Dirty Harry

"Detective Harry Callahan. He doesn't break murder cases. He smashes them."

Dec 23 1971 R 1h 42m
Action, Crime, Thriller

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.

Plot

In 1971, San Francisco faces the terror of a maniac known as the "Scorpio Killer" (Andrew Robinson), who snipes at innocent victims and demands ransom through notes left at the scene of the crime. Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) is assigned to the case along with his newest partner Inspector Chico Gonzalez (Reni Santoni) to track down Scorpio and stop him. Using humiliation and cat-and-mouse type of games against Callahan, Scorpio is put to the test with the cop with a dirty attitude.

Written by

Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. Fink, Dean Riesner

Directed by

Don Siegel, Clint Eastwood

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Malpaso Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

English, Español

Awards

2 wins & 4 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
177,891
Average Rating
7.7 out of 10
Metascore
87
Popularity
NA