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Likaisen Harryn ratkaiseva isku

Original title: Sudden Impact
  • 1983
  • R
  • 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
49K
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Clint Eastwood in Likaisen Harryn ratkaiseva isku (1983)
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When a woman exacts deadly revenge on the aggressors who raped her and her sister ten years earlier, Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to the case.When a woman exacts deadly revenge on the aggressors who raped her and her sister ten years earlier, Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to the case.When a woman exacts deadly revenge on the aggressors who raped her and her sister ten years earlier, Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to the case.

  • Director
    • Clint Eastwood
  • Writers
    • Harry Julian Fink
    • Rita M. Fink
    • Joseph Stinson
  • Stars
    • Clint Eastwood
    • Sondra Locke
    • Pat Hingle
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    49K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Clint Eastwood
    • Writers
      • Harry Julian Fink
      • Rita M. Fink
      • Joseph Stinson
    • Stars
      • Clint Eastwood
      • Sondra Locke
      • Pat Hingle
    • 199User reviews
    • 63Critic reviews
    • 52Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

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    Trailer 0:31
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    Clint Eastwood in Likaisen Harryn ratkaiseva isku (1983)
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    Clint Eastwood in Likaisen Harryn ratkaiseva isku (1983)
    Clint Eastwood and Camryn Manheim in Likaisen Harryn ratkaiseva isku (1983)
    Clint Eastwood, Nancy Parsons, and Jack Thibeau in Likaisen Harryn ratkaiseva isku (1983)
    Matthew Child, Pat Hingle, and Sondra Locke in Likaisen Harryn ratkaiseva isku (1983)
    Clint Eastwood in Likaisen Harryn ratkaiseva isku (1983)
    Clint Eastwood in Likaisen Harryn ratkaiseva isku (1983)
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    Clint Eastwood in Likaisen Harryn ratkaiseva isku (1983)

    Cast58

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    Clint Eastwood
    Clint Eastwood
    • Harry Callahan
    Sondra Locke
    Sondra Locke
    • Jennifer Spencer
    Pat Hingle
    Pat Hingle
    • Chief Jannings
    Bradford Dillman
    Bradford Dillman
    • Capt. Briggs
    Paul Drake
    Paul Drake
    • Mick
    Audrie Neenan
    Audrie Neenan
    • Ray Parkins
    • (as Audrie J. Neenan)
    Jack Thibeau
    Jack Thibeau
    • Kruger
    Michael Currie
    Michael Currie
    • Lt. Donnelly
    Albert Popwell
    Albert Popwell
    • Horace King
    Mark Keyloun
    Mark Keyloun
    • Officer Bennett
    Kevyn Major Howard
    Kevyn Major Howard
    • Hawkins
    Bette Ford
    Bette Ford
    • Leah
    Nancy Parsons
    Nancy Parsons
    • Mrs. Kruger
    Joe Bellan
    • Burly Detective
    Wendell Wellman
    Wendell Wellman
    • Tyrone
    Mara Corday
    Mara Corday
    • Loretta - Coffee Shop Waitress
    Russ McCubbin
    Russ McCubbin
    • Eddie
    Robert Sutton
    Robert Sutton
    • Carl
    • Director
      • Clint Eastwood
    • Writers
      • Harry Julian Fink
      • Rita M. Fink
      • Joseph Stinson
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Charles B. Pierce wrote the line "Go ahead, make my day." The line was inspired by a warning that his father would say to Pierce when he was a child. According to Pierce, his father warned him "When I come home tonight and the yard has not been mowed, you're gonna make my day."
    • Goofs
      As Horace exits the car while visiting Harry, who is about to begin target shooting in the woods, one of the Panavision cameras is clearly visible, reflected in the car window, as well as Eastwood's son, who was visiting the set.
    • Quotes

      [Callahan dares a crook to shoot his hostage]

      Harry Callahan: Go ahead, make my day.

    • Alternate versions
      Just like with the previous movies, the 5.1 DVD/Blu-ray remix replaces a bunch of sound effects (mostly gunshots) with more modern ones. However, in addition to that right before the carnival shootout at the end, originally when Harry was approaching the villains, the music had a very loud screeching sound, but the remix completely removes it. (but remains intact on the soundtrack and foreign mono tracks)
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Christine/Silkwood/Sudden Impact/Thriller (1983)
    • Soundtracks
      THIS SIDE OF FOREVER
      Performed by Roberta Flack

      Music by Lalo Schifrin

      Lyrics by DeWayne Blackwell (as Dewayne Blackwell)

    User reviews199

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    Featured review
    7/10
    lacking in some ways and stronger in others, it's a good- if mixed- Eastwood bag
    It's a strange thing to see a film where some scenes work rather weakly (if only in comparison to other films in its legacy), and others in a 'sub-plot' or supporting story are surprisingly provocative and strong. Sudden Impact is one of those cases, where Clint Eastwood as star/producer/director shows when he can be at his best, or at his lessor of times when dealing with a crime/mystery/detective story in his Dirty Harry fame. We get that 'make my day' line, and un-like in the first film where his 'do I feel lucky' speech was playful and cool the first time and the second time at the end tough as nails, here it's switched around. He gets into another shamble with the department, as usual, when he tries to fight crime 'his' way, in particular with a diner robbery (inspiration for Pulp Fiction?) and with a high speed pursuit with a senior citizen bus. He's told to 'take a vacation', and that's the last thing on his mind. This whole main plot isn't very convincing aside from the expectancy of the story and lines, which just adds to the frustration. But soon his story merges with the sub-plot that Eastwood develops from the start.

    Enter Sandra Locke's character, Jennifer Spencer, whom we soon learn after some (appropriately) mysterious scenes that she and her shy sister were victims of a cruel, unjust sexual assault (err, outright rape), and is sleekly, undercover-like, getting revenge. Her scenes and story are the strongest parts of the film, the most intense, and finally when it goes into Callahan's storyline (he's getting facts in the same small town she's in on a murder), the film finally finds a focus between Eastwood's classic form of clearly defined good vs. evil (though sometimes blurred, to be sure). Eastwood films the flashbacks, not to say too much about them, expertly, in a fresh, experimental style; the trademark Lalo Schifrin score is totally atmospheric in these scenes and in others. It almost seems like a couple of times an art-house sensibility has crept into Eastwood's firmly straightforward storytelling style, which helps make the film watchable.

    It's a shame, though, that in the end it goes more for the expectable (or maybe not expectable) points, and until the third act Callahan doesn't have much to do except his usual 'it's smith...Wesson...and me' shtick. However, with Locke he gets out of her a very good performance (more subtle and touching than the one in the Gauntlet) and an exciting climax at an amusement park. In a way I do and don't agree with Ebert's remark that it's like a 'music video' in Eastwood's style here. I admit there is comparisons with the simplicity of both, the directness, but the scenes where Eastwood does break form are superior to those of any music video. It's cheesy, it's hard-edged, it's not up to par with the first two 'Harry' pictures, but hey, there could be worse ways to spend a couple hours with the master of the .44.
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    • Quinoa1984
    • Sep 7, 2005

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 6, 1984 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Avgörande slag
    • Filming locations
      • Santa Cruz Beach, Santa Cruz, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • The Malpaso Company
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $22,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $67,642,693
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $9,688,561
      • Dec 11, 1983
    • Gross worldwide
      • $67,642,693
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 57 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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