Dirty Harry
| Dirty Harry | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Don Siegel |
| Screenplay by | Harry Julian Fink R.M. Fink Dean Riesner Uncredited: John Milius Terrence Malick |
| Story by | Harry Julian Fink R.M. Fink |
| Produced by | Don Siegel Robert Daley (executive) |
| Starring | Clint Eastwood Andy Robinson Harry Guardino Reni Santoni John Vernon |
| Cinematography | Bruce Surtees |
| Edited by | Carl Pingitore |
| Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4 million |
| Box office | $35,976,000[1] |
Dirty Harry is a 1971 American crime thriller movie. It was produced and directed by Don Siegel. It was the first in the Dirty Harry series. Clint Eastwood plays the main role. Eastwood acts as a San Francisco Police Department Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callaghan, trying to catch a serial killer.[2] The character is based on real life cop Dave Toschi hunting for the Zodiac Killer.[3]
Dirty Harry was followed by four sequels: Magnum Force in 1973, The Enforcer in 1976, Sudden Impact in 1983 (directed by Eastwood), and The Dead Pool in 1988.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Dirty Harry". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 19, 2009.
- ↑ Roger Ebert (1971-01-01). "Dirty Harry (review)". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 2008-08-02. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
- ↑ Lead detective in unsolved San Francisco Zodiac killer case dies
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- 1971 movies
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- American serial killer movies
- American crime thriller movies
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- Buddy cop movies
- Antisocial personality disorder in fiction
- Movies about extortion
- Movies about police officers
- Chase movies
- Movies set in San Francisco
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