"Dirty Harry (character) Inspector Harold Francis Callahan, also known as Dirty Harry, is a fictional character in the ""Dirty Harry"" film series, which consists of ""Dirty Harry"" (1971), ""Magnum Force"" (1973), ""The Enforcer"" (1976), ""Sudden Impact"" (1983) and ""The Dead Pool"" (1988). Callahan is portrayed by Clint Eastwood in each film. From his debut, Callahan became the template for a new kind of movie cop: an antihero who does not hesitate to cross professional and ethical boundaries in pursuit of his own vision of justice, especially when the law is poorly served by an inept bureaucracy. Callahan is often considered"
"before we could consider him bad at it. And acting isn't required of him in ""Magnum Force""."" Rotten Tomatoes sampled 20 reviewers and judged 80% of the reviews to be positive. Magnum Force Magnum Force is a 1973 American action thriller and the second to feature Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Harry Callahan after the 1971 film ""Dirty Harry"". Ted Post, who also directed Eastwood in the television series ""Rawhide"" and the feature film ""Hang 'Em High"", directed this second installment in the ""Dirty Harry"" film series. The screenplay was written by John Milius (who provided an uncredited rewrite for"
"Magnum Force Magnum Force is a 1973 American action thriller and the second to feature Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Harry Callahan after the 1971 film ""Dirty Harry"". Ted Post, who also directed Eastwood in the television series ""Rawhide"" and the feature film ""Hang 'Em High"", directed this second installment in the ""Dirty Harry"" film series. The screenplay was written by John Milius (who provided an uncredited rewrite for the original film) and Michael Cimino. The film score was once again composed by Lalo Schifrin. This film features early appearances by David Soul, Tim Matheson and Robert Urich. At 124"
"Impact"" in 1983 (directed by Eastwood himself) and ""The Dead Pool"" in 1988. In 2012, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being ""culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant"". A killer (Andrew Robinson) shoots a girl in a hotel rooftop swimming pool. Police arrive at the crime scene, where SFPD Inspector Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) finds a blackmail note signed ""Scorpio"" ordering the city to pay $100,000 or he will continue to kill. The mayor (John Vernon) asks police officers what is being done to track the killer. During lunch, Inspector"
"The Dead Pool The Dead Pool is a 1988 American action film directed by Buddy Van Horn, written by Steve Sharon, and starring Clint Eastwood as Inspector ""Dirty"" Harry Callahan. It is the fifth and final film in the ""Dirty Harry"" film series, set in San Francisco, California. The story concerns the manipulation of a dead pool game by a serial killer, whose efforts are confronted by the hardened detective Callahan. It co-stars Liam Neeson and Patricia Clarkson, with Jim Carrey in his first action dramatic role. It is the only film in the series to not feature Albert Popwell,"
"The Enforcer (1976 film) The Enforcer is a 1976 American action thriller and the third in the ""Dirty Harry"" film series. Directed by James Fargo, it stars Clint Eastwood as Inspector ""Dirty"" Harry Callahan, Tyne Daly as Inspector Kate Moore and DeVeren Bookwalter as terrorist leader Bobby Maxwell. It was also the last film in the series to feature John Mitchum as Inspector Frank DiGiorgio. In Marin County, two gas company men are lured by a scantily-clad woman (Jocelyn Jones) to a remote spot in Mill Valley and killed by Bobby Maxwell (DeVeren Bookwalter). Maxwell's gang, the People's Revolutionary Strike"
"an actor who had played a different character in each of the previous four films. At 91 minutes, it is the shortest of the five ""Dirty Harry"" film series. Like those films, ""The Dead Pool"" is notable for coining catchphrases uttered by Clint Eastwood's gun-wielding character, one of which is: """"Opinions are like assholes; everybody has one"""". SFPD Inspector Harry Callahan's testimony against crime kingpin Lou Janero puts the mobster in prison. Callahan becomes famous and the target of Janero's men, both of which he dislikes. After Callahan kills four attackers during an ambush, the department assigns Al Quan (Evan"
"Sudden Impact Sudden Impact is a 1983 American action thriller and the fourth film in the ""Dirty Harry"" series, directed by Clint Eastwood (making it the only ""Dirty Harry"" film to be directed by Eastwood himself), and starring Eastwood and Sondra Locke. The film tells the story of a gang rape victim (Locke) who decides to seek revenge on the rapists ten years after the attack by killing them one by one. Inspector Callahan (Eastwood) famous for his unconventional and often brutal crime-fighting tactics is tasked with tracking down the serial killer. As Callahan investigates the killings, he becomes romantically"
"a total of $46,236,000 in the United States, making it the ninth highest-grossing film of 1976. Overall this figure made it the most profitable of the ""Dirty Harry"" series for seven years until the release of ""Sudden Impact"". The Enforcer (1976 film) The Enforcer is a 1976 American action thriller and the third in the ""Dirty Harry"" film series. Directed by James Fargo, it stars Clint Eastwood as Inspector ""Dirty"" Harry Callahan, Tyne Daly as Inspector Kate Moore and DeVeren Bookwalter as terrorist leader Bobby Maxwell. It was also the last film in the series to feature John Mitchum as"
"that he has no interest in acting in another ""Dirty Harry"" film. In 2000, he jokingly spoke about potential sequels: """"Dirty Harry VI""! Harry is retired. He's standing in a stream, fly-fishing. He gets tired of using the pole— and BA-BOOM! Or Harry is retired, and he catches bad guys with his walker?"" The Dead Pool The Dead Pool is a 1988 American action film directed by Buddy Van Horn, written by Steve Sharon, and starring Clint Eastwood as Inspector ""Dirty"" Harry Callahan. It is the fifth and final film in the ""Dirty Harry"" film series, set in San Francisco,"
"Dirty Harry Dirty Harry is a 1971 American action crime thriller film produced and directed by Don Siegel, the first in the ""Dirty Harry"" series. Clint Eastwood plays the title role, in his first outing as San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) Inspector ""Dirty"" Harry Callahan. The film drew upon the actual case of the Zodiac Killer as the Callahan character seeks out a similar vicious psychopath. ""Dirty Harry"" was a critical and commercial success and set the style for a whole genre of police films. It was followed by four sequels: ""Magnum Force"" in 1973, ""The Enforcer"" in 1976, ""Sudden"
"is the role of Marshal Jim Duncan in the Eastwood film ""High Plains Drifter"" (1973). Buddy Van Horn Buddy Van Horn (born August 20, 1929) is an American stunt coordinator and film director. He directed the Clint Eastwood films ""Any Which Way You Can"" (1980), ""The Dead Pool"" (1988), and ""Pink Cadillac"" (1989). A long-time stunt double for Eastwood, he was credited as the stunt coordinator on Eastwood's films from 1972 to 2011, and as second unit director on ""Magnum Force"" (1973) and ""The Rookie"" (1990). He was sometimes credited as Wayne Van Horn in the 1980s. He earlier doubled"
"was a wounded bank robber at the receiving end of Eastwood's ""Do you feel lucky?"" monologue from ""Dirty Harry"". Popwell was a murderous pimp in ""Magnum Force"", appeared as Big Ed Mustapha in ""The Enforcer"" and as Harry's detective colleague Horace King in ""Sudden Impact"". He did not appear in the last film in the series, ""The Dead Pool"", due to a scheduling conflict. His final film role was opposite Sharon Stone in ""Scissors"". He died eight years later, at age 72, from complications following open heart surgery. Albert Popwell Albert Popwell (July 15, 1926 – April 9, 1999) was"
"Scott Eastwood Scott Eastwood (born Scott Clinton Reeves; March 21, 1986) is an American actor and model. He has appeared in the films ""Flags of Our Fathers"" (2006), ""Gran Torino"" (2008), ""Invictus"" (2009), ""The Forger"" (2012), ""Trouble with the Curve"" (2012), ""Texas Chainsaw"" (2013), ""Fury"" (2014), ""The Perfect Wave"" (2014), ""The Longest Ride"" (2015), ""Mercury Plains"" (2016), ""Suicide Squad"" (2016), ""Snowden"" (2016), ""Walk of Fame"" (2017), ""The Fate of the Furious"" (2017), ""Overdrive"" (2017), and ""Pacific Rim Uprising"" (2018). He has also been the model for the fragrance Cool Water by Davidoff. He is the youngest son of Academy Award-winning"
"Force"", in which Harry is shown fighting vigilantism. Callahan is an inspector with the San Francisco Police Department, usually with the Homicide department, although for disciplinary or political reasons he is occasionally transferred to other less prominent units, such as Personnel (in ""The Enforcer"") or Stakeout (in ""Magnum Force"") or just sent out of town on mundane research assignments (in ""Sudden Impact""). Callahan's primary concern is protecting and avenging the victims of violent crime. Though proficient at apprehending criminals, his methods are often unconventional; while some claim that he is prepared to ignore the law and professional and ethical boundaries,"
"2016. Scott Eastwood Scott Eastwood (born Scott Clinton Reeves; March 21, 1986) is an American actor and model. He has appeared in the films ""Flags of Our Fathers"" (2006), ""Gran Torino"" (2008), ""Invictus"" (2009), ""The Forger"" (2012), ""Trouble with the Curve"" (2012), ""Texas Chainsaw"" (2013), ""Fury"" (2014), ""The Perfect Wave"" (2014), ""The Longest Ride"" (2015), ""Mercury Plains"" (2016), ""Suicide Squad"" (2016), ""Snowden"" (2016), ""Walk of Fame"" (2017), ""The Fate of the Furious"" (2017), ""Overdrive"" (2017), and ""Pacific Rim Uprising"" (2018). He has also been the model for the fragrance Cool Water by Davidoff. He is the youngest son of Academy"
"location in the Philippines. He also refused the part of a platoon leader in Ted Post's Vietnam War film, ""Go Tell the Spartans"" and instead decided to make a third ""Dirty Harry"" film, ""The Enforcer"". The film had Callahan partnered with a new female officer (Tyne Daly) to face a San Francisco Bay area group resembling the Symbionese Liberation Army. The film, culminating in a shootout on Alcatraz island, was considerably shorter than the previous ""Dirty Harry"" films at 95minutes, but was a major commercial success grossing $100 million worldwide to become Eastwood's highest-grossing film to date. In 1977, he"
"Buddy Van Horn Buddy Van Horn (born August 20, 1929) is an American stunt coordinator and film director. He directed the Clint Eastwood films ""Any Which Way You Can"" (1980), ""The Dead Pool"" (1988), and ""Pink Cadillac"" (1989). A long-time stunt double for Eastwood, he was credited as the stunt coordinator on Eastwood's films from 1972 to 2011, and as second unit director on ""Magnum Force"" (1973) and ""The Rookie"" (1990). He was sometimes credited as Wayne Van Horn in the 1980s. He earlier doubled for Guy Williams on Disney's ""Zorro"", and Gregory Peck. Van Horn's most prominent onscreen appearance"
"in the San Francisco Police Department systematically exterminate the city's worst criminals, conveying the idea that there are even worse rogue cops than Dirty Harry. Terrence Malick had introduced the concept in an unused draft for the first film; director Don Siegel disliked the idea and had Malick's draft thrown out, but Clint Eastwood remembered it for this film. Eastwood specifically wanted to convey that, despite the 1971 film's perceived politics, Harry was not a complete vigilante. David Soul, Tim Matheson, Robert Urich and Kip Niven were cast as the young vigilante cops. Milius was a gun aficionado and political"
"have to do something before we could consider him bad at it. And acting isn't required of him in ""Magnum Force"". In 1973, Eastwood teamed with Jeff Bridges in the buddy action caper ""Thunderbolt and Lightfoot"". The idea for the film was originally devised by Stan Kamen of the William Morris Agency, but was written by Michael Cimino who had previously written for ""Magnum Force"", the previous year and would direct the picture. The film is a road movie about a Korean War veteran turned bank robber, Thunderbolt (Eastwood), who teams with a young con man drifter, Lightfoot (Bridges), who"
"""Silent Running"" and Eastwood's second Dirty Harry film, ""Magnum Force"") before moving on to directing. Cimino's work on ""Thunderbolt and Lightfoot"" impressed Eastwood enough to ask him to work on the script for ""Magnum Force"" before ""Thunderbolt and Lightfoot"" began production. Cimino moved up to directing on the feature ""Thunderbolt and Lightfoot"" (1974). The film stars Clint Eastwood as a Korean War vet named ""Thunderbolt"" who takes a young drifter named ""Lightfoot"", played by Jeff Bridges, under his wing. When Thunderbolt's old partners try to find him, he and Lightfoot make a pact with them to pull one last big"
"Michael Currie (actor) Michael Currie (born Herman Christian Schwenk Jr.; July 24, 1928 – December 22, 2009) was an American actor who appeared in several films and on television. Born in Kingston, New York to Herman C. Schwenk and Mabel Lockwood, he began his career in 1964. He had roles in several Clint Eastwood movies including the comedy film ""Any Which Way You Can"" (1980) and ""Firefox"" (1982). He also played Lt. Donnelly in the fourth installment of the ""Dirty Harry"" film series ""Sudden Impact"" (1983), and reprised his role as Capt. Donnelly in the 1988 sequel ""The Dead Pool""."
"as a car chase, barroom brawl, defusing bombs and ""Feel Lucky"" mode. Dirty Harry (film series) Dirty Harry is an American film series featuring San Francisco Police Department Homicide Division Inspector ""Dirty"" Harry Callahan who is notorious for being extremely violent and ruthless in his methods, and a danger for any partner assigned to him. Actor Clint Eastwood portrayed Callahan in all five of the series' films. ""Dirty Harry"" (1971) was directed by Don Siegel and starred Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan. Harry tracks serial killer Scorpio (loosely based on the Zodiac killer). Eastwood's iconic portrayal of the blunt-speaking, unorthodox"
"shot, while Fanducci is dead (in ""The Enforcer"", reference is made to the fact that Fanducci was killed in 1968). His partner in ""Dirty Harry"", Chico Gonzalez, is shot by Scorpio and though he survives, he decides to quit the police (in ""Magnum Force"", Harry remarks that Gonzalez became a college teacher after leaving the police force). His partner in ""Magnum Force"", Earlington ""Early"" Smith is killed by a bomb planted in his mailbox. Kate Moore in ""The Enforcer"" is killed by terrorists while saving Callahan's life. She had previously cited to Harry Fanducci and Smith's names, to demonstrate that"
"themselves the People's Revolutionary Strike Force. Harry opposes introducing inexperienced inspectors to the dangers of police work, whether male or female, and sees the homicide department as too dangerous for his new partner, who worked until recently in Personnel. Though Moore starts out overenthusiastic, she soon proves herself valuable to Harry, and matures quickly, earning Harry's respect in the process. ""Sudden Impact"" (1983) was directed by Clint Eastwood. Aging, but still bitter, Callahan is sent to a small town to follow up a lead in a murder case, which leads him directly to a rape victim who is out to"
"magazine. Peckhammer TV videos hosted on YouTube have received more than 1,000,000 views. Peckhammer interviewed, in ""Interview: Eddie Mulder, Racing Legend"", Eddie Mulder, who is known for being a leading TT Steeplechase and desert racer of the 1960s, and a Hollywood stunt rider doubling Clint Eastwood on a motorcycle jump stunt in ""Magnum Force"". Eddie Mulder was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999. The interview took place prior to Mulder racing at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb where he holds several records. Mulder, who was sixty-four years old at the time of the interview, discussed"
"The film earned a total domestic box office gross of $50,068,310, barely recouping its $50 million budget. The soundtrack to ""Absolute Power"" was released on March 11, 1997. Absolute Power (film) Absolute Power is a 1997 American political thriller film produced by, directed by, and starring Clint Eastwood as a master jewel thief who witnesses the killing of a woman by Secret Service agents. The screenplay by William Goldman is based on the 1996 novel ""Absolute Power"" by David Baldacci. Screened at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, the film also stars Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Judy Davis, Scott"
"Absolute Power (film) Absolute Power is a 1997 American political thriller film produced by, directed by, and starring Clint Eastwood as a master jewel thief who witnesses the killing of a woman by Secret Service agents. The screenplay by William Goldman is based on the 1996 novel ""Absolute Power"" by David Baldacci. Screened at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, the film also stars Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Judy Davis, Scott Glenn and Dennis Haysbert. It was also the last screen appearance of E. G. Marshall. During the course of a burglary, master jewel thief Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood)"
"to direct ""The Enforcer"". As a result, Eastwood gave the director's chair to James Fargo, his longtime assistant director, who made his debut as a full director on this film. Eastwood had the final say on all the critical decisions, but since the two men were far more familiar with each other's working styles than Eastwood had been with Ted Post, they rarely butted heads during production. Filming commenced in the San Francisco bay area in the summer of 1976. Eastwood was initially still dubious about the quantity of his lines and preferred a less talkative approach, something perhaps embedded"
"who can play stubborn, battle-scarred, casually racist characters in his sleep."" The Mule (2018 film) The Mule is a 2018 American crime film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood, who also plays the lead role. The screenplay is by Nick Schenk, based on ""The New York Times"" article ""The Sinaloa Cartel's 90-Year-Old Drug Mule"" by Sam Dolnick. The film is inspired by the true story of Leo Sharp, a World War II veteran in his 80s who became a drug dealer and courier for the Sinaloa Cartel. Along with Eastwood, the film stars Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Peña, Dianne"
"confronts the rogue cops. As with many of his films, Eastwood was intent on shooting it as smoothly as possible, often refusing to do retakes over certain scenes. Post later remarked: ""A lot of the things he said were based on pure, selfish ignorance, and showed that he was the man who controlled the power. By ""Magnum Force"" Clint's ego began applying for statehood"". Post remained bitter with Eastwood for many years and claims disagreements over the filming affected his career afterwards. According to second unit director of photography Rexford Metz, ""Eastwood would not take the time to perfect a"
"and the United States Department of Defense who expressed contempt for the film. At the time, the film was a commercial rather than a critical success, and has only come to be viewed more favorably in recent times. The film grossed $70 million domestically. Eastwood starred in ""The Dead Pool"" (1988), the fifth and final film in the ""Dirty Harry"" series. It co-starred Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, and a young Jim Carrey who plays Johnny Squares, a drug-addled rock star and the first of the victims on a list of celebrities drawn up by horror film director Peter Swan (Neeson)"
"a division of Associated, has powered 28 IFMAR World Champions. R&D manager and world-class driver Cliff Lett broke the RC land speed record of more than 111 mph (179 km/h) with a heavily modified Associated RC10L3 touring car at Irwindale Speedway on January 13, 2001. A modified RC10 with an off-the-shelf Parma International 1963 Chevrolet Corvette body was used in the famous chase scene in the 1988 motion picture, ""The Dead Pool"". In it, Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry is being pursued through the streets of San Francisco, California by a highly explosive bomb disguised as an RC car. The"