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THE ENFORCER (1976) |
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MORGAN'S RATING |
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| In this third installment of the Dirty Harry series, Detective Callahan wages war on a terrorist group and his by-the-books superiors. His partner for this mission is a determined female officer who refuses to be bullied by male-chauvinist cops. Callahan and partner save the mayor, Dirty Harry-style. |
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| Clint Eastwood (Inspector 'Dirty Harry' Callahan), Tyne Daly (Kate Moore), Harry Guardino (Lt. Bressler), Bradford Dillman (Capt. McKay), John Mitchum (Frank DiGiorgio), DeVeren Bookwalter (Bobby Maxwell), John Crawford (The Mayor), Samantha Doane (Wanda), Robert F. Hoy (Buchinski), Jocelyn Jones (Miki), M.G. Kelly (Father John), Mick Pellegrino (Martin), Albert Popwell (Big Ed Mustapha), Rudy Ramos (Mendez), Bill Ackridge (Andy), Bill Jelliffe (Johnny), Joe Bellan (Freddie the Fainter), Tim O'Neill (Police Sergeant), Jan Stratton (Mrs. Grey), Will MacMillan (Lt. Dobbs), Jerry Walter (Krause), Steve Eoff (Bustanoby), Tim Burrus (Henry Lee), Michael Cavanaugh (Lalo), Dick Durock (Karl), Ronald Manning (Tex), Adele Proom (Irene DiGeorgio), Glenn Leigh Marshall (Army Sergeant), Robert Behling (Autopsy Surgeon), Terence McGovern (Disc Jockey), Stan Richie (Bridge Operator), John Roselius (Mayor's Driver), Brian Fong (Scoutmaster), Fritz Manes (Detective), Joe Spano (Robber, uncredited). |
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FACTS |
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION |
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RELEASE DATE: December 22nd, 1976 (USA)
BOX OFFICE RESULT: $46.2 million (USA)
- The two militant organizations depicted in the film -- the People's Revolutionary Strike Force and Uhuru were modeled after two real-life militant groups -- the Symbionese Liberation Army (where Patricia Hearst was kidnapped and brainwashed) and the Black Panther Party.
- In 1980 a writer sued Clint Eastwood for plagarism, accusing him of taking the title of the film from one of his works. Eastwood maintained that he was inspired by the Humphrey Bogart film The Enforcer (1951), which was also owned by Warner Bros. The case was dismissed.
- Followed by two sequels: Sudden Impact (1983) and The Dead Pool (1988). |
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DIRECTOR: James Fargo (Every Which Way But Loose).
WRITERS: Gail Morgan Hickman, S.W. Schurr, Stirling Silliphant and Dean Riesner, and based on the characters created by Harry Julian Fink and Rita M. Fink.
PRODUCER: Robert Daley.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Jerry Fielding.
DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros. |
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QUOTES |
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Harry: She wants to play lumberjack, she's going to have to learn to handle her end of the log. |
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Harry: Personnel? That's for assholes!
Capt. McKay: I was in Personnel for ten years.
Harry: Yeah. |
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Kate Moore: You laugh at me and I'll shoot you where you stand. |
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CRITICAL COMMENTS |
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Harry: Here's a seven point suppository.
Capt. McKay: What do you mean?
Harry: I mean stick it up your ass. |
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| "Eastwood's flinty-eyed stare and snarling lip are still more than satisfactory." -- John J. Puccio, DVDtown.com |
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Mustapha: You really *are* a dirty son of a bitch.
Harry: The dirtiest. |
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| "For Eastwood fans only, third of five in the Dirty Harry series, but hardening of the arteries began to set in with this one." -- Gary Brown, Houston Community Newspaper |
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