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25 December 1973 (USA)
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Clint Eastwood is Dirty Harry in Magnum Force more
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Dirty Harry is on the trail of vigilante cops who are not above going beyond the law to kill the city's undesirables. full summary | full synopsis
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Clint Eastwood | ... | Insp. 'Dirty' Harry Callahan | |
| Hal Holbrook | ... | Lt. Neil Briggs | |
| Mitch Ryan | ... | Officer Charlie McCoy (as Mitchell Ryan) | |
| David Soul | ... | Officer John Davis | |
| Tim Matheson | ... | Officer Phil Sweet | |
| Kip Niven | ... | Officer Red Astrachan | |
| Robert Urich | ... | Officer Mike Grimes | |
| Felton Perry | ... | Insp. Early Smith | |
| Maurice Argent | ... | Nat Weinstein | |
| Margaret Avery | ... | Prostitute | |
| Richard Devon | ... | Carmine Ricca | |
| Tony Giorgio | ... | Frank Palancio | |
| Jack Kosslyn | ... | Walter | |
| Bob March | ... | Estabrook | |
| Bob McClurg | ... | Cab Driver |
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124 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
UK:X (1973) (cut) |
Singapore:M18 |
Iceland:16 |
Finland:K-16 (1974) (cut) |
Netherlands:12 |
New Zealand:M |
Argentina:16 |
Peru:18 |
Finland:K-15 (2008) (uncut) (video rating) |
Australia:MA (Cable TV rating) |
Brazil:14 |
Australia:R |
Canada:18A |
France:-12 |
Italy:VM18 |
Norway:18 |
South Korea:18 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 (cut) |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
West Germany:16
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One of the death squad officers is named Red Astrachan - which is a popular variety of apple grown in central California.
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Crew or equipment visible: After Callahan removes the bomb from his own mailbox, he looks up at a man on the nearby stairs. As a car drives by on the street, the lights from it cast the shadow of the boom operator onto the wall.
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Officer Phil Sweet:
What kind of a load do you use in that .44?
Harry Callahan: It's a light Special. This size gun it gives you better control and less recoil than a .357 Magnum with wadcutters.
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Harry Callahan: It's a light Special. This size gun it gives you better control and less recoil than a .357 Magnum with wadcutters.
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Featured in Dirty Harry: The Original (2001) (V)
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This sequel to the entertaining "Dirty Harry" stands with few peers when it comes to successful follow-ups. Most don't stand on their own feet but Magnum Force does solidly. Changing the plot but not the style is good formula in movies, rather than playing out what was already done in the original, which is why so many sequels fail. "Magnum Force" is my second favorite film by Eastwood after "High Plains Drifter". Harry still likes to do things his way although rather than focusing his energy on the bad guys, he's focused on some crooked cops in his own department! Follows in the original's footsteps with lots of great views of San Francisco (My Birthplace!) I always feel at home when watching this movie. This is another film that is played a lot on TV because its so good on it's own. Felton Perry does a good job as Harry's partner, comparable to Reni Santoni in the original Dirty Harry. Didn't like any of the sequels that followed this movie with the exception of Dead Pool. Magnum Force is a film that rates highly as watchable again & again.