Dirty Harry [Special Edition] [2 Discs]

Director: Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni, John Larch Harry Guardino

Overview

San Francisco cop Harry Callahan is a man who'd rather use his.44 magnum than talk his way out of a sticky situation. His propensity for violence gets him branded a maverick and thrown off the force until a crazed serial killer begins terrorizing the town.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/03/2008
UPC:	0085391148272
Original Release:	1971
Rating:	R
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:42:00
Sales rank:	54,314

Special Features

Commentary by Richard Schickel - Clint Eastwood's biographer examines the landmark that revolutionized cinematic crime drama for all time; Dirty Harry's Way and Dirty Harry: The Original - 2 Insighful featurettes turn cameras on the original film shoot, and cast, crew and others recall the movie's magnum impact 30 years later; Interview gallery - Clint Eastwood and others reminisce about their Dirty Harry series experiences; Dirty Harry movies trailer gallery; The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry - All new, incisove examinatin of the influence and legacy of Dirty Harry; Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso - Probing biographical look at the iconic moviemaker's career

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿	Harry
Harry Guardino	Bressler
Renni Santoni	Chico
John Larch	Chief
John Mallory	De Georgio
Mae Mercer	Mrs. Russell
Lyn Edgington	Norma
Ruth Kobart	Bus Driver
Woodrow Parfrey	Mr. Jaffe
Josef Sommer	Rothko
William Paterson	Bannerman
James Nolan	Liquor Proprietor
Maurice Argent	Sid Kleinman
Jo de Winter	Miss Willis
Albert Popwell	Bank Robber
Joy Carlin	Communications Secretary
Bill Couch	Suicide Jumper
Charles B. Dorsett	TV Watcher
Al Dunlap	Man in Jaffe's Cafe
Larry Duran	Actor
George Fargo	Homicide Detective
Lois Foraker	Hot Mary
Max Gail	Tunnel Hoodlum
John Garber	Tunnel Hoodlum
Christopher Pray	Tunnel Hoodlum
Eddie Garrett	Policeman
James W. Gavin	Helicopter Pilot
David Gilliam	Homosexual
Don Haggeerty	Minor Role
Scott Hale	Newsman
Kate Harper	Underwear Chick
Chuck Hicks	Flower Vendor
Richard Lawson	Homosexual
Laurie Mock	Third Nude
Ann Noland	Hippie Girl
Kathleen O'Malley	Lady in Jaffe's Cafe
Angela Paton	Homicide Detective
Victor Paul	Car Driver
Debralee Scott	Ann Mary Deacon,Ann Mary Deacon (uncredited)
Don Siegel	Pedestrian Passing Harry's Car
Kristoffer Tabori	Hippie Guy
Tony Dario	Police Sergeant
Marc Hertsens	Steve - Doctor
Janet Wisely	First Nude
Richard Samuelson	Bus Kid
Diane Darnell	Mayor's Secretary
Lalo Schifrin	Composer
Vince Deadrick Jr.	Man
Robert H. Harris	Actor
Raymond Johnson	Actor
Charles Murphy	Actor
Ernest Robinson	Robber (uncredited)

Technical Credits

Harry Julian Fink

Dean Riesner

Don Siegel	Director,Producer
Harry Julian Fink	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Dean Riesner	Screenwriter
Robert Daley	Executive Producer
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William Randall	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

"I know what you're thinking, punk...." So begins the most memorable speech from one of cinema's most memorable police officers, "Dirty" Harry Callahan, a role inextricably linked with Clint Eastwood. For fans of hard-boiled detective thrillers, this film has it all. It has so much, in fact, that it would be easy to write it off as gritty-cop-movie cliché, were it not for the fact that Dirty Harry practically invented the genre. If you've seen it before, it probably started here. Dirty Harry is definitely not a politically correct film, and some have decried it as right-wing propaganda. To be sure, criminals' rights are not something that Callahan has much use for, and whiny lawyers are the enemy of honest cops in Harry's world. Dirty Harry is a great example of how an actor can make a role his own; the part was originally offered to Frank Sinatra, then passed through the hands of John Wayne and Paul Newman, before Eastwood got hold of it. This was the fourth time that Eastwood had worked with director Don Siegel, and the pairing clearly works well, augmented here by a snazzy score by Lalo Schifrin. While the violence might be a little strong for some viewers, and others might have trouble rooting for an end-justifies-the-means kind of cop, Dirty Harry is one of the best cop movies, and one of the best movie cops, of all time.