Dirty Harry
Detective Harry Callahan. He doesn't break murder cases. He smashes them.
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.
- Director
- Don Siegel
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Action
- Worldwide
- $36M
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Cast
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When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Dirty Harry appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Detective Movies Ranked #35
Placed at #35 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Dirty Harry returned 9.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $4M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $36M
- Release date
- Dec 23, 1971
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- United States of America
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