so plain and stoic, yet so entertaining and funny at the same time. That's because Eastwood knows his limitations and, as a result, never becomes totally ridiculous. Whether he's dropping one liners, shooting his cannon of a revolver, or mysteriously seducing women with no effort whatsoever Clint Eastwood just plays it cool.

Steve McQueen also managed the same with his classic "Bullitt" and Dirty Harry uses essentially the same formula, but it does it well with its own unique spin and style. Also Clint Eastwood has lived well past McQueen's early death so his films are more prevalent in the current movie mindset. The film isn't quite perfect and there is one sequence in particular - at the airport where Harry takes out two hijackers single handedly - that seems to be just there to show that Harry Callahan is a badass who makes his own rules and gets things done. Yet this scene does nothing to advance the plot. With the film clocking in at over two hours this could have easily been dropped. Along with a few trimmings here and there for a slightly brisker film. That said, the movie remains entertaining and a good part of Eastwood's action era. --- 8/10 Rated R for violence source A sequel with a new story...7/10 This sequel to the entertaining "Dirty Harry" stands with few peers when it comes to successful follow-ups. Most don't stand on their own feet but Magnum Force does solidly.

Changing the plot but not the style is good formula in movies, rather than playing out what was already done in the original, which is why so many sequels fail. "Magnum Force" is my second favorite film by Eastwood after "High Plains Drifter". Harry still likes to do things his way although rather than focusing his energy on the bad guys, he's focused on some crooked cops in his own department! Follows in the original's footsteps with lots of great views of San Francisco (My Birthplace!) I always feel at home when watching this movie. This is another film that is played a lot on TV because its so good on it's own. Felton Perry does a good job as Harry's partner, comparable to Reni Santoni in the original. Didn't like any of the sequels that followed this movie with the exception of Sudden Impact. Magnum Force is a film that rates highly as watchable again & again.

source Good Movie8/10 I sometimes wonder if "Magnum Force" is a better movie than "Dirty Harry." In the latter, Harry Calahan is up against a psycho causing panic, while in "Magnum Force" Harry opposes a number of enemies: enemies he would not have expected at first. Crime is still on the rise, there is too much corruption and too few 'real' cops, like him. When he meets some young, aspiring cops he is amazed by their qualities. Great acting by Clint Eastwood who is just perfect in playing the old-fashioned Harry Callahan. There is violence, but the strange thing is you support Callahan in 'cleaning' the city. One of the best in the Dirty Harry-series. source Eastwood is the conventional tough-guy par excellence...8/10 A racketeer, Carmine Ricca, has been cleared of murder, due to the usual and frustrating court technicality... He leaves, a happy and free man... Not for long... A motorcycle cop pulls his car over, seemingly for a traffic violation and ruthlessly slaughters him and the other three occupants... Harry is soon on the scene, this time with a new black partner, Early Smith (Felton Perry).

It transpires that Harry is no longer in the homicide squad, he's been demoted to a stake-out squad by Detective Briggs (Hal Holbrook) because of his previous unconventional methods... Nevertheless he soon demonstrates that he has lost none of his considerable skills... Enjoying a hamburger at San Francisco Airport he becomes involved in a hijack... Harry meets an old colleague Charlie McCoy (Mitch Ryan) who seems unnaturally upset about the ineffectiveness of the courts and Harry fears that he may be the killer cop... Later, in the police firing range, he meets four young traffic cops who are more than impressed by his former lethal methods... With a wave of underworld killings on the increase, Harry is eventually told to work with Briggs to solve them... He still suspects the murderer is McCoy until the latter is killed and, by setting a clever trap to check the bullets in the guns of the four young motorcycle cops, Harry finds that they are the guilty persons... "Magnum .44" is much bloodier than "Dirty Harry." The lack of emotion emerges in Harry's character... He is a powerful and dominating figure who shoots first and asks questions later... Director Ted Post takes him from below to imprint his stature on the piece...

Eastwood is solid enough but not as penetrating as it was in "Dirty Harry." He even have sex... Inevitably, as is usual with his persona, the initiative has to come from the female, unsuccessfully from McCoy's widow and extremely directly from the pretty little Japanese girl who lives downstairs... She gazes up at Eastwood and says: "What does a girl have to do to go to bed with you?" He replies: "Try knocking at the door." They've only known each other for about half a minute, making it one of the swiftest screen seductions on record, and it illustrates the fact that Eastwood's sex appeal is instant and uncomplicated... He is the conventional tough-guy par excellence  handsome, laconic, cynical, determined and independent; clearly a man to be idolized by other men and worshiped by women... Clint Eastwood en Español - Magnum Force — City of Albuquerque 505-848-1320 Description Fuerza Magnum (1973) - Famoso detective de Clint Eastwood Dirty Harry regresa!

Esta vez, el Inspector de Policía de San Francisco 'Dirty' Harry Callahan está en el camino de policías vigilantes que no están por encima van más allá del derecho a matar a los indeseables de la ciudad. Este thriller de acción está clasificada R Magnum Force (1973) - Clint Eastwood's famous detective Dirty Harry returns! This time, the San Francisco Police Inspector 'Dirty' Harry Callahan is on the trail of vigilante cops who are not above going beyond the law to kill the city's undesirables. This action thriller is rated R Dirty Harry | DirtyHarry Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Dirty Harry is a 1971 American crime thriller produced and directed by Don Siegel , the first in the Dirty Harry series . Clint Eastwood plays the title role, in his first outing as San Francisco Police Department Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan . Dirty Harry was a critical and commercial success and set the style for a whole genre of police films.

The film was followed by four sequels: Magnum Force in 1973, The Enforcer in 1976, Sudden Impact in 1983 (directed by Eastwood himself), and The Dead Pool in 1988. In 2008, Dirty Harry was selected by Empire magazine as one of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time. Contents Edit A serial killer who calls himself "Scorpio" ( Andy Robinson ) murders a young woman in a San Francisco swimming pool, using a high-powered .30-06 hunting rifle from the top of 555 California Street . SFPD Inspector Harry Callahan ( Clint Eastwood ) finds a ransom message promising his next victims will be "a Catholic priest or a nigger " if the city does not pay $100,000. The chief of police and the Mayor ( John Vernon ) assign the inspector to the case. Callahan goes to a local diner for lunch, where a robbery is in progress.

The inspector—alone with his .44 Smith & Wesson Model 29 revolver—challenges one of the robbers, after shooting three others, who lies wounded near a loaded 12 gauge Winchester Model 1912 shotgun: "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 kind of lost track myself. But being that 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 one question. 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do you, punk?" The robber surrenders rather than taking the risk, then says "I gots to know". Callahan answers the question by pulling the trigger, while aiming at the criminal; the gun was, in fact, empty. Callahan is assigned a rookie partner, Chico Gonzalez ( Reni Santoni ). The veteran officer notes that his partners always get injured or worse so he needs someone experienced, but has no choice. Scorpio kills a young black boy from another rooftop, and the police believes the killer will next pursue a Catholic priest.

Callahan and Gonzalez wait for Scorpio near the Sts. Peter and Paul Church . A shootout ensues, but Scorpio escapes, killing an officer. Scorpio kidnaps, rapes and buries alive a teenage girl ( Debralee Scott ), then demands twice his previous ransom before the girl's air runs out. The mayor decides to pay, and tells Callahan to deliver the money with no tricks, but the inspector wears a wire and brings a knife . Scorpio sends Callahan to various payphones throughout the city to separate the inspector from any backup, but his partner follows him. The chase ends at the enormous cross at Mount Davidson . Scorpio brutally beats Callahan; Gonzalez arrives and saves his partner, but is wounded. Callahan stabs Scorpio in the leg, but the killer escapes without the money. Gonzalez survives his wound, but decides to resign from the force. The doctor who treated Scorpio tells Callahan and his new partner, Frank DiGiorgio ( John Mitchum ), that he has seen Scorpio in Kezar Stadium . Running out of time , the officers search the killer's room without a warrant and Callahan shoots Scorpio in his wounded leg.

When Scorpio refuses to reveal the location of the girl and instead asks for a lawyer , Callahan tortures the killer by standing on the leg. Scorpio confesses and the police exhume the dead girl. Because Callahan broke into Scorpio's home and seized his rifle, the District Attorney decides that the killer cannot be charged. An outraged Callahan follows Scorpio on his own time. Scorpio pays a thug to give him a severe, but controlled beating, then claims that the inspector is responsible. Callahan is ordered to stop following Scorpio, despite his protest that he did not beat the killer. Meanwhile, Scorpio assaults a liquor store owner and steals his Walther P38 handgun. Scorpio kidnaps a school bus load of children. He demands another ransom and a plane to leave the country. The mayor again insists on paying but Callahan instead pursues Scorpio without authorization, jumping onto the top of the bus from a railroad trestle. The killer flees into a nearby rock quarry, where he has a gun battle with Callahan. Scorpio retreats until he takes a young boy as a hostage. The inspector feigns surrender, but fires, wounding Scorpio in his left shoulder.

The boy runs away and Callahan stands over Scorpio, gun drawn. The inspector reprises his "Do you feel lucky, punk?" speech. Scorpio tries his luck and lunges for his 9mm Walther P38 pistol laughing. The inspector shoots him in the chest, propelling Scorpio into the water. As Callahan watches the dead body float on the surface, he takes out his inspector's badge. After contemplating what will happen to him as a result of his actions, he hurls his badge into the water before walking away. Cast Edit The script, titled Dead Right, was originally written by Harry Julian and Rita M. Fink, a story about a hard-edged New York City police inspector Harry Callahan , determined to stop Travis, a serial killer, by any means at his disposal. [1] [2] The role of Harry Callahan was originally written for John Wayne , whom the Finks had just finished working with on Big Jake (1971). When they were trying to sell their script, the Finks used him as an example of how they envisioned the character. Wayne said he was not interested in the role, however; he felt the violence in the script was unjustified and glorified.

[3] In Michael Munn’s book "John Wayne: The Man Behind The Myth", Wayne gives the reasons why he refused the part: “First is that they offered it to Frank Sinatra first, but he'd hurt his hand and couldn't do it. I don't like being offered Sinatra's rejections. Put that one down to pride. The second reason is that I thought Harry was a rogue cop. Put that down to narrow-mindedness because when I saw the picture I realized that Harry was the kind of part I'd played often enough: a guy who lives within the law but breaks the rules when he really has to in order to save others. The third reason is that I was too busy making other pictures.” [4] It was set in New York City , not San Francisco, California, and ended with a police sniper instead of Callahan taking out Scorpio. Another earlier version of the story was set in Seattle, Washington . Four more drafts of the script were written. John Milius wrote a draft dated 23 September 1970 inspired by Akira Kurosawa 's studies in lone-gun detectives.

Milius has also mentioned being influenced by a friend of his, a Long Beach police officer who dealt with criminals in a rather summary fashion. According to Milius, his friend "rarely brought people back" but was, contrastingly, extremely gentle with animals. Quite a bit of Milius' script remains in the finished film, including Harry's mystique and his "Do I feel lucky?" monologue. Terrence Malick wrote a draft of the film dated November 1970 ( John Milius and Harry Julian Fink are also named as co-writers) in which the shooter (also named Travis) was a vigilante who killed wealthy criminals who had escaped justice. [5] Malick's ideas formed the basis for the sequel, Magnum Force . Eventually, the Finks sold their script to Universal. Already having Clint Eastwood under contract, Universal thought of using it as a vehicle for the actor, but they never followed up on the initial plans and they let the rights to the script run out. [3] When producer Jennings Lang initially could not find an actor to take the role of Callahan, he sold the film rights to ABC Television.

Although ABC wanted to turn it into a television film, the amount of violence in the script was deemed too excessive for television, so the rights were sold to Warner Bros. [6] Initially, Warner Bros. wanted either Sydney Pollack or Irvin Kershner to direct. [2] Kershner was eventually hired when Frank Sinatra was attached to the title role. But when Sinatra eventually left the film, so did Kershner. Eastwood pushed for Don Siegel when he was cast in the film. [7] Scorpio was loosely based on the real-life Zodiac Killer , who had committed five murders in the San Francisco Bay Area several years earlier. [8] In a later novelization of the film, Scorpio was referred to as "Charles Davis," an escaped Canadian mental patient who murdered his grandparents while still a teenager. [9] There are significant differences between the book and the film, and it can only be presumed that the differences in the book were taken from an early script draft.

Among the differences are Scorpio's point of view as he uses astrology to make decisions (including being inspired to abduct Ann Mary Deacon), Harry working on a murder case involving a mugger before he is assigned to Scorpio, and the ommission of the suicide jumper and Harry throwing away his badge at the end. The "Bank Job" scene is different as well, and unfolds during a rainstorm. In addition to the tailpipe smoke, Harry notices that though people continue to enter, no one is exiting the bank. The biggest difference in the scene, though, is Harry's alternate "Do I feel lucky" speech: "You been counting? Well, was it five or was it six? Regulations say five...hammer down on the empty...only not all of us go by the book. What you have to do is think about it. I mean this is a forty-four magnum and it'll turn your head into hash. Now, do you think I fired five or six? And if five, do I keep a live one under the hammer? It's all up to you. Are you feeling lucky, Punk?" Although Dirty Harry is arguably Clint Eastwood's signature role, he was not a top contender for the part.

Warner Bros. purchased the script with a view to cast Frank Sinatra in the lead. Sinatra was 55 at the time and since the character of Harry Callahan was originally written as a man in his mid to late 50's (and Eastwood only then 41), Sinatra fit the character profile. Warner Bros. also wanted either Sydney Pollack or Irvin Kershner to direct. Details about the film were first released in film industry trade papers in April, September and November 1970 with Frank Sinatra attached as Harry Callahan and Irvin Kershner listed as director and producer with Arthur Jacobson acting as associate producer. [1] Originally the character of Harry Callahan was written as a man in his mid to late 50s. Robert Mitchum , John Wayne , and Burt Lancaster were also offered the role. [1] Mitchum dismissed this totemic role as "a piece of junk." [10] In Dick Lochte‘s article, "Just One More Hangover: A Vodka-Soaked Afternoon with Robert Mitchum", he writes: Mitchum always got "those prices" in those days.

"Somebody says, 'We really want you to do this script.' And I say, 'I'd need an awful lot of money in front to do that one.' And that never seems to be a problem. The less I like the script, the higher my price. And they pay. They may pay in yen, but they pay. Not that I'm a complete whore, understand. There are movies I won't do for any amount. I turned down 'Patton' and I turned down 'Dirty Harry.' Movies that piss on the world. If I've got $5 in my pocket, I don't need to make money that fucking way, daddy." Burt Lancaster turned down the lead role because he strongly disagreed with the violent, right-wing morals of the story. He believed the role and plot contradicted his belief in a collective responsibility for criminal and social justice and the protection of individual rights. [11] Sinatra actually accepted the role, however he had broken his wrist during the filming of The Manchurian Candidate eight years previously, [2] and during contract negotiations, he found the large handgun too unwieldy. Additionally, his father had recently died, and Sinatra decided he wanted to do some lighter material.

In a 16 Nov 1970 Warner Bros. press release, it was announced that Sinatra would no longer be involved in the project. When Sinatra dropped out, so did Kershner. [3] After Sinatra left the project, the producers started to consider younger actors for the role. Marlon Brando was considered for the role, but was never formally approached. Both Steve McQueen and Paul Newman turned down the role. [1] McQueen refused to make another “cop movie” after Bullitt (1968). He would also turn down the lead in The French Connection the same year, giving the same reason. Believing the character was too "right-wing" for him Newman suggested that the film would be a good vehicle for Eastwood., [7] The screenplay was initially brought to Clint’s attention somewhere around 1969 by Jennings Lang and while still in post-production for his directorial debut film Play Misty for Me , Warner Bros offer him the part. By 17 Dec 1970 in a Warner Brothers studio press release it was announced that Clint Eastwood would star in, as well as produce the film through his The Malpaso Company.

One of Eastwood's stipulations for accepting the role was the change of locale to San Francisco. Eastwood has claimed that he took the role of Harry Callahan because of the character's obsessive concern with the victims of violent crime. Eastwood felt that the issue of victims' rights was being overshadowed by the political atmosphere of the time. [3] Clint was given a number of scripts, but he ultimately came back to the original as the best vehicle for him. [12] In a 2009 MTV Interview, Eastwood said, "So I said, 'I'll do it,' but since they had initially talked to me, there had been all these rewrites. I said, 'I'm only interested in the original script'." Looking back on the 1971 Don Siegel flick, he remembered, "[The rewrites had changed] everything. They had marine snipers coming on in the end. And I said, 'No. This is losing the point of the whole story, of the guy chasing the killer down.

It's becoming an extravaganza that's losing its character.' They said, 'OK, do what you want.' So, we went and made it." [13] Eastwood also agreed to star in the film only on the provision that Don Siegel direct. Siegel was under contract to Universal at the time, and Eastwood personally went to the studio heads to ask them to "loan" Siegel to Warner. The two had just completed the movie The Beguiled (1970). Audie Murphy was first approached to play the Scorpio Killer, but he died in a plane crash before his decision on the offer could be made. [14] When Kershner and Sinatra were still attached to the project, James Caan was under consideration for the role of Scorpio. [14] The part eventually went to a relatively unknown actor, Andy Robinson . Eastwood had seen Robinson in a play called Subject to Fits and recommended him for the role of Scorpio, whose unkept appearance fit the bill for a mentally ill hippie.

[15] Siegel told Robinson that he cast him in the role of the Scorpio killer because he wanted someone "with a face like a choirboy." Robinson's portrayal was so memorable that after the film was released he reportedly received several death threats and was forced to get an unlisted telephone number. In real life, Robinson is a pacifist who despises guns. In the early days of principal photography, Robinson would flinch violently every time he fired. Director Don Siegel was forced to shut down production for a time and sent Robinson to a school to learn to fire a gun convincingly. [16] Nonetheless, he still blinks when he shoots. Robinson also reportedly was squeamish about filming the scene where he verbally and physically abuses several schoolchildren. Shortly thereafter, they hired writer Dean Riesner to work on the script [3] . Riesner worked previously with both Eastwood and Siegel as a writer on Coogan’s Bluff , and Play Misty for Me . Screenwriter John Milius contribution was also worked in by writing a draft of the film inspired by Akira Kurosawa's studies in lone-gun detectives, while director Siegel tackled the material from the viewpoint of bigotry.

As several ideas were added, and changed, many others were dropped, including a visit to Harry's hometown and an airport hijacking. In the former, Harry and Chico drive around Potrero Hill questioning the residents after the scene of Charlie Russell's murder. As they continue to be greeted with suspicion from everyone, Harry begins to talk about how the people are raised mistrusting cops. He tells Chico that he grew up in Potrero Hill, and learned at an early age not to depend on the police. He soon decides that this case is not one that will be solved by the usual methods of police work, and that Scorpio will not be satisfied until he has made good on his threat to kill a priest. This scene was most likely included as part of Harry's character while he was still written as an older, disillusioned cop. As Harry gets his leg bandaged, listen for Steve Rogers to confirm the Potrero Hill background with the line, "We Potrero Hill boys gotta stick together." [17] One of the original ideas for the film's ending included a sequence with Scorpio kidnapping a group of schoolchildren at an airport, then attempting to hijack a plane.

When the studio decided that the whole thing would be too expensive to film, it was Eastwood who suggested using the rock quarry for the ending. He remembered it from his childhood; having lived nearby, he passed it often on drives with his parents. The abduction of the school children was still worked into the end of the film, basing it again on the real-life events of the Zodiac case, where the killer threatened to hijack a school bus full of children. The airport sequence eventually found its way into the series, being worked into the plot of Magnum Force. [17] The idea of a car chase was also dropped as Bullitt (1968) had already set the bar for that. [3] However, a car chase sequence was used in the sequel Magnum Force Principal photography Edit Glenn Wright , Eastwood's costume designer since Rawhide was responsible for creating Callahan's distinctive old-fashioned brown and yellow checked jacket to emphasize his strong values in pursuing crime. [15] Filming for Dirty Harry began in April 1971 and involved some risky stunts, with much footage shot at night and filming the city of San Francisco aerially which the film series is renowned for.

[15] Eastwood performed the stunt in which he jumps onto the roof of the hijacked school bus from a bridge, without a stunt double. His face is clearly visible throughout the shot. Eastwood also directed the suicide-jumper scene. The line, "My, that's a big one," spoken by Scorpio when Callahan removes his gun, was an ad-lib by Robinson. The crew broke into laughter as a result of the double entendre and the scene had to be re-shot, but the line stayed. The final scene, in which Callahan throws his badge into the water, is an homage to a similar scene from 1952's High Noon . [18] Eastwood initially did not want to toss the badge, believing it indicated that Callahan was quitting the police department. Siegel argued that tossing the badge was instead Callahan's indication of casting away the inefficiency of the police force's rules and bureaucracy. [18] Although Eastwood was able to convince Siegel not to have Callahan toss the badge, when the scene was filmed, Eastwood changed his mind and went with the current ending.

[18] Filming locations Edit One evening Eastwood and Siegel had been watching the San Francisco 49ers in the Kezar Stadium in the last game of the season and thought the eerie Greek amphitheater -like setting would be an excellent location for shooting one of the scenes where Callahan encounters the psychopathic killer Scorpio. [19] Universal Studios Hollywood — San Francisco Street (Hot dog café / Bank robbery sequence) Music Edit The soundtrack for Dirty Harry was created by composer Lalo Schifrin famous for the Mission: Impossible theme and soundtrack, who had previously collaborated with director Don Siegel in the production of Coogan's Bluff and The Beguiled , both also starring Clint Eastwood.

Schifrin fused a wide variety of influences, including classical music , jazz , psychedelic rock , along with Edda Dell'Orso -style vocals, into a score that "could best be described as acid jazz some 25 years before that genre began." According to one reviewer, the Dirty Harry soundtrack's influence "is paramount, heard daily in movies, on television, and in modern jazz and rock music." [20] [21] Release Edit Dirty Harry was well received by critics and is regarded as one of the best films of 1971. [22] [23] [24] The film holds a 95% approval rating on the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes . [25] It was nominated at the Edgar Allan Poe Awards for Best Motion Picture . [26] The film caused controversy when it was released, sparking debate over issues ranging from police brutality to victims' rights and the nature of law enforcement. Feminists in particular were outraged by the film and at the Oscars for 1971 protested outside holding up banners which read messages such as "Dirty Harry is a Rotten Pig".

[27] Many critics expressed concern with what they saw as bigotry , with Newsweek describing the film as "a right-wing fantasy", Variety as "a specious, phony glorification of the police and police brutality with a superhero whose antics become almost satire" and a raging review by Pauline Kael of The New Yorker who accused Eastwood of a "single-minded attack against liberal values". [27] Several people accused him of racism in the decision to cast four African-Americans as the bank robbers. [28] Eastwood dismissed the political outrage, claiming that Callahan was just obeying a higher moral authority, and said, "some people are so politically oriented, when they see cornflakes in a bowl, they get some complex interpretation out of it". [28] Jay Cocks of Time praised Eastwood's performance as Dirty Harry, describing him as "giving his best performance so far, tense, tough, full of implicit identification with his character", [29] Film critic Roger Ebert , while praising the film's technical merits, denounced the film for its " fascist moral position." [30] A section of the Philippine police force ordered a print of the film for use as a training film.

[31] [32] However, the film's critical reputation has grown in stature and is commonly listed among the greatest films of all time . In 2008, Dirty Harry was selected by Empire magazine as one of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time. [33] It was placed similarly on The Best 1000 Movies Ever Made list by The New York Times . [34] In January 2010, Total Film included the film on its list of The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time. [35] TV Guide and Vanity Fair also included the film on their lists of the 50 best movies. [36] [37] Box office performance Edit The benefit world premiere of Dirty Harry was held at Loews Theater on Market Street (San Francisco) , on December 22, 1971. [38] The film made an approximate total of $36 million in the U.S. theatrical release, [39] making it a major financial success in comparison with its modest $4 million budget. [40] Home media Edit Warner Home Video owns rights to the Dirty Harry series.

The studio first released the film to VHS and Betamax in 1979. Dirty Harry (1971) has been remastered for DVD three times — in 1998, 2001 and 2008. It has been repurposed for several DVD box sets. Dirty Harry made its high-definition debut with the 2008 Blu-ray Disc. The commentator on the 2008 DVD is Clint Eastwood biographer Richard Schickel . [41] Legacy Dirty Harry received recognition from the American Film Institute . The film was ranked #41 on 100 Years…100 Thrills , a list of America's most heart-pounding movies. [42] Harry Callahan was selected as the 17th greatest movie hero on 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains . [43] The movie's infamous quote "You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?" was ranked 51st on 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes .

[44] Dirty Harry was also on the ballot for several other AFI's 100 series lists including 100 Years... 100 Movies , [45] 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) , [46] and 100 Years of Film Scores . [47] Real life copycat crime and killers Edit The film inspired a real-life crime . [48] In October 1972 , soon after the release of the movie in Australia , two armed men kidnapped a teacher and 6 school children in Victoria , Australia . They demanded a $1 million ransom. The state government agreed to pay, but the children managed to escape and the kidnappers were subsequently jailed. Coincidently, one of the men's last name was Eastwood. [49] Influence Edit Eastwood's iconic portrayal of the blunt, cynical, unorthodox detective who is seemingly in perpetual trouble with his incompetent bosses, set the style for a number of his later roles and, indeed, a whole genre of "loose-cannon" cop films.

The film resonated with an American public that had become weary and frustrated with the increasing violent urban crime that was characteristic of the time. [50] The film was released at a time when throughout 1970 and 1971 there were prevalent reports of local and federal police committing atrocities and overstepping their authority by entrapment and obstruction of justice. [51] Author McGilligan, argued that America needed a hero, a winner at a time when the authorities were losing the battle against crime. [51] The box-office success of Dirty Harry led to the production of four sequels . The motif of a cop who cares more for justice than rules was one subsequently imitated by a number of other films. John Wayne , who like Eastwood was associated with the Western genre, starred in McQ and later Brannigan . Sylvester Stallone 's Cobra and Judge Dredd shares many elements with Dirty Harry, a cop with an obsession for justice, a law system that is more concerned about the criminal than the victim, and a psychotic killer. The film is also an adaption of the novel Fair Game and was originally intended by Stallone to be the basis of Beverly Hills Cop while he was involved with the project.

Stallone's own movie was plagiarised by Italian film producers for the Fred Williamson Blaxploitation film Black Cobra , which also mimicked the famous 'Do You Feel Lucky, Punk?' scene from Dirty Harry. Writers Shane Black and Steven E. de Souza have spoken of the film's influence on their characters of Martin Riggs and John McClane from the Lethal Weapon and Die Hard franchises. The film can also be counted as the seminal influence on the Italian tough-cop films, Poliziotteschi , which dominated the 1970s and that were critically praised in Europe and the U.S. as well. Dirty Harry helped popularize the Smith & Wesson Model 29 revolver, chambered for the powerful .44 Magnum cartridge. The film initiated an increase in sales of the powerful handgun, which continues to be popular some thirty-five years after the film's release. Template:Citation needed The .44 Magnum ranked second in a 2008 20th Century Fox poll of the most popular film weapons, after only the lightsaber of Star Wars fame. The poll surveyed approximately two thousand film fans.

[52] However, the only appearances of the Model 29 in the movie are in the close-ups: Any time Eastwood actually fired the pistol, he was shooting a Smith & Wesson Model 25 in .45 ACP Template:Citation needed . In 1971, .44 Magnum blanks were not available Template:Citation needed . However, as a result of decades of Hollywood war movies there was an ample supply of .45 ACP blanks Template:Citation needed . As the Model 25 is built on the same Smith & Wesson N frame as the Model 29, it was simple to substitute it for the Model 29 in scenes where Eastwood had to shoot the pistol Template:Citation needed . Director Don Siegel owns the actual Model 29 used in principal photography in Dirty Harry.

Template:Citation needed In popular culture In the film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan , Sacha Baron Cohen picks up a handgun in a weapon shop in Texas , and states "I am like movie star Dirty Harold, Make a'my day, Jew", making a reference to Eastwood's character and the popular catchphrase of Sudden Impact , the fourth film in the Dirty Harry film series . Template:Or In the 2007 film Zodiac , Dirty Harry can be seen being played at a movie theater in the midst of the Zodiac murders. In the 2004 crime thriller film A History of Violence the main villain says to the hero, "We should leave before he goes all 'Dirty Harry' on us." In the episode "Patriot Act" of Justice League Unlimited , Vigilante and Shining Knight had an argument about a character Clint Eastwood played in a movie. It's most likely about the film Dirty Harry. In the 1988 buddy cop film Red Heat , main character Art Ridžić ( James Belushi ) says to his partner, "Come on, everybody knows the magnum 44 is the big boy on the block.

Why do you think Dirty Harry uses it?" The 1993 comedy film National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 parodies the opening scene in the convenience store when Emilio Estevez , just after shooting the robbers, says, "I know what you're thinking, punk. You're thinking, 'Did he fire 173 times or 174?' Well, do you feel lucky, punk?" The " Yuri's Revenge " expansion of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 features an Allied campaign mission where the commander can enlist the service of one "Flint Westwood" to assist in the recapture of Los Angeles (which includes Hollywood); he not only sports a very similar accent as Eastwood but also is armed with a powerful handgun that makes short works of enemy infantry units. In the fourth season of Dexter , there is an episode titled "Dirty Harry". In the Bottom episode Burglary Eddie Hitler says to Richie that he wants to be referred to as Dirty Eddie.

In the film " Four Rooms ", two characters are talking about what gun another man was holding saying, "Was it like Dirty Harry's gun?" See also The Enforcer Movie Review & Film Summary (1976) | Roger Ebert Tweet LOS ANGELES -- The stick-up men are trapped in a liquor store. The cops have the place surrounded. There are innocent hostages inside. One of them will be killed unless the police supply a getaway car. "Hey, Harry - what are you doing?" asks a cop. "Taking them a car," says Harry Callahan . He commandeers a car. spins it 180 degrees, drives it straight through the plate glass front of the liquor store, runs down one robber, leaps out and opens fire on the others. It's amazing this guy is still on the force. Dirty Harry has been taking the law into his own hands in three films now, gunning down the bad guys on the streets of San Francisco, As punishment, he keeps getting transferred to assignments like traffic and personnel, but by the next film he's back on homicide again.

Advertisement In " Dirty Harry " and "Magnum Force," some disturbing philosophical questions were raised by Harry's behavior: Were these movies glorifying a cop who was self-appointed judge, jury and executioner? "The Enforcer," Clint Eastwood 's third (and, it's said, his last) film as Dirty Harry, gets off the hook by handling its killings more in terms of self defense and rescue operations, instead of as cold-blooded executions. It's also a more light-hearted film (although that may be hard to guess on the basis of the opening liquor store scene). All Dirty Harry films have given us a hard-boiled combination of violence and humor, with most of the laughs coming out of Harry's laconic calm in the face of mayhem. This time, though, there's, a genuinely interesting plot development that inspires a good deal more humor: Dirty Harry, of all people, has just been given a woman as his partner. Harry places women in two categories, those to be used and those to be rescued. He has never imagined one as a partner. And especially not this one.

He meets her the first time when she's taking her oral examination, (Harry, it should be explained, has been demoted to personnel again and assigned to the promotion board.) She has been on the force 10 years, he discovers. As a clerk. Now she's going to get promoted, go out onto the street, do real police work, get a larger salary than a lot of the guys who've been on the force longer and deserve it more - because she's a woman and there are quotas to be met. Harry's livid. He gives the woman a hard time during the examination. Asks her rude, personal questions. Grinds his teeth. Rails against this whole business of sending a woman to do a man's job. And then, inevitably, it turns out she's assigned to be his partner, How he got back to homicide so quickly is, thankfully, glossed over; it would take an hour in each of these movies to explain why he's not in jail. Advertisement The woman is played by Tyne Daly , who has done a lot of stage work but never made a name in the movies. She's very well cast, She's not beautiful, but she has a direct, spontaneous attractiveness.

She speaks up for herself, has intelligent observations to make, is willing to learn from Harry's experience, and doesn't do dumb female things, except once when she can't find her gun in her purse. (When I say "dumb female things," you understand, I am reflecting Harry's chauvinistic attitude toward these matters.) Eventually she saves Harry's life. "A guy could have a worse partner," he admits. "The Enforcer" is the best of the Dirty Harry movies at striking a balance between the action and the humor. Sometimes in the previous films we felt uneasy laughing in between the bloodshed, but this time the movie's more thoughtfully constructed and paced. For the first time we really get a sense of the human being behind Harry's facade, some of the scenes with Tyne Daly wouldn't work any other way. And Clint Eastwood, as always, is good at projecting Harry's loyalties and convictions in the fewest words possible. The plot is cheerfully confusing, having to do with something called the Ecumenical Liberation Army, which may or may not be on the level.

At various points explosives are employed and the mayor is kidnapped, and there's a sensational shoot-out at Alcatraz during which Eastwood, who seems to enjoy a larger weapon in every movie, uses a hand held bazooka, But the best things in the movie are the scenes between Eastwood and Tyne Daly. A relationship is explored, and it leads somewhere and makes a statement, and that makes "The Enforcer" more satisfactory than Dirty Harry's previous adventures - unless, of course, you go to see the bazooka. Advertisement

Question: What city's police force employed Dirty Harry
Answer: San Francisco