Dirty Harry II - Callahan (1973) is a movie genre Action produced by Warner Bros. Directed by Don Siegel. With Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni. When a mad man calling himself 'the Scorpio Killer' menaces the city. Inspector Harold Francis 'Dirty Harry' Callahan is a fictional character in the Dirty Harry film series, encompassing Dirty Harry (1971), Magnum Force (1973), The. Dirty Harry (character) - Wikipedia. Inspector. Harold Francis . Callahan is portrayed by Clint Eastwood in each movie. From his debut, Callahan became the template for a new kind of movie cop: an antihero who does not hesitate to cross professional and ethical boundaries in pursuit of his own vision of justice, especially when the law is poorly served by an inept bureaucracy. Callahan is often considered a film icon, so much so that his nickname, . Playlists mit Dirty Harry II - Callahan (Film 1973) Sortieren nach: Datum Bewertung Aufrufe. Weltklasse-Filmreihen f Filmkritik - Dirty Harry II - Callahan (1973) Dirty Harry II - Callahan. DVD / Blu-ray:: IMDB (7,2) Original: Magnum Force Regie: Ted Post Darsteller: Richard Devon. Magnum Force is the 1973 American sequel to the 1971 film Dirty Harry, starring Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Harry Callahan. Ted Post directed the second film in. All of the Dirty Harry films feature Callahan killing criminals, mostly in gunfights. Phrases he utters in armed stand- offs,? As the 1. 97. 1 film was criticized for carrying fascist, or at least authoritarian, undertones, the sequels attempted to be more balanced by pitting Harry against villains from a broader ideological spectrum; notably in 1. Magnum Force, in which Harry is shown fighting vigilantism. Callahan's primary concern is protecting and avenging the victims of violent crime. Though proficient at apprehending criminals, his methods are often unconventional; while some claim that he is prepared to ignore the law and professional and ethical boundaries, regarding them as needless red tape hampering justice, his methods are usually within the law . When a group of men holding hostages in a liquor store in The Enforcer demand a getaway car, Callahan delivers one by driving the car through the store's plate glass window and then shooting the robbers. Rather than following the rules of the police department, Callahan inserts himself into the scene of the event at a time when the imminent use of deadly force by the criminals justifies his use of deadly force against the criminals. Conversely, in Sudden Impact when he finds out that Jennifer Spencer (Sondra Locke), the person responsible for a series of murders in San Francisco and San Paulo, was a rape victim killing her unpunished rapists, he lets her go free, indicating that he feels her retribution was justified. In The Dead Pool Callahan shoots a fleeing and unarmed Mafia assassin in the back and kills the villain in the end with a harpoon knowing that the man's pistol is out of ammunition. Callahan goes a step further in Dirty Harry, in which he shoots serial killer Charles . Determined to know the location of a 1. Davis has kidnapped and buried alive, Callahan then presses his foot onto Davis' leg wound, ignoring Davis's pleas for a doctor and a lawyer until Davis gives up the location of the kidnapped girl. Callahan is later informed by the District Attorney that because Callahan kicked in the door of Davis' residence without a warrant, and because Davis' confession of the girl's location was made under the duress of torture, the evidence against him is inadmissible, and Davis has been released without charges filed against him. Callahan explains his outlook to the Mayor of San Francisco, who asks how Callahan ascertains that a man he had shot was intending to commit rape; the inspector responds, . He often clashes with superiors who dislike Callahan's methods, and judges and prosecutors are wary of handling his cases because of frequent violations of the Fourth Amendment and other irregularities. A police commissioner admits that Callahan's . At the start of Magnum Force Lt. Briggs transfers him to stakeout. In The Enforcer Captain Mc. Kay assigns him to personnel. In Sudden Impact he is threatened with a transfer to traffic and being fired, and in The Enforcer he begins a 1. Mc. Kay. According to film critic Roger Ebert, . He is a multiple winner of the SFPD's pistol championship. In the five movies, Callahan is shown killing a combined total of 4. Smith & Wesson Model 2. Magnum, which he describes as . He refuses to join the secret police death squad in Magnum Force, as he prefers the present system, despite its flaws, to the vigilante alternative. In his fight against criminals, however, including the fellow officers on the death squad, Callahan is merciless and shows no hesitation or remorse at killing them. In Dirty Harry, several explanations are suggested for his nickname. When his partner Chico Gonzalez asks of its origins, Frank Di. Giorgio says that . Harry hates everybody: Limeys, Micks, Hebes, Fat Dagos, Niggers, Honkies, Chinks, you name it. After being called to talk down a jumper, Callahan states he is known as Dirty Harry because he is assigned to . When Harry is ordered to deliver ransom money to Scorpio, Gonzalez opines . In Dirty Harry Gonzalez humorously suggests that Callahan's nickname may have an alternate origin given that he twice ends up peeking through a naked woman's window and later follows a suspect into a strip club. The movies reveal little about Callahan's personal background. In the first film, Callahan tells his partner's wife that his wife was killed by a drunk driver. She appears in Magnum Force in an old photograph which Harry turns around. The doctor tending to him after the first film's bank robbery intimates that . The first film's novelization explains that Callahan grew up in this neighborhood and describes a hostile relationship between the police and the residents. Callahan recalls once throwing a brick at a cop, who picked it up and threw it back at him. The following sequels show that Harry lives within the city limits in a small studio apartment on Jackson St. In Magnum Force Harry's friend Charlie Mc. Coy says . In The Dead Pool, a coffee mug on Harry's desk at the police station bears the United States Marine Corps seal and in The Enforcer he is already checked out on the LAWS rocket, a USMC weapon. His hobbies appear to consist of target shooting and playing pool (which we see him doing in The Enforcer). He appears to subsist on a diet of only hot dogs, hamburgers and strong black coffee which he takes without sugar and is so unchanging that he simply orders 'The usual' from the staff off his regular eateries (in The Dead Pool he samples his girlfriend's unknown dessert but doesn't have one himself). He drinks beer (and on one occasion apple juice) and both runs and weightlifts in the gym. In Sudden Impact he acquires a pet bulldog called 'Meathead' but there is no sign of him in The Dead Pool. Weapons. The gun's prominence in the films instantly popularized it. While at a shooting range, Callahan states the use of a . In the audio commentary on Magnum Force DVD (Warner Bros. Entertainment, 2. John Milius (who wrote the story and co- wrote the screenplay), said that this was misinterpreted during filming, that . This would corroborate his statement in The Enforcer that he favours the gun largely for penetration. In one film, Harry's partner Frank Di. Giorgio, refers to Harry's gun as a . In The Enforcer, Callahan doesn't lose it, however he doesn't employ it to kill the final villain (in favor of a portable rocket launcher). Additionally, in Sudden Impact, Callahan temporarily upgraded to a . Automag. Contrary to popular belief, it was not an AMT firearm, but an original AMP Auto. Mag built specifically for that film. Harry also uses a Colt Python revolver to obtain ballistics evidence in Magnum Force. Other weapons Callahan uses initially in the final climax of other films include a bomb, an M7. LAW rocket launcher and a harpoon. Callahan responds that . In Dirty Harry, he mentions two unseen partners named Fanducci and Dietrich; Dietrich is in the hospital having been shot, while Fanducci is dead (in The Enforcer, it is referenced that Fanducci was killed in 1. His partner in Dirty Harry, Chico Gonzalez, is shot by Scorpio and though he survives, he decides to quit the police (in Magnum Force, Harry remarks that Gonzalez became a college teacher after leaving the police force). His partner in Magnum Force, Earlington . Kate Moore in The Enforcer is killed by terrorists while saving Callahan's life. She had previously cited to Harry the names of previous dead officers (Fanducci and Smith) to demonstrate that she is aware of the risks of being his partner. In Sudden Impact, Horace King is murdered by criminals who were waiting for Harry in his hotel room. Occasional Callahan partner Frank Di. Giorgio was also killed, albeit whilst working with another officer. Of all Callahan's partners seen on screen, Al Quan and Gonzalez are the only two to survive. Another theme explored in several movies is Callahan being assigned a partner he would instinctively resent being paired with, Chico Gonzalez because he is a rookie college graduate, and Kate Moore because she is a woman. However, they eventually earn his respect and both go on to save Harry's life. Relationships. In Magnum Force he begins a relationship with Sunny, an Asian woman who is one of his neighbours and asks to go to bed with him on their first meeting. In Sudden Impact he establishes a sexual relationship with vigilante Jennifer Spencer although it is uncertain if this goes any further, Spencer commenting 'Neither of us want to be alone tonight'. In The Dead Pool he romances news reporter Samantha Walker and they are last seen walking away together at the end of the film. Cultural recognition. Harry Callahan was voted number 2. Empire Magazine on their list of The 1. Greatest Movie Characters. Heroes and Villains. Callahan's trademark weapon, the Smith & Wesson Model 2. Magnum revolver, was named the second greatest movie weapon of all time, behind the lightsaber from Star Wars. Movie Quotes, two of Dirty Harry's famous lines ranked 6th and 5. But being as this is a . Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do you, punk? Promising to veto any proposed tax rises, he challenged those who wanted them to: . In the first instance, he confronts a wounded robber who is reaching for a weapon, bluffing him into surrendering; the audience sees that despite Harry's claim to have .
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