Dirty Harry (1971)

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Written by Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. Fink

Directed by Don Siegel

Running Time: 120 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1971

Rating: 18 Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

Criminals have learnt to show a special respect to Inspector Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood), a detective who gets results by bending the rule book. Ordered to track down serial killer Scorpio (Andrew Robinson) with his partner Chico (Reni Santoni), his unconventional policing methods result in the killer being released on a technicality. Harry is taken off the case by Lt Bressler (Harry Guardino), but he refuses to give up.

Released in 1971, Dirty Harry confirmed Eastwood's tough-guy credentials, and the film's style, theme and techniques were widely imitated by later directors. The idea of a rogue cop throwing the rule book out of the window was a relatively new one and appealed to many cinemagoers whose own lives had been blighted by crime and thought they had been let down by lazy police work. The film gave Eastwood his first taste of directing when he took over from Don Siegel when he became ill.

Cast

Image for Clint EastwoodClint EastwoodInsp. 'Dirty' Harry Callahan
Harry GuardinoLt. Al Bressler
Reni SantoniInsp. Chico Gonzalez
Image for John VernonJohn VernonThe Mayor
Andrew RobinsonThe Killer
John LarchThe Chief
John MitchumInsp. Frank DiGiorgio
Mae MercerMrs. Russell
Lyn EdgingtonNorma
Ruth KobartBus Driver
Woodrow ParfreyMr. Jaffe Burger Den Proprietor
Josef SommerDist. Atty. William T. Rothko
William PatersonAppellate Court Judge Bannerman
James NolanLiquor Store Owner
Maurice ArgentSid Kleinman

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