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The Dead Pool (1988) -- Dirty Harry Callahan must stop a sick secret contest to murder local celebrities, which includes himself as a target.
The Dead Pool (1988) -- Dirty Harry Callahan must stop a sick secret contest to murder local celebrities, which includes himself as a target.

Overview

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Director:
Buddy Van Horn
Writers (WGA):
Harry Julian Fink (characters) and
Rita M. Fink (characters) ...
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Release Date:
13 July 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Thriller more
Tagline:
Dirty Harry Just Learned A New Game
Plot:
Dirty Harry Callahan must stop a sick secret contest to murder local celebrities, which includes himself as a target. full summary | add synopsis
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Last ''Dirty Harry'' And A Good One more

Cast

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Clint Eastwood ... Insp. 'Dirty' Harry Callahan

Patricia Clarkson ... Samantha Walker

Liam Neeson ... Peter Swan
Evan C. Kim ... Insp. Al Quan
David Hunt ... Harlan Rook / Ed Butler
Michael Currie ... Capt. Donnelly
Michael Goodwin ... Lt. Ackerman
Darwin Gillett ... Patrick Snow
Anthony Charnota ... Lou Janero
Christopher P. Beale ... Dist. Atty. Thomas McSherry
John Allen Vick ... Lt. Ruskowski
Jeff Richmond ... Freeway Reporter #1
Patrick N. Van Horn ... Freeway Reporter #2 (as Patrick Van Horn)
Sigrid Wurschmidt ... Freeway Reporter #3

Jim Carrey ... Johnny Squares (as James Carrey)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dirty Harry in The Dead Pool (USA) (poster title)
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Runtime:
91 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Spain:18 | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | USA:R (certificate #29247) | Singapore:PG (cut) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1989) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (1988) | Singapore:NC-16 | Netherlands:12 | France:Unrated | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2008) | Australia:M | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | West Germany:18

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Trivia:
This was the only Dirty Harry movie not to feature Albert Popwell. He played a robber in "Dirty Harry", a pimp in "Magnum Force", a militant in "The Enforcer, and Horace King in "Sudden Impact" more
Goofs:
Continuity: Before Nolan Kennard's car is blown up, it is shown sitting in his driveway when he adjusts his rear view mirror. After it is blown up, it's shown out on the street. more
Quotes:
Harry Callahan: Do you have any kids, lieutenant?
Lt. Ackerman: Me? No.
Harry Callahan: Lucky for them.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "South Park: The Wacky Molestation Adventure (#4.16)" (2000) more
Soundtrack:
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16 out of 20 people found the following comment useful:-
Last ''Dirty Harry'' And A Good One, 25 June 2006
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Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

This was the fifth and last "Dirty Harry" movie with Clint Eastwood playing the hero again, Inspector Harry Callahan, cleaning up the streets of San Francisco from all the scumbag criminals. I've always found "The Dead Pool" to be one of his best in this series.

It's entertaining with pretty taut suspense and always fun to go back and see a young Jim Carrey. It's always cool, too, to watch those little remote-control cars with bombs attached go speeding through the streets underneath automobiles. At an hour-and-a-half, there are no dry spots in this film, either.

The female lead, Patricia Clarkson, is not one of my favorites. Eastwood seems to like those skinny blonds. Evan Kim, playing "Harry's" new partner, "Al Quan," was a likable guy. Even Harry's slightly more low-key in this movie, his language more tame and he gets in a few comedic zingers as well. Carrey plays a totally-despicable drugged-out rock star but he doesn't last long in the film. Carry and Liam Neeson play low-life people and combine to put some sleaze into the story.

Despite the usual less-than-credible action scenes at the end (where the villains miss from point-blank range, etc.), this is still a very entertaining movie and one of my favorites among the "Dirty Harry" films. Clint went out in style with this film.

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