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Title: The Enforcer (1976)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Clint Eastwood | ... | Harry Callahan | |
| Tyne Daly | ... | Kate Moore | |
| Harry Guardino | ... | Lt. Bressler | |
| Bradford Dillman | ... | Capt. McKay | |
| John Mitchum | ... | DiGeorgio | |
| DeVeren Bookwalter | ... | Bobby Maxwell | |
| John Crawford | ... | The Mayor | |
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Samantha Doane | ... | Wanda |
| Bob Hoy | ... | Buchinski (as Robert Hoy) | |
| Jocelyn Jones | ... | Miki | |
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M.G. Kelly | ... | Father John |
| Nick Pellegrino | ... | Martin | |
| Albert Popwell | ... | Mustapha | |
| Rudy Ramos | ... | Mendez | |
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Bill Ackridge | ... | Andy |
Picking up three years after the events in Magnum Force (1973), a threatening terrorist group called "The People's Revolutionary Strike Force" declare war on the city of San Francisco and demand a ransom to be paid, otherwise they plan to blow the city apart. While Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) is in limbo following his unorthodox method during a robbery, he's sent to dispatch the terrorist group, by playing their game by being dirtier than ever. But this time, he has a new partner, Inspector Kate Moore (Tyne Daly), which might prove the task to be somewhat more difficult than ever, unless the two can work together.
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The Enforcer (1976)
*** (out of 4)
The third film in the series finds Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) going up against a group of crazed Vietnam vets who take the Mayor hostage and demanding money for him before they not only kill him but blow up the city. With a new partner (Tyne Daly) at his side Harry must try and find out who the group is.
This here is quite as good as the previous film but it's certainly still a winner as everything that makes the series so memorable is on display here and considering it's the third film in the series, it's still rather impressive how fresh the lead character is as well as the story. I think it's fair to say that the story is "B" movie material but it's still very effective and it's certainly good enough to hold your attention from start to finish and of course there are a few twists thrown in as well.
This third film gives Harry a female partner, which allows for various sexist scenes that could only work in a film from this era. The different sex really adds quite a bit to the movie since it does get the laughs that you'd expect in certain scenes but it's also a refreshing take on the genre. By this time the Dirty Harry character was already iconic so the toughness of that character mixed well with the female officer here. It certainly doesn't hurt that Eastwood and Daly have so much chemistry together. The two of them are very effective in their roles with Eastwood clearly at ease playing this tough-as-nails cop who doesn't everything his way. The supporting cast also offers up good performances from Bradford Dillman, John Mitchum, Albert Popwell and Harry Guardino.
THE ENFORCER contains all the elements that made the first two films great entertainment. Of course you get a pretty simple story of good versus evil but what makes it so well here is how it's set up. The opening sequence is downright violent and the cold-blooded nature of this group just makes you hate them to the point where you can't wait to see Harry get revenge. The film also offers up some pretty exciting action sequences including one of the great foot chases ever captured. Add in the top-notch cinematography and the great jazz score and THE ENFORCER is another success.