Story Line
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.
“Detective Harry Callahan. He doesn't break murder cases. He smashes them.”
Top Cast
Clint Eastwood
Harry
Harry Guardino
Bressler
Reni Santoni
Chico
John Vernon
The Mayor
Andrew Robinson
Killer
John Larch
Chief
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Rating
7.4/ 10
Release Date
1971-12-23
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
ActionCrimeThriller
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User Reviews (7)
John Chard
9/10
•9/12/2015More than iconography here in dynamite Siegel/Eastwood teaming.
The film opens with a shot of a memorial wall in praise of the San Francisco Police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty, a SFPD badge is prominent as the camera scrolls...
Andres Gomez
6/10
•3/4/2016The directing is remarkable but, the most interesting side of this film is the character created by Eastwood, a policeman who decides to take the law by his hand disregarding any kind of right or procedure.
Quite like his characters in the far wes...
talisencrw
10/10
•8/14/2016Recently I've considered drastically negatively re-appraising Clint Eastwood's work, both directorially and as a thespian, as a knee-jerk reaction to his constant defense of the more racially-bigoted face of conservative America, but because of what ...
r96sk
8/10
•1/15/2022Surprisingly straightforward story-wise, but very enjoyable all the same.
<em>'Dirty Harry'</em> is no doubt stylish, features an eye-catching plot and has a very good lead performance from Clint Eastwood; he really does own the role. With that no...