Dirty Harry

Name: Dirty Harry
Released: 1971-12-22
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni, Andy Robinson, John Larch

Dirty Harry

R
1h 42m
1971

89%

age 17+

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Academy Award winner Clint Eastwood stars as no-holds-barred San Francisco cop Dirty Harry Calahan in this action thriller that began as an action franchise--Dirty Harry. When detective Harry Calahan is assigned to pay extortion money to a serial murderer, the payoff goes wrong. Now with the life of a 14-year-old girl at stake, Callahan refuses to allow anything--including the law--to keep him from stopping the killer.

Director:

Don Siegel

Producer:

Writer:

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni, Andy Robinson, John Larch, John Vernon, John Mitchum, Mae Mercer, Lyn Edgington, Ruth Kobart, Woodrow Parfrey, Josef Sommer, William Paterson, James Nolan, Maurice Argent, Jo de Winter, Craig Kelly

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

89%

Critics Consensus: As tough and taciturn as its no-nonsense hero, Dirty Harry delivers a deceptively layered message without sacrificing an ounce of its solid action impact.

Reviews

El Pais (Spain)

Octavi Marti

The plot is neither new nor original. [Full Review in Spanish]

A significant film ideologically, this right-wing revenge crimer catapulted Clint Eastwood to majo...

"Dirty Harry" is still one of the most enjoyable films you could hope to sit down with for a coupl...

'70s rebel-cop classic is way too edgy for kids.

Don Siegel's action thriller hasn't aged a single day since its release...

June 22, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 17+

Common Sense Says

'70s rebel-cop classic is way too edgy for kids.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that while this classic police thriller inspired a video game and numerous other PG-13 Hollywood cop-opera shoot-em-ups, it was intended as a very adult film, with frank swearing and occasional full-frontal nudity -- often in the context of a decadent community crawling with degeneracy and lawlessness. Violence includes bloody shootings, stabbings, and even schoolchildren threatened. For all the action, the movie doesn't exactly make police work appealing as a career path (especially the bitter last scene).