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Name: Dirty Harry
Director: Don Siegel
Genre: action, crime, thriller
Released: 1971
Duration: 1 h 42 min
Rating: 7.7

Dirty Harry has an iRankMovies score of 81.9/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Dirty Harry (1971)

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

Release:1971

Runtime:1h 42m

Country:United States

Director:Don Siegel

Language:English

Genre

ActionCrimeThriller

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Keywords

SniperPoliceAmbushChaseRansomSan Francisco CaliforniaKidnapping Psychopath

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Dirty Harry rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.7/10· 180K votes

Rotten Tomatoes89%

Metacritic87%

TMDb7.45/10· 3K votes

With 89% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.7/10 on IMDb and 87/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Dirty Harry

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.

Cast of Dirty Harry

Clint Eastwood
as Harry
Harry Guardino
as Bressler
Reni Santoni
as Chico
John Vernon
as The Mayor
Andrew Robinson
as Killer
John Larch
as Chief
John Mitchum
as De Georgio
Mae Mercer
as Mrs. Russell
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Lyn Edgington
as Norma
Ruth Kobart
as Bus Driver
Woodrow Parfrey
as Mr. Jaffe
Josef Sommer
as Rothko

Dirty Harry facts

Budget: $4M
Box office: $36M
Collection: Dirty Harry Collection

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Aggressive protagonist displays bold defiance toward institutional constraints
•Chase sequences and confrontations maintain kinetic action momentum effectively
•Antagonistic criminal archetype creates genuine stakes for investigation