Dirty Harry
- Release Date
- July 14, 1971
- Director
- Don Siegel
- Cast
- Clint Eastwood , Harry Guardino , Reni Santoni , John Vernon , Andrew Robinson , John Larch
- Runtime
- 102
- Main Genre
- Action
- Writers
- Harry Julian Fink , Rita M. Fink , Dean Riesner , John Milius , Jo Heims
- Tagline
- Detective Harry Callahan. He doesn't break murder cases. He smashes them.
Summary
When a madman dubbed the "Scorpio Killer" terrorizes San Francisco, hard-boiled 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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