"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"
"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"
"far a free, democratic society can go to protect itself. The original draft ended with a police sniper, instead of Callahan, shooting Scorpio. Another earlier version of the story was set in Seattle, Washington. Four more drafts of the script were written. Although Dirty Harry is arguably Clint Eastwood's signature role, he was not a top contender for the part. The role of Harry Callahan was offered to John Wayne and Frank Sinatra, and later to Robert Mitchum, Steve McQueen, and Burt Lancaster. In his 1980 interview with ""Playboy"", George C. Scott claimed that he was initially offered the role,"
"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,"
"Callahan. Bruce Willis played Hartigan, the ""Dirty Harry of the story"", in the ""Sin City"" (2005) film. This 1985 film featuring Jackie Chan was Chan's second American feature film. The movie was noted for being similar to the ""Dirty Harry"" series, with inspiration taken therefrom by director James Glickenhaus. Directed by and co-starring Clint Eastwood; the film features an aging, tough cop who partners with a rookie cop, played by Charlie Sheen. Upon the film's release critics and audiences noted the similarities between Eastwood's two characters. Eastwood returned to acting after a four-year self-imposed hiatus in this 2008 film, which"
"the present system, despite its flaws, to the vigilante alternative. In his fight against criminals, however, including the fellow officers on the death squad, Callahan is merciless and shows no hesitation or remorse at killing them. In ""Dirty Harry"", several explanations are suggested for his nickname. When his partner Chico Gonzalez asks of its origins, Frank DiGiorgio says that ""that's one thing about our Harry; [he] doesn't play any favorites. Harry hates everybody: limeys, micks, hebes, fat dagos, niggers, honkies, chinks- you name it,"" even though DiGiorgio was joking; Callahan is not a racist. After being called to talk down"
"a March 1985 speech to the American Business Conference. Promising to veto any proposed tax rises, he challenged those who wanted them to: ""Go ahead, make my day."" It has also given its name to a law in Colorado, the Make My Day Law, which protects homeowners who use lethal force against intruders. 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"
"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"
"Dirty Harry novels ""Dirty Harry"" novels include film novelizations and original tie-ins based on the ""Dirty Harry"" film franchise. Like the films, the novels portray Inspector ""Dirty Harry"" Callahan as he ruthlessly fights criminals. Novelizations of the first four films, ""Dirty Harry"", ""Magnum Force"", ""The Enforcer"", and ""Sudden Impact"", were published between 1971 and 1983. Additionally, after star Clint Eastwood announced he would make no further ""Dirty Harry"" films after ""The Enforcer"", Warner Books published twelve new novels attributed to Dane Hartman, a collective pen name used by at least three authors, between 1981 and 1983. Warner Bros. licensed novelizations"
"the filming of ""Breezy"" had finished, Warner Brothers announced that Eastwood had agreed to reprise his role as Detective Harry Callahan in a sequel to ""Dirty Harry"", running under the title, ""Vigilance"". Writer John Milius came up with a storyline in which a group of rogue young officers in the San Francisco Police Force systematically exterminate the city's worst criminals, portraying the idea that there are worse cops than Dirty Harry. David Soul, Tim Matheson, Robert Urich and Kip Niven were cast as the young vigilante cops. Milius was a gun aficionado and political conservative and the film would extensively"
"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,"
"has a baseball field, a tennis court, and a basketball court. Both Rec & Park facilities have a children's playground. The public library was renovated in 2010 and is located on 20th St. and Connecticut St. It is in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) and is within the Daniel Webster Elementary School attendance area. Webster opened in 1936 and has a bilingual Spanish program. Potrero Hill was the fictional home neighborhood of Inspector Harry Callahan in the ""Dirty Harry"" movie series. Parts of the famous car chase scene featuring Steve McQueen in the classic 1968 action film ""Bullitt"""
"""Dirty"" Harry Callahan -- the police officer played in a series of films by Clint Eastwood. Besides the Connelly series, Harry Bosch has made cameos in several other authors' books. Bosch has appeared in books by Paula Woods, Joe Gores, and Robert Crais. Likewise, during an October 16, 2008 book-signing in San Mateo, California, to promote ""The Brass Verdict"", Michael Connelly informed the audience that Bosch also appeared in a cameo without identification in Connelly's novel ""Chasing the Dime"". With two exceptions the Bosch novels are narrated in third-person, initially focused entirely on Bosch's point of view. Later novels include"
"this goes any further, with Spencer commenting 'Neither of us want to be alone tonight'. ""The Dead Pool"" implies a romantic relationship with news reporter Samantha Walker, and the film ends with her and Callahan walking away together. Callahan is considered a film icon, so much so that his nickname, ""Dirty Harry"", has entered the lexicon as slang for ruthless police officers. Harry Callahan was voted number 23 by ""Empire"" Magazine on their list of ""The 100 Greatest Movie Characters"". Callahan was voted the 17th greatest movie hero on ""100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains"". He was also named one"
"a jumper, Callahan states he is known as Dirty Harry because he is assigned to ""every dirty job that comes along"". When Harry is ordered to deliver ransom money to Scorpio, Gonzalez opines ""no wonder they call him Dirty Harry; [he] always gets the shit end of the stick"". In ""Dirty Harry"", Gonzalez humorously suggests that Callahan's nickname may have an alternate origin given that he twice ends up peeking through a naked woman's window and later follows a suspect into a strip club. The films reveal little about Callahan's personal background. In the first film, Callahan tells Chico Gonzalez's"
"reactive AI, both for crooks and cops. While there was no further explanation, it appeared that if the player was soft on crooks, they may not take Harry Callahan seriously. On the other end, excessive force will put you in trouble with the police chief. According to official press releases by Warner Bros., """"Dirty Harry"" helped define a genre and introduced the world to a character who has since become a cultural icon, so bringing Clint Eastwood's authentic Dirty Harry character to this next generation of consoles provides exciting promise for game playing audiences everywhere"", said Jason Hall, Senior Vice"
"an adjacent building. On April 16, 2015, the SFPD officially moved its headquarters to a new location at Mission Bay. The SFPD has been portrayed in films such as ""The Sniper"", ""Vertigo"", ""Freebie and the Bean"", ""The Laughing Policeman"", ""Bullitt"", the ""Dirty Harry"" film series, ""48 Hrs."", ""A View to a Kill"", ""Metro"", ""Rush Hour"", and ""Zodiac"", as well as television series such as ""The Lineup"" (aka ""San Francisco Beat""), ""Ironside"", ""The Streets of San Francisco"", ""McMillan & Wife"", ""Nash Bridges"", ""The Division"", ""Killer Instinct"", ""The Evidence"", ""Charmed"" (1998–2006), ""Murder in the First"" and ""Monk"". The ""Dirty Harry"" film series"
"minutes, it is also the longest ""Dirty Harry"" film. Mobster Carmine Ricca (Richard Devon) drives away from court in his limo after being acquitted of a mass murder on a legal technicality. But while his limo is on an isolated road, Ricca and his three associates are killed off by a SFPD motorcycle cop who stopped them for a minor traffic violation. Inspector Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) visits the crime scene alongside his partner Earlington ""Early"" Smith (Felton Perry), despite the two supposed to be on stakeout duty as their superior Lieutenant Neil Briggs (Hal Holbrook) dismiss them while calling"
"a film icon, so much so that his nickname, ""Dirty Harry"", has entered the lexicon as slang for ruthless police officers. All of the ""Dirty Harry"" films feature Callahan killing criminals, mostly in gunfights. Phrases he utters in armed stand-offs, """"Go ahead, make my day"""" and """"[...] you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?"""" have become iconic. As the 1971 film was criticized for carrying fascist, or at least authoritarian, undertones, the sequels attempted to be more balanced by pitting Harry against villains from a broader ideological spectrum; notably in 1973's ""Magnum"
"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"
"judges and prosecutors are wary of handling his cases because of frequent violations of the Fourth Amendment and other irregularities. A police commissioner admits that Callahan's ""unconventional methods ... get results"", but adds that his successes are ""more costly to the city and this department in terms of publicity and physical destruction than most other men's failures"". (The publicity makes him well known; in ""Sudden Impact"", the police chief of another city calls him ""the famous Harry Callahan"", and by ""The Dead Pool"" he is so well known that the department wants to transfer him to Public Relations, even while"
"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"
"of ""The 20 All Time Coolest Heroes in Pop Culture"" by ""Entertainment Weekly"". He was also ranked 42nd by ""Premiere"" magazine on their list of the ""100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time"". The character also received recognition from the American Film Institute. Callahan's trademark weapon, the Smith & Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum revolver, was named the second greatest movie weapon of all time, behind the lightsaber from ""Star Wars"". On AFI's ""100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes"", two of Dirty Harry's famous lines ranked 6th and 51st, respectively: The former phrase was borrowed by US President Ronald Reagan in"
"Cocks in ""Time"" magazine, Andrew Sarris in the ""Village Voice"", and Archer Winsten in the ""New York Post"" all praising the film, as well as Eastwood's directorial skills and performance. Walter was nominated for a Golden Globe Best Actress Award (Drama), for her performance in the film. ""Dirty Harry"" (1971), written by Harry and Rita Fink, centers on a hard-edged New York City (later changed to San Francisco) police inspector named Harry Callahan who is determined to stop a psychotic killer by any means. ""Dirty Harry"" has been described as being arguably Eastwood's most memorable character, and the film has"
"screenwriter Dean Riesner, who had worked on the scripts of ""Dirty Harry"" and ""Coogan's Bluff"", to do revisions. Recurring characters Lieutenant Bressler (Harry Guardino) and Frank DiGiorgio (John Mitchum) reprise their roles for the last time in a ""Dirty Harry"" film. Bressler was Callahan's boss in the first film of the series; DiGiorgio appeared in the previous two but dies in this film. A new character, Captain Jerome McKay (Bradford Dillman), was introduced as Callahan's superior officer. Dillman played a similar role, Captain Briggs, in ""Sudden Impact"". The character of Kate Moore, Harry's female partner, went to Tyne Daly. Daly's"
"he later went on to fight crime as the Flash. Central City Police Department The Central City Police Department (CCPD) is a fictional police department servicing Central City, as depicted in comic books published by DC Comics, in particular those tied into the Flash books. Central City Police Department is both an ally and opponent of Flash, the superhero long-established in Central City. Darryl Frye is the Captain of the Central City Police. He has seen the Crime Lab division decline over the years from the best the Mid West had to offer, to a department mired in wrongful convictions"
"Central City Police Department The Central City Police Department (CCPD) is a fictional police department servicing Central City, as depicted in comic books published by DC Comics, in particular those tied into the Flash books. Central City Police Department is both an ally and opponent of Flash, the superhero long-established in Central City. Darryl Frye is the Captain of the Central City Police. He has seen the Crime Lab division decline over the years from the best the Mid West had to offer, to a department mired in wrongful convictions and budget cuts. Frye became the legal guardian to Barry"
"films."" The game was canceled in 2007 due to reported ""trouble"" at The Collective, which was later revealed to be budgetary issues and a rushed schedule - along with their then-recent merger with Shiny Entertainment to form Double Helix Games. Dirty Harry (2007 video game) Dirty Harry is a canceled video game that was in development by The Collective, Inc. intended to be published by Warner Bros. Interactive. The game was to continue the story of the 1971 film of the same name starring Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan, the protagonist. Clint Eastwood was intended to reprise his role, lending"
"""Rawhide"", was responsible for creating Callahan's distinctive old-fashioned brown and yellow checked jacket to emphasize his strong values in pursuing crime. Filming for ""Dirty Harry"" began in April 1971 and involved some risky stunts, with much footage shot at night and filming the city of San Francisco aerially, a technique for which the film series is renowned. Eastwood performed the stunt in which he jumps onto the roof of the hijacked school bus from a bridge, without a stunt double. His face is clearly visible throughout the shot. Eastwood also directed the suicide-jumper scene. The line, ""My, that's a big"
"immediately sends the inspector to San Paulo to investigate the murder of the man Spencer killed. While the victim is from there, the assignment is also to protect both Callahan and civilians. As Donnelly notes, ""People have a nasty habit of getting dead around you."" Upon arriving in sleepy San Paulo, Callahan chases down a would-be robber. The reckless hot pursuit, with the bank robber riding a highjacked Honda CX-500 motorcycle modified with a police parking meter service box and Callahan driving a commandeered GMC minibus with an AmTran passenger body carrying a group of senior citizens, draws the anger"
"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"
"the law and waiting for the opportunity to rob the local bank. Their scheme is complicated by the fact that the local sheriff (Macy) is gay, and he's attracted to the prisoner Harry. Straight Harry on the other hand is attracted to local lady banker Josephine (Walker). Meanwhile, ""gay"" David, also actually straight, gets it on with the local pageant coodinator, Doreen (Douglas). With the exception of a few scenes, the film was shot entirely on location in Piru, California. One scene was filmed at Oil Can Harry's in Studio City, Los Angeles. The film received a rating of 81%"
"graphic novels, revealed in an interview that he created the ""Sin City"" story-arc ""That Yellow Bastard"" out of his dislike of ""The Dead Pool"". Miller said: ""When I went to see the last ""Dirty Harry"" movie, ""The Dead Pool"", I was disgusted. I went out and said, this is not a ""Dirty Harry"" movie, this is nothing, this is a pale sequel."" and I also said, ""that's not the last ""Dirty Harry"" story, I will show you the last ""Dirty Harry"" story."" Another character in ""That Yellow Bastard"" story is Nancy Callahan, who is a pastiche or caricature of Harry"