Dirty Harry (New)

Harry Callahan is a tough, streetwise San Francisco cop whom they call Dirty Harry. In this classic film, you'lI see why. You'll also see why Clint Eastwood's reputation is se-cure. Since A Fistful of Dollars 22 years ago, no other actor has matched his powerful presence. He magnetizes our attention.

In Dirty Harry, Eastwood's unique charisma comes through with magnum force. A rooftop killer has already slain two people. Now, he's kidnapped a girl. He threatens to let her suffocate unless the city pays his ransom demand.

Harry will get him...one way or the other...no matter what the "system" prescribes. Veteran director Don Siegel (Coogan's Bluff, The Killers, the 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers) makes the most of Eastwood's commanding image, moving the story forward with moody cinematography and rapid-fire editing.

Dirty Harry, named one of the year's 10 Best by Time, benefits from startlingly effective location filming, including a dizzying aerial sequence that pulls up and away from Callahan and his psychopathic quarry alone in a floodlit Kezar Stadium.

In Dirty Harry, Like its sequels Magnum Force, The Enforcer and Sudden Impact, Eastwood might be giving us the hero we want...or suspect we deserve. Either way, we can't take our eyes off him.