Name: Dirty Harry
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1971-12-23
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni, John Vernon, Andrew Robinson

1971·Action·1h 42m

7.6

★

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.

Directed by Don Siegel

sniper

police

ambush

chase

ransom

san francisco, california

kidnapping

psychopath

detective

mayor

investigation

assault

swimming pool

beating

serial killer

gunfight

maniac

hunt

school bus

revolver

shocking

aggressive

neo-noir

police procedural

suspenseful

intense

antagonistic

commanding

defiant

tragic

harry callahan

Rank

#13 in 1971·#1777 overall

Trailer

IMDB

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Where to Watch

Cast

Clint Eastwood

Harry

Harry Guardino

Bressler

Reni Santoni

Chico

John Vernon

The Mayor

Andrew Robinson

Killer

John Larch

Chief

John Mitchum

De Georgio

Mae Mercer

Mrs. Russell

Ruth Kobart

Bus Driver

Woodrow Parfrey

Mr. Jaffe

Josef Sommer

Rothko

William Paterson

Bannerman

Crew

Don Siegel

Director

Dean Riesner

Screenplay

Lalo Schifrin

Original Music Composer

Don Siegel

Producer

Clint Eastwood

Executive Producer

Dale Hennesy

Art Direction

Buddy Van Horn

Stunt Coordinator

Julie Ann Johnson

Stunts

Boyd 'Red' Morgan

Stunts

Fred Lerner

Stunts

Troy Melton

Stunts

Billy Curtis

Stunts

Popular Reviews

949 reviews

Marc Adams

7.0★ · 09/11/22

I AM BACK!!!

Dirty Harry 1971 by Don Siegel is a great little unknown in the Harry Callaghan Franchise and I will review the others next week as I watch them. ****

I think Clint Eastwood is a great lead in this movie his husky low tone voice is great as the intimidating Callaghan and the catchphrases are ones that i and we have known for years but did not know they came from this movie for example do you feel lucky punk? and the additional of Andrew Robinson as the Scorpio Killer is a great great bad guy .

There is one scene in particular that Robinson goes great I will not spoil it for people who have not seen it but I will give a clue it involves a yellow school bus. Enough said!!

The only thing I would say about this movie is there is some scenes that I feel are not needed to be included such as the long ass running scene which could have been split up a bit better but I understand why it was done as Don Siegel (director) wanted us to see how long and far Callaghan has been travelling to find the killer.

Overall I would give this movie 3.5/5 and would recommend! Even if this is not your kind of movie just watch it for the partnership of Eastwood and Robinson who are fantasic!!!
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Hendra Syahnanda

8.0★ · 03/30/26

There is a thin line between justice and vindictiveness that nearly indistinguishable, and there is Clint Eastwood with a .44 Magnum and mythical hair, preaching under the San Fransisco sun.

Henry Pransky

8.0★ · 11/27/25

“Why did I do that?”

-Guy who watched Dirty Harry to prep for Zootopia 2 because they’re both ostensibly cop movies

Josue

9.0★ · 11/21/21

I know what you're thinking: "Did he give it five stars or only four?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself.

Oscar Thompson

8.0★ · 07/04/26

Not a perfect film but that’s only cause it’s hyper-unrealistic