Dirty Harry

Dirty Harry
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Directed byDon Siegel
Screenplay by
  • Harry Julian Fink
  • R.M. Fink
  • Dean Riesner
Story by
  • Harry Julian Fink
  • R.M. Fink
Produced byDon Siegel
Starring
CinematographyBruce Surtees
Edited byCarl Pingitore
Music byLalo Schifrin
Production
company
The Malpaso Company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • December 23, 1971 (1971-12-23)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4 million
Box office$36 million

Dirty Harry is a 1971 American crime thriller movie 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. The character is based on real life cop Dave Toschi hunting for the Zodiac Killer.

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

  1. ↑ "Dirty Harry (X)". British Board of Film Classification. December 20, 1971. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Dirty Harry". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 19, 2009.
  3. ↑ Roger Ebert (1971-01-01). "Dirty Harry (review)". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 2008-08-02. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
  4. ↑ Lead detective in unsolved San Francisco Zodiac killer case dies

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