Dirty Harry

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Clint Eastwood is Dirty Harry, a Magnum-wielding take-no-prisoners San Francisco cop, in this 1971 crime classic. The American Film Institute voted the character the 17th greatest movie hero ever, and the line "You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky? Well, do you ya, punk?'" the 51st greatest movie quote. There are four Dirty Harry sequels: Magnum Force (1973), The Enforcer (1976), Sudden Impact (1983) and The Dead Pool (1988).

"When hippie-esque psycho Scorpio (Andy Robinson) goes on a killing spree, Harry and new partner Chico (Reni Santoni) are assigned to hunt him down... Racing against a deadline to save a kidnap victim from suffocating to death and unbothered by the niceties of Miranda rights and search warrants, Callahan brings in Scorpio, only to see him released on technicalities. "The law's crazy," opines Harry in disgust, before taking it upon himself to ensure that Scorpio doesn't kill again." (Source: Rovi)

Starring
Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, John Vernon, Reni Santoni, Harry Guardino, John Larch

Directed by
Don Siegel ('Escape from Alcatraz', 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers')

Written by
Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. Fink, Dean Riesner

Action, Crime, Thriller | USA

PRESS REVIEWS

Average rating

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

If there aren't mentalities like Dirty Harry's at loose in the land, then the movie is irrelevant. If there are, we should not blame the bearer of the bad news.

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Empire (UK)

Eastwood's Harry is iconic for a reason - he's a stunning example of ruthless machismo and armed cool. What's more, quotable lines aside, this remains one of the better cop movies out there.

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New York Times

What makes Dirty Harry worth watching no matter how dumb the story, is Siegel's superb sense of the city, not as a place of moods but as a theater for action.

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Total Film (UK)

It's a bleak, uncompromising vision, executed with unsettling realism and imbued with an insidious aura of grime.

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Variety (USA)

Clint Eastwood, in the title role, is a superhero whose antics become almost satire. Strip away the philosophical garbage and all that's left is a well-made but shallow running-and-jumping meller.

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