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Dirty Harry
Detective Harry Callahan. He doesn't break murder cases. He smashes them.
Detective Harry Callahan. He doesn't break murder cases. He smashes t...
Action, Crime, Thriller - 1971
7.7
88%
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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. Harry eventually collars Scorpio in the process of rescuing a kidnap victim, only to see him walk on technicalities. Now, the maverick detective is determined to nail the maniac himself.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
102 min
Release date:
14 Jul 1971
Country:
US
Languages:
Spanish, English
Budget:
$4,000,000
Revenue:
$35,976,000
Awards:
2 wins & 4 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
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.
– ,
Variety,
1 Mar 2007
fresh:
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.
– Roger Greenspun,
New York Times,
21 May 2003
fresh:
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.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
No less than Siegel's Invasion of the Body Snatchers, it offers a fabulous, multifarious political metaphor. (And, as with Body Snatchers, Siegel's own liberal interpretation was trumped by a more forceful hard-right reading.
– J. Hoberman,
Village Voice,
4 Apr 2006
fresh:
A crisp, beautifully paced film, full of Siegel's wonderful coups of cutting and framing.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Mar 2007
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