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Dirty Harry
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.
1971 · Directed by Don Siegel · 102 min · Action · Crime · Thriller · 15 frames
Tagline
Detective Harry Callahan. He doesn't break murder cases. He smashes them.
Crew
- Screenplay: Rita M. Fink, Dean Riesner, Harry Julian Fink
- Cinematography: Bruce Surtees
- Edited by: Carl Pingitore
- Music: Lalo Schifrin
- Produced by: Don Siegel
Cast
- Clint Eastwood as Harry
- Harry Guardino as Bressler
- Reni Santoni as Chico
- John Vernon as The Mayor
- Andrew Robinson as Killer
- John Larch as Chief
- John Mitchum as De Georgio
- Mae Mercer as Mrs. Russell
- Lyn Edgington as Norma
- Ruth Kobart as Bus Driver
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: Spanish, English
- Studios: Malpaso Productions
- Budget: $4,000,000
- Box office: $35,976,000
- Themes: sniper, police, ambush, chase, ransom, san francisco, california, kidnapping, psychopath, detective, mayor
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