For a Clint Eastwood comedy, try "Every Which Way But Loose: and meet Clyde, the orangutan. For a Clint Eastwood musical where Eastwood actually sings, try "Paint Your Wagon."
@@jamessimmons1486 Yep, a truly great movie. Eastwood was great. Also some of Lee Marvin's best work. Casting Lee Marvin in a singing role - outrageous! Then he breaks everyone's heart with "Wandering Star."
Love "Paint Your Wagon." Clint's talk/singing "I Talk to the Trees." Fab! If you want to try a more lighthearted western, watch "Two Mules for Sister Sara," with Clint and Shirely MacLean. Fun with a hilarious twist.
The next movie you should watch is "Magnum Force". Fun fact, David soul plays Davis in Magnum, he later played Ken Hutchinson on the tv show "Starsky and Hutch. In one episode a girl is kidnapped, and Hutch needs to deliver the ransom by running from phone booth to phone booth......
This was loosely based on the Zodiac. The only literal connection is the bus hijacking, since the killer had said he would do that. BTW- the kid that Scorpio holds hostage at the end was his own stepson.
This is a mixture - a mutt of a tale. This is strange 180-degree retelling of 1952's THE SNIPER, psycho killer-sniper in San Francisco, which has police interested in the psychology of the killer. DIRTY HARRY goes exactly the opposite and blends in SF's late '60s psycho-killer Zodiac.
The Mayor is the original voice of TonyStark/ Iron Man 60s' marvel cartoons , the movie "Zodiac" has the detective( Mark Ruffalo) attending Dirty Harry film "They're Already Making Movies About It" ..Dirty Harry is needed back in todays San Francisco 😊😊
6:25 "Did he know, himself?" So, Harry fired five rounds. When he approaches the bank robber, he pulls back the hammer, loading a live round, then he gently releases the hammer. When the robber says "I gots to know," Harry pulls the hammer back, loading a fired round, so, when he pulls the trigger, the hammer falls on the fired round. 28:24 "The search of the suspects quarters was illegal." The year after this movie came out, the US Supreme Court established "Exigent Circumstances." So, if a cop is at a hotel for say. a theft call, but from an unrelated room he hears someone call for help, he/she doesn't have to wait for a warrant, they can just bust in. Once the person is rescued, the exigent circumstances end. If in the course of rescuing the person, the cop also notices five guns and bundles of crack, the cop must secure the room and wait for a warrant to get the guns and the crack.
Great movie. Just a mention as well for Andrew Robinson, whose performance as the villain was one of the best and scariest you'll see in any movie, he was the embodiment of 'unhinged'.
Clint was born in SF and, to this day, has lived in Carmel (approx 70+ miles south of SF). The Dirty Harry franchise firmly made Eastwood a true Hollywood movie star/legend. The Zodiac Killer haunted SF & the Bay Area in the mid to late 60s (Zodiac was NEVER caught). Dirty Harry was released in theatres in 1971. I think it's safe to say that the Scorpio character was heavily influenced by the Zodiac Killer. Sales of Dirty Harry's 44 Magnum handgun skyrocketed immediately after this movie's release. It was so popular that Dirty Harry producers named it's 2nd film, "Magnum Force." I enjoyed watching this film with both of you. I hope you react to Magnum Force soon. Thank you!
The killer (Andrew Robinson) was handpicked for the role by the director and Eastwood himself after seeing him in a play. It was his film debut, and he did a fantastic job of playing a psychopath. Robinson has had a long career covering stage, screen, and television, but one of his most popular roles was playing Garak on my favorite Star Trek show, Deep Space Nine.
I really enjoyed your chat at the end. This movie does a great job of making you question where to draw the line when it comes to dealing with bad guys. The killer obviously deserved his fate, but you're also left with the impression that Harry would shoot pretty much every criminal he encountered if he was allowed to. The comparison to Judge Dredd was a good one because that character was originally conceived as a sci-fi Dirty Harry.
Yeah, the heroes in movies are always good shots and never miss. In real life cops only hit what they're aiming for about half the time in shootouts. And they're trained. Civilians are even worse.
Quentin Tarantino has an excellent essay about this movie. Discussing whether or not Harry is a hero or a villain, and the political environment this movie was born from.
When this movie came out it was a huge hit!! The Smith & Wesson Model 29 44 Magnum revolvers started FLYING off the dealers shelves. Everybody wanted one. S&W had to put a third shift on the assembly line to keep up with the demand.
"Mercurochrome" was a mercury based antiseptic that was in common use back then. It was banned eventually because of the risk of possible mercury poisoning. I don't know about that because my mom slathered that stuff on every scrapped knee and elbow I came home with and I'm still here. You'll notice that during Harry's first "Do you feel lucky?" speech he is toying with the guy whereas when he delivers the same speech to Scorpio at the end his demeanor is angrier.
Andy Roberson, who played the "Scorpio" killer (modeled somewhat after the real life Zodiac killer at the time), was so believable in the role, he was a victim of his own preformace. It was hard for him to get other roles for several years, as he was typecast as a "crazy".
Lalo Schifrin is the composer that did the music for this movie. He also did the Music for Enter the Dragon. Look him up, he composed great scores for many classic movies.
Love Eastwood and his films. But, make sure you also get around to seeing these two Steve McQueen films: Bullit (1968, known for the first and best "modern" car chase) and The Getaway (1972, with Ali McGraw).
I have only had bruised ribs - the pain made me think they were cracked - and it hurt like hell just to put on a shirt. I can't imagine trying to climb a fence.
Clint has never been comedic in the same way as, say, Arnold Schwazenneger, but he has done some films that are comedy/drama, particularly Every Which Way but Loose where his co-star and partner is .... an Orang-Utan called Clive. You have done a Western and a Cop - try one of them plus a later drama such as Million Dollar Baby or Gran Torino
Clint Eastwood comedy: "Kelly's Heroes" (1970) "Any Which Way But Loose" (1978) "Any Which Way You Can" (1980) "Space Cowboys" (2000) "Pink Cadillac" (1989)
Harry’s frustration is not just with the law but also with the bureaucrats who interpreted the law. Certainly, Exigent circumstances (a girls life was in danger) existed to give him probable cause to enter the killers domicile therefore the rifle would be admissible evidence.
Nice! One of the best Action movies ever made! John Wayne, Marlon Brando, and Frank Sinatra were considered for Dirty Harry, and Sinatra nearly broke his wrist when he fired the .44 Magnum handgun. The movie was also filmed during the infamous Zodiac Killings that shocked the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1960's and 1970's.
In one of the movies, Harry actually says that he uses a lighter load to manage recoil better. Maybe they should have tried that with Sinatra. Then again, he would not have been believable.
Sinatra broke his wrist in the film The Manchurian Candidate during the kitchen fight scene. It was after that he determined he could not shoot that Smith and Wesson model 29 .44 magnum. Had his wrist not been broken, the film Dirty Harry would have been a very different film as Eastwood insisted on bring Director Don Seagal over from Universal to direct.
The movie world is lucky, too... all anyone has to do is watch John Wayne in either 1974's McQ or his 1975 BRANNIGAN film to see how an out-of-shape actor performs when cast in a character 20-30 years younger. Ugh.
And Frank Sinatra had 3 tries at 'modern detective' - the original TONY ROME (1967 set in Miami) and a year later with Raquel Welch in 1970's LADY IN CEMENT. In 1980, he tried again with the hoped-for book-movie series, THE FIRST DEADLY SIN. These are disappointing entries into the detective genre but audiences still loved the genre: they had Steve McQueen's BULLITT, Gene Hackman's excellent THE FRENCH CONNECTION and Pacino's SERPICO. It had to be disappointing to Sinatra because he'd had a relative hit with a late '40s radio show he owned and developed, ROCKY FORTUNE, about a drifter rescuing damsels in distress in his weekly 30-min show.
It should come as no surprise to learn that Andrew Robinson is by all accounts a lovely, sweet, gentle person - as far removed from his role as Scorpio as it is possible to be. He had trouble being awful to the kids on the school bus and in the scene with the bruiser where he has to call him a ‘black son of a bitch.’ He’s had a considerable career on television and on stage - he had a recurring role on one or more of the ‘Star Trek’ shows among many other things. Clint saw him on stage in New York and lobbied for him to play in this movie - the director and producers took some convincing that such an angelic-looking person would make an effective killer for the movie, but Clint clearly saw something in him that nobody else did. 😊
The guy that played the killer, has been in many films and tv roles over the years. The last role he played that I'm aware of is that he played the role of Garrick on Star Trek: Deep Space 9.
trivia for you: the chef behind the counter when Harry has him phone in the 211 at the bank... also appeared in "The Outlaw Josey Wales" with Eastwood... So did his boss ("He's got a point"). More trivia: the actor who played his partner in this was also in a movie with Steve Martin where he played a cop; "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid". More trivia: the actor who played Callahan's boss, and the actor who played the Zodiac killer (and the actor who was the chef calling in the 211) were in a worth-watching movie together called "Charlie Varrick".
Since you're just getting to know a "young" Clint Eastwood, let me take you back to 1969. It's much more lighthearted and fun (way different than what you expect from Eastwood) and also stars another actor who was notorious for playing heavies, Lee Marvin (although brilliant in comedies as well, probably best remembered as a heavy in the John Wayne classic westerns "The Comancheros" 1961 and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" 1962). The movie is "Paint Your Wagon". It's not only different to see these two incredible actors in something other than a hard core drama, it's also a musical starring two men who are definitely not known for their lovely singing voices 😳. Even if you decide not to use it on the channel, you'll be glad you watched it at least once. You may even recognize some of the songs from the soundtrack as they were well known at the time from both the movie and the hit Broadway show (289 shows opening November 12, 1951, and closed on July 19, 1952).
Great pick! Dirty Harry is in my top 5 movies. If you want some old movie suggestions, try "Three Days of the Condor", "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "The Great Waldo Pepper", and any of the rest of the Dirty Harry sequels.
1. The late John Vernon (mayor) played Dean Warmer in Animal House. 2. Andrew Robinson was great in this thing.🤩 I don't recall which one, but in another "Dirty Harry" movie he plays a cop. 3. A movie that is "Dirty Harry-ish" with Eastwood and Sandra Locke; is "The Gauntlet". It's a good flick 4. I saw this in the theater when I was 10 and it blew me away. 5. I'm somewhat familiar with San Francisco so it makes it even more enjoyable. 6. If/when you watch this again, I dare you NOT to count Harry's shots in the final sequence.
And John Vernon also played archaeological thief Mr. Prindle in Herbie Goes Bananas (1980), Sherman Krader (of the Krader mining company) in Ernest Goes To Camp (1987) & officer Curtis Mooney is Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)... ....
Andrew Robinson was also in the movies - Charley Varrick, Hellraiser, Trancers III, Cobra, Child's Play 3, The Puppet Masters, The Drowning Pool, Shoot To Kill, Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings and numerous TV credits including playing Admiral Thomas Kly on JAG & Garak in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Remember, Harry waits for the psycho to reach for the gun *before* he shoots him. Harry wants justice. He doesn't always think the system brings justice. He throws away his star at the end mainly because he knows he's going to be fired anyway, not because he doesn't want to be a cop. Oh, the hot dog will be a recurring theme...
Harry was a character that was a response to how people saw the system failing and falling apart in those days. People getting away with crimes and the cops having their hands tied and not being able to do anything about it. When Dirty Harry came out audiences of the time were in tune with the idea that finally the criminals weren't "getting away with it". I was just a kid but I remember the adult back then talking about it. (For a lot of years things seemed to get better, but the past several years have seen the same issues come again!)
Man on the roof threatening to jump...seems familiar? Ah, yes, there was an echo of this scene in the "Lethal Weapon"". And I recall my first visit to SF. We going up a pretty steep grade that would qualify as a hill in most any other city. We get to an intersection and stop at the sign. Across the street there is a sign that says, "Warning, Steep Hill" and it was 50% grade. Looked straight up!
Great reaction guys! And great review at the end, great film, great Clint. Btw that was really Clint on the school bus, he jumped on it for real and 90% of the footage on top of the bus was all him! Eastwood is such a legend. I love how Clint is currently with us now even as you guys are enjoying and watching the film on your channel! I hope to see more Eastwood films on your awesome channel, stay super!
My buddy gave me this dvd for my birthday back in highschool. Ill never forget after seeing this movie i noticed this other kid at my school who looked just like the rooftop sniper lol. Even carred around a case for his musical instrument but I'd always think of the rifle 😂
Nick, please watch Play Misty for Me, Clint’s directorial debut. Dirty Harry and Play Misty for Me came out the same year, 1971 was a big year for Clint Eastwood. The Beguiled was another great movie that came out that year from Clint, watch that as well but you would enjoy Play Misty for Me even more.
You MUST watch 'Magnum Force', the second video in this series. I have to say, that I have the 'hots' for the Asian woman who is his neighbor and want to know 'How can a Girl Sleep with You?'
"Besides, anybody can tell you that i didn't do that to him?....Cause he looks too darn good thats why!?" His whole face was all pulverized! That line always cracks me up!!😂🤣
Director Don Siegal and Clint Eastwood set up a production company MALPASO and Clint kept a core group of film-technicians and supporting actors. In DIRTY HARRY, the Suicide Jumper is played by Gregory Walcott, and you'll see him playing more Clint films, especially in 1975's THE EIGER SANCTION.
There are sequels to this movie and the the best is Sudden Impact, in my opinion with the quote, go ahead, make my day. In the daytime restaurant or cafe. It's genius how this pulled this off. Coming in here everyday for a long time and never had sugar. But today, I had lots of sugar and I came back to complain. 😂 😂
You would probably enjoy another Clint Eastwood cop movie called Tightrope. In that movie Clint's character is a cop investigating a serial killer and he realises to his discomfort that he has personality traits similar to the killer. It's a psychological thriller.
I spent almost 20 years living in San Francisco. For many of those years, I lived within walking distance of Kezar Stadium - where Harry caught the Killer. It's where the 49ers played before they built Candlestick. By the time that I moved to SF, they'd torn down much of the stadium seating. But... It's where most of the high schools in the city still hold their football games. (edit: grammar)
Brilliant reaction, if you enjoyed the journey of Harry's disillusionment with the judicial system you have to watch Magnum force, Harry's second outing in the series, which takes another view on the subject of law vs justice. Also for young Clint a movie that is a must watch is High Plains Drifter, iconic.
You guys are such a blast to watch as you react. There are several more "Dirty Harry" movies that are also pretty good. You and Munchies and just to cool.
The movie "Zodiac" shows the investigators going to see this movie and not being happy about it. It really is a great movie, even if for those of us remember the events it is a gripping watch.
It's interesting when Harry answers the question of how he knows Scorpio will kill again by saying, "Because he likes it." The way he says it makes it appear that he also likes to kill.
❤These old movies have been fun to rewatch with you guys. There are so many good ones and great directors back in the day. This is the first in a series of Dirty Harry films. Keep the older films coming. Try Witness (1985) with Harrison Ford.
Dirty Harrys to Play Misty for Me, Every Which Way but Loose to Gran Torino. A wow career of Clint Eastwood. His very first movie was Tarantula. I think there were four sequals. All awesome! 😍😍
Mercurochrome was Neosporin before that became a thing, it was a red liquid used to disinfect wounds, but it was red, so it always seemed counter productive on wounds IMO. They still make the stuff as I just looked it up, as it was everywhere in the 70's & 80's, but but over time it just faded out of use, but it was in everyone's medicine cabinets back then.
Casablanca is very good. For some other true classics I would suggest All About Eve with Bette Davis. Superb writing in that one. Perhaps Rear Window a Hitchcock murder mystery. A classic comedy would be The Philadelphia Story with Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn.
This movie was to be a one off. But it was so well made it became the 3rd highest grossing movie of 1971 (36 million) its listed as one of the top 100 movies. Now to understand this movie completely. Its fiomed in 1971. The Miranda Rights case was decided in 1966. So part of this movie is about the effects of that coming into effect and the effects it carried with it.
Suggestions for old movies to watch: Where Eagles Dare (Clint Eastwood, Richard Burton) Paint Your Wagon (Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin) The Big Red One (Lee Marvin, Luke Skywalker; Saving Private Ryan before Saving Private Ryan) Von Ryan's Express (Frank Sinatra; one of my secret favorites. ) The Enemy Below (Robert Mitchum, Curd Yurgens, the movie the Star Trek episode was based upon) The African Queen (Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn; a romance for ordinary people) The Naked Jungle (Charlton Heston, the breath-taking, heart-stopping Eleanor Parker) Heaven Knows Mr Allison (Robert Mitchum, Debra Kerr) Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Barbara Stanwyck, Vincent Price, etc etc etc) Chinatown (Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway) Three Days of the Condor (Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway) The Apartment (Jack Lemon, Shirley McClain) L.A. Confidential (Russel Crow, Guy Pierce, Kevin Spacey) Sahara (Humphrey Bogart) Sahara (Jim Belushi) (both versions are great) Stalag 17 (William Holden, Peter Graves (Capt Oveur, "Airplane!")) My Man Godfrey (Dick Powell, Carol Lombard) Hanover Street (Harrison Ford, Lesley-Ann Downs, and Christopher Plummer as the man with a wet coat) The Eagle Has Landed (Michael Caine (Alfred, in the Dark Knight), Donald Sutherland) The Count of Monte Cristo (2002; Jim Caviziel, Guy Pierce and Henry Cavill (yes, Superman) )
When they said the search was illegal, your instincts were right. Under US law, there are multiple exceptions to the warrant requirement, including "exigent circumstance." If someone's life is in danger, that is an exigent circumstance in which the warrant requirement may be ignored.
"The Asphalt Jungle" (1950) - a seriously excellent crime caper "Bullitt" (1968) - the other iconic SF cop "Ice Station Zebra" (1968) - a '60s blockbuster action/thriller "Jeremiah Johnson" (1972) - the best mountain man movie
The pond doesn't exist anymore. The location of the shootout at the quarry is Larkspur, Calif., and it's been developed into a residential area and a lot of business/retail properties. During the course of development in the 80s the pond was drained. That star, if it was really thrown into the water, is probably underground now or someone found it long ago and didn't know of its significance.
@Nick the point you were searching to make is Callahan was fed up with the bureaucracy; laws protecting a known criminal. his policy is to stop a criminal, at all costs, and he was constantly told he wasn't allowed to do his job the way he believed he needed to
Nice reaction. I liked your discussion at the end. It's also cool that you two are also clearly a couple very much in love based on how you sit next to each other.
Another actor to check out is Jack Nicholson. He has many great films, but one of my favorites is “The Last Detail”, made way back in 1973. Well worth watching.
Music by Lalo Shifrin- Mission Impossible theme- another with his score is Bullitt w Steve Mcqueen, another homicide detective in SanFran, great classic...thanks for lookin n commenting on these older films!
So you've seen Clint's main two genres (Westerns and Police Dramas). For another of his young genres (War Movies), you should check out "Where Eagles Dare" or "Kelly's Heroes".
You guys should check out the series 'Columbo'. Lt Columbo isn't as gritty as Dirty Harry, but he's a fantastic character. Every episode is about how Columbo solves the case. You, the audience, see the crime and who did it, and it's all about how Columbo unravels the case.
It was the legendary Clint Eastwood's 94th birthday last friday.I hope he enjoys many more.You don't get movie stars like him anymore!😎
We don't get many socially destructive actors/directors out of falsely-alleged "Liberal" Hollowood as irresponsible as Clint Eastwood.
TRUST ME on this MUST SEE absolute Classic Movie,, "The Outlaw Josey Wales"
(1976)..A truly iconic movie. ❤
Without a doubt!
My absolute favorite Clint Eastwood movie. And one of my favorite both Westerns and just movies of all time. Has a very upbeat vibe.
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I was going to recommend it too, so instead I'll just second it.
That was my dad's favorite movie. used to drive my mom nuts watching it over and over and over
The Dirty Harry movies are all good. Some are better than others, but they're all worth a watch.
They are socially destructive by justifying lawlessness that some viewers actually believe are "rights" protected by law.
@@jnagarya519 "WAAAAH! WAAAAH!" 😭😭
For a Clint Eastwood comedy, try "Every Which Way But Loose: and meet Clyde, the orangutan. For a Clint Eastwood musical where Eastwood actually sings, try "Paint Your Wagon."
way to go with the "Paint Your Wagon" recommendation. Not too many do. It's in my top 3 favorite movies of all time.
@@jamessimmons1486 Yep, a truly great movie. Eastwood was great. Also some of Lee Marvin's best work. Casting Lee Marvin in a singing role - outrageous! Then he breaks everyone's heart with "Wandering Star."
"Every which way but loose" is great! Haven't seen it in deceades.
Love "Paint Your Wagon." Clint's talk/singing "I Talk to the Trees." Fab! If you want to try a more lighthearted western, watch "Two Mules for Sister Sara," with Clint and Shirely MacLean. Fun with a hilarious twist.
The next movie you should watch is "Magnum Force". Fun fact, David soul plays Davis in Magnum, he later played Ken Hutchinson on the tv show "Starsky and Hutch. In one episode a girl is kidnapped, and Hutch needs to deliver the ransom by running from phone booth to phone booth......
This was loosely based on the Zodiac. The only literal connection is the bus hijacking, since the killer had said he would do that. BTW- the kid that Scorpio holds hostage at the end was his own stepson.
This is a mixture - a mutt of a tale. This is strange 180-degree retelling of 1952's THE SNIPER, psycho killer-sniper in San Francisco, which has police interested in the psychology of the killer. DIRTY HARRY goes exactly the opposite and blends in SF's late '60s psycho-killer Zodiac.
The Mayor is the original voice of TonyStark/ Iron Man 60s' marvel cartoons , the movie "Zodiac" has the detective( Mark Ruffalo) attending Dirty Harry film "They're Already Making Movies About It" ..Dirty Harry is needed back in todays San Francisco 😊😊
6:25 "Did he know, himself?"
So, Harry fired five rounds. When he approaches the bank robber, he pulls back the hammer, loading a live round, then he gently releases the hammer. When the robber says "I gots to know," Harry pulls the hammer back, loading a fired round, so, when he pulls the trigger, the hammer falls on the fired round.
28:24 "The search of the suspects quarters was illegal."
The year after this movie came out, the US Supreme Court established "Exigent Circumstances." So, if a cop is at a hotel for say. a theft call, but from an unrelated room he hears someone call for help, he/she doesn't have to wait for a warrant, they can just bust in. Once the person is rescued, the exigent circumstances end. If in the course of rescuing the person, the cop also notices five guns and bundles of crack, the cop must secure the room and wait for a warrant to get the guns and the crack.
Great movie. Just a mention as well for Andrew Robinson, whose performance as the villain was one of the best and scariest you'll see in any movie, he was the embodiment of 'unhinged'.
Clint was born in SF and, to this day, has lived in Carmel (approx 70+ miles south of SF). The Dirty Harry franchise firmly made Eastwood a true Hollywood movie star/legend. The Zodiac Killer haunted SF & the Bay Area in the mid to late 60s (Zodiac was NEVER caught). Dirty Harry was released in theatres in 1971. I think it's safe to say that the Scorpio character was heavily influenced by the Zodiac Killer. Sales of Dirty Harry's 44 Magnum handgun skyrocketed immediately after this movie's release. It was so popular that Dirty Harry producers named it's 2nd film, "Magnum Force." I enjoyed watching this film with both of you. I hope you react to Magnum Force soon. Thank you!
The killer (Andrew Robinson) was handpicked for the role by the director and Eastwood himself after seeing him in a play. It was his film debut, and he did a fantastic job of playing a psychopath. Robinson has had a long career covering stage, screen, and television, but one of his most popular roles was playing Garak on my favorite Star Trek show, Deep Space Nine.
I really enjoyed your chat at the end. This movie does a great job of making you question where to draw the line when it comes to dealing with bad guys. The killer obviously deserved his fate, but you're also left with the impression that Harry would shoot pretty much every criminal he encountered if he was allowed to. The comparison to Judge Dredd was a good one because that character was originally conceived as a sci-fi Dirty Harry.
"He's a good shot"
Damn right, man's a cowboy 😂..
Yeah, the heroes in movies are always good shots and never miss. In real life cops only hit what they're aiming for about half the time in shootouts. And they're trained. Civilians are even worse.
figuratively and literally
Quentin Tarantino has an excellent essay about this movie. Discussing whether or not Harry is a hero or a villain, and the political environment this movie was born from.
When this movie came out it was a huge hit!! The Smith & Wesson Model 29 44 Magnum revolvers started FLYING off the dealers shelves. Everybody wanted one. S&W had to put a third shift on the assembly line to keep up with the demand.
"Mercurochrome" was a mercury based antiseptic that was in common use back then. It was banned eventually because of the risk of possible mercury poisoning. I don't know about that because my mom slathered that stuff on every scrapped knee and elbow I came home with and I'm still here. You'll notice that during Harry's first "Do you feel lucky?" speech he is toying with the guy whereas when he delivers the same speech to Scorpio at the end his demeanor is angrier.
MUCH angrier." well do ya', punk?"
Andy Roberson, who played the "Scorpio" killer (modeled somewhat after the real life Zodiac killer at the time), was so believable in the role, he was a victim of his own preformace. It was hard for him to get other roles for several years, as he was typecast as a "crazy".
He then went on to become an exquisite tailor.
@@DarkMatterBurrito And one of the most complex Characters in the Star Trek universe.
Lalo Schifrin is the composer that did the music for this movie. He also did the Music for Enter the Dragon. Look him up, he composed great scores for many classic movies.
Love Eastwood and his films. But, make sure you also get around to seeing these two Steve McQueen films: Bullit (1968, known for the first and best "modern" car chase) and The Getaway (1972, with Ali McGraw).
33:59 those buffalo (bison) are a herd that lives in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco to this day.
If you've ever had cracked ribs you'd know that climbing over that fence at the stadium without screaming uncontrollably in pain is next to impossible
I have only had bruised ribs - the pain made me think they were cracked - and it hurt like hell just to put on a shirt. I can't imagine trying to climb a fence.
Clint has never been comedic in the same way as, say, Arnold Schwazenneger, but he has done some films that are comedy/drama, particularly Every Which Way but Loose where his co-star and partner is .... an Orang-Utan called Clive. You have done a Western and a Cop - try one of them plus a later drama such as Million Dollar Baby or Gran Torino
"Do I feel lucky?... Well... do ya punk?" Is the most badass line ever. This is Clint at his finest.
Yeah -- and a result of the extra-legal actions portrayed is the racist "Stand Your Ground" laws.
Clint Eastwood comedy:
"Kelly's Heroes" (1970)
"Any Which Way But Loose" (1978)
"Any Which Way You Can" (1980)
"Space Cowboys" (2000)
"Pink Cadillac" (1989)
Although not technically a comedy... The Outlaw Josey Wales sure has its moments! Especially the interaction between Clint and Chief Dan George! 😅
The buffaloes(Bison) still live in Golden Gate Park.
Harry’s frustration is not just with the law but also with the bureaucrats who interpreted the law. Certainly, Exigent circumstances (a girls life was in danger) existed to give him probable cause to enter the killers domicile therefore the rifle would be admissible evidence.
Nice!
One of the best Action movies ever made!
John Wayne, Marlon Brando, and Frank Sinatra were considered for Dirty Harry, and Sinatra nearly broke his wrist when he fired the .44 Magnum handgun.
The movie was also filmed during the infamous Zodiac Killings that shocked the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1960's and 1970's.
In one of the movies, Harry actually says that he uses a lighter load to manage recoil better. Maybe they should have tried that with Sinatra. Then again, he would not have been believable.
Sinatra broke his wrist in the film The Manchurian Candidate during the kitchen fight scene. It was after that he determined he could not shoot that Smith and Wesson model 29 .44 magnum. Had his wrist not been broken, the film Dirty Harry would have been a very different film as Eastwood insisted on bring Director Don Seagal over from Universal to direct.
The movie world is lucky, too... all anyone has to do is watch John Wayne in either 1974's McQ or his 1975 BRANNIGAN film to see how an out-of-shape actor performs when cast in a character 20-30 years younger. Ugh.
And Frank Sinatra had 3 tries at 'modern detective' - the original TONY ROME (1967 set in Miami) and a year later with Raquel Welch in 1970's LADY IN CEMENT. In 1980, he tried again with the hoped-for book-movie series, THE FIRST DEADLY SIN. These are disappointing entries into the detective genre but audiences still loved the genre: they had Steve McQueen's BULLITT, Gene Hackman's excellent THE FRENCH CONNECTION and Pacino's SERPICO. It had to be disappointing to Sinatra because he'd had a relative hit with a late '40s radio show he owned and developed, ROCKY FORTUNE, about a drifter rescuing damsels in distress in his weekly 30-min show.
Harry will be back. Several times.
Dirty Harry was 1971. Magnum Force was 1973. The Enforcer was 1976. Sudden Impact was 1983. Dead Pool was 1988.
It should come as no surprise to learn that Andrew Robinson is by all accounts a lovely, sweet, gentle person - as far removed from his role as Scorpio as it is possible to be. He had trouble being awful to the kids on the school bus and in the scene with the bruiser where he has to call him a ‘black son of a bitch.’ He’s had a considerable career on television and on stage - he had a recurring role on one or more of the ‘Star Trek’ shows among many other things. Clint saw him on stage in New York and lobbied for him to play in this movie - the director and producers took some convincing that such an angelic-looking person would make an effective killer for the movie, but Clint clearly saw something in him that nobody else did. 😊
This was my favorite movie growing up.
The guy that played the killer, has been in many films and tv roles over the years. The last role he played that I'm aware of is that he played the role of Garrick on Star Trek: Deep Space 9.
Awesome reaction of my favorite Clint Eastwood movie!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊
trivia for you: the chef behind the counter when Harry has him phone in the 211 at the bank... also appeared in "The Outlaw Josey Wales" with Eastwood... So did his boss ("He's got a point").
More trivia: the actor who played his partner in this was also in a movie with Steve Martin where he played a cop; "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid".
More trivia: the actor who played Callahan's boss, and the actor who played the Zodiac killer (and the actor who was the chef calling in the 211) were in a worth-watching movie together called "Charlie Varrick".
Since you're just getting to know a "young" Clint Eastwood, let me take you back to 1969. It's much more lighthearted and fun (way different than what you expect from Eastwood) and also stars another actor who was notorious for playing heavies, Lee Marvin (although brilliant in comedies as well, probably best remembered as a heavy in the John Wayne classic westerns "The Comancheros" 1961 and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" 1962).
The movie is "Paint Your Wagon". It's not only different to see these two incredible actors in something other than a hard core drama, it's also a musical starring two men who are definitely not known for their lovely singing voices 😳.
Even if you decide not to use it on the channel, you'll be glad you watched it at least once. You may even recognize some of the songs from the soundtrack as they were well known at the time from both the movie and the hit Broadway show (289 shows opening November 12, 1951, and closed on July 19, 1952).
Great pick! Dirty Harry is in my top 5 movies. If you want some old movie suggestions, try "Three Days of the Condor", "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "The Great Waldo Pepper", and any of the rest of the Dirty Harry sequels.
You should check the rest of the series, definitely a wild ride. Also if you get a chance, check out Death Wish starring Charles Bronson.
Clint made 5 Dirty Harry films & Charles Bronson made 5 Death Wish movies as well. Coincidence???
1. The late John Vernon (mayor) played Dean Warmer in Animal House.
2. Andrew Robinson was great in this thing.🤩 I don't recall which one, but in another "Dirty Harry" movie he plays a cop.
3. A movie that is "Dirty Harry-ish" with Eastwood and Sandra Locke; is "The Gauntlet".
It's a good flick
4. I saw this in the theater when I was 10 and it blew me away.
5. I'm somewhat familiar with San Francisco so it makes it even more enjoyable.
6. If/when you watch this again, I dare you NOT to count Harry's shots in the final sequence.
Vernon also played Colonel Fletcher in the Eastwood’s 1976 movie ‘The Outlaw Josey Wales’.
And John Vernon also played archaeological thief Mr. Prindle in Herbie Goes Bananas (1980), Sherman Krader (of the Krader mining company) in Ernest Goes To Camp (1987) & officer Curtis Mooney is Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)...
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Andrew Robinson was also in the movies - Charley Varrick, Hellraiser, Trancers III, Cobra, Child's Play 3, The Puppet Masters, The Drowning Pool, Shoot To Kill, Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings and numerous TV credits including playing Admiral Thomas Kly on JAG & Garak in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
John Vernon also did a parody of his role here , in a comedy series called Sledge Hammer , from the 80's .
@@SJ-ty5rw He was also in "Airplane 2".
Have y'all seen " 12 Angry Men " yet? Classic old school drama!
Remember, Harry waits for the psycho to reach for the gun *before* he shoots him. Harry wants justice. He doesn't always think the system brings justice. He throws away his star at the end mainly because he knows he's going to be fired anyway, not because he doesn't want to be a cop. Oh, the hot dog will be a recurring theme...
Harry was a character that was a response to how people saw the system failing and falling apart in those days. People getting away with crimes and the cops having their hands tied and not being able to do anything about it. When Dirty Harry came out audiences of the time were in tune with the idea that finally the criminals weren't "getting away with it". I was just a kid but I remember the adult back then talking about it.
(For a lot of years things seemed to get better, but the past several years have seen the same issues come again!)
The bad guy drunk Red Bull Harry gave him Wings! LOL
Man on the roof threatening to jump...seems familiar? Ah, yes, there was an echo of this scene in the "Lethal Weapon"". And I recall my first visit to SF. We going up a pretty steep grade that would qualify as a hill in most any other city. We get to an intersection and stop at the sign. Across the street there is a sign that says, "Warning, Steep Hill" and it was 50% grade. Looked straight up!
Great reaction guys! And great review at the end, great film, great Clint.
Btw that was really Clint on the school bus, he jumped on it for real and 90% of the footage on top of the bus was all him! Eastwood is such a legend.
I love how Clint is currently with us now even as you guys are enjoying and watching the film on your channel! I hope to see more Eastwood films on your awesome channel, stay super!
Classics always means more people have seen it and would likely appreciate your reactions more.
I saw this at about 9 yo in the 70's. It is rightly a classic. All 5 movies in the Dirty Harry series are terrific
@LordEriolTolkien Same here, I was 12 when I saw this in 1973, I think we were brought up in a different way.
@@isabelsilva62023 ''The past is a foreign land. They do things differently there.''
Enjoy watching your reaction to the older classics.
My buddy gave me this dvd for my birthday back in highschool. Ill never forget after seeing this movie i noticed this other kid at my school who looked just like the rooftop sniper lol. Even carred around a case for his musical instrument but I'd always think of the rifle 😂
Nick, please watch Play Misty for Me, Clint’s directorial debut. Dirty Harry and Play Misty for Me came out the same year, 1971 was a big year for Clint Eastwood. The Beguiled was another great movie that came out that year from Clint, watch that as well but you would enjoy Play Misty for Me even more.
Play Misty for Me, that's a VERY good recommendation! Intense story and a fantastic soundtrack!
Great recommendations. When it comes to Clint there are so many. Another one would have to be Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, an often overlooked classic.
Young Clint Eastwood:
"Where Eagles Dare" (1968)
"Kelly's Heroes" (1970)
"The Eiger Sanction" (1975)
"The Outlaw Josey Wales" (1976)
"Magnum Force" (1973)
"The Enforcer" (1976)
"Sudden Impact" (1983)
"Hang 'Em High" (1968)
You must check out Kelly’s heroes.
You MUST watch 'Magnum Force', the second video in this series. I have to say, that I have the 'hots' for the Asian woman who is his neighbor and want to know 'How can a Girl Sleep with You?'
Oh, how could I have overlooked it!
Another great Clint Eastwood movie to watch... "Heartbreak Ridge"!
"Besides, anybody can tell you that i didn't do that to him?....Cause he looks too darn good thats why!?" His whole face was all pulverized! That line always cracks me up!!😂🤣
Director Don Siegal and Clint Eastwood set up a production company MALPASO and Clint kept a core group of film-technicians and supporting actors. In DIRTY HARRY, the Suicide Jumper is played by Gregory Walcott, and you'll see him playing more Clint films, especially in 1975's THE EIGER SANCTION.
You should watch the other 2 Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Westerns, "Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More"
"Make My Day" is from a later sequel
The 4th film in the franchise....
Yes please keep doing these older classic movies.
Glad you liked it.
I met Andy Robinson at a few Star Trek conventions in the early 2000s (he played Garak in DS9). He's a really nice guy in real life
There are sequels to this movie and the the best is Sudden Impact, in my opinion with the quote, go ahead, make my day. In the daytime restaurant or cafe.
It's genius how this pulled this off.
Coming in here everyday for a long time and never had sugar. But today, I had lots of sugar and I came back to complain. 😂 😂
You would probably enjoy another Clint Eastwood cop movie called Tightrope. In that movie Clint's character is a cop investigating a serial killer and he realises to his discomfort that he has personality traits similar to the killer. It's a psychological thriller.
I spent almost 20 years living in San Francisco. For many of those years, I lived within walking distance of Kezar Stadium - where Harry caught the Killer. It's where the 49ers played before they built Candlestick. By the time that I moved to SF, they'd torn down much of the stadium seating. But... It's where most of the high schools in the city still hold their football games.
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Awesome reaction thanks!
Actually Dirty Harry had 4 sequels. Magnum Force (1973), The Enforcer (1976), Sudden Impact (1983), and The Dead Pool (1988).
Brilliant reaction, if you enjoyed the journey of Harry's disillusionment with the judicial system you have to watch Magnum force, Harry's second outing in the series, which takes another view on the subject of law vs justice. Also for young Clint a movie that is a must watch is High Plains Drifter, iconic.
I hope that you continue with the Dirty Harry movies. They're all good.
You guys are such a blast to watch as you react. There are several more "Dirty Harry" movies that are also pretty good. You and Munchies and just to cool.
The movie "Zodiac" shows the investigators going to see this movie and not being happy about it. It really is a great movie, even if for those of us remember the events it is a gripping watch.
Clint Eastwood is a national treasure 🙏
The actor who was the Mayor played a sheriff in 1985 comedy movie Fraternity Vacation.
It's interesting when Harry answers the question of how he knows Scorpio will kill again by saying, "Because he likes it." The way he says it makes it appear that he also likes to kill.
❤These old movies have been fun to rewatch with you guys. There are so many good ones and great directors back in the day. This is the first in a series of Dirty Harry films. Keep the older films coming. Try Witness (1985) with Harrison Ford.
"I'm not sure, but those are my orders.""
Sounds like every decision made when you just don't know enough.
Dirty Harrys to Play Misty for Me, Every Which Way but Loose to Gran Torino. A wow career of Clint Eastwood. His very first movie was Tarantula. I think there were four sequals. All awesome! 😍😍
Mercurochrome was Neosporin before that became a thing, it was a red liquid used to disinfect wounds, but it was red, so it always seemed counter productive on wounds IMO. They still make the stuff as I just looked it up, as it was everywhere in the 70's & 80's, but but over time it just faded out of use, but it was in everyone's medicine cabinets back then.
Casablanca is very good. For some other true classics I would suggest All About Eve with Bette Davis. Superb writing in that one. Perhaps Rear Window a Hitchcock murder mystery. A classic comedy would be The Philadelphia Story with Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn.
This movie was to be a one off. But it was so well made it became the 3rd highest grossing movie of 1971 (36 million) its listed as one of the top 100 movies.
Now to understand this movie completely. Its fiomed in 1971. The Miranda Rights case was decided in 1966. So part of this movie is about the effects of that coming into effect and the effects it carried with it.
Suggestions for old movies to watch:
Where Eagles Dare (Clint Eastwood, Richard Burton)
Paint Your Wagon (Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin)
The Big Red One (Lee Marvin, Luke Skywalker; Saving Private Ryan before Saving Private Ryan)
Von Ryan's Express (Frank Sinatra; one of my secret favorites. )
The Enemy Below (Robert Mitchum, Curd Yurgens, the movie the Star Trek episode was based upon)
The African Queen (Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn; a romance for ordinary people)
The Naked Jungle (Charlton Heston, the breath-taking, heart-stopping Eleanor Parker)
Heaven Knows Mr Allison (Robert Mitchum, Debra Kerr)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Barbara Stanwyck, Vincent Price, etc etc etc)
Chinatown (Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway)
Three Days of the Condor (Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway)
The Apartment (Jack Lemon, Shirley McClain)
L.A. Confidential (Russel Crow, Guy Pierce, Kevin Spacey)
Sahara (Humphrey Bogart)
Sahara (Jim Belushi)
(both versions are great)
Stalag 17 (William Holden, Peter Graves (Capt Oveur, "Airplane!"))
My Man Godfrey (Dick Powell, Carol Lombard)
Hanover Street (Harrison Ford, Lesley-Ann Downs, and Christopher Plummer as the man with a wet coat)
The Eagle Has Landed (Michael Caine (Alfred, in the Dark Knight), Donald Sutherland)
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002; Jim Caviziel, Guy Pierce and Henry Cavill (yes, Superman) )
This was the second movie Clint Eastwood directed himself. He is such a good actor, that his directing credits are often overlooked.
Don Siegel was the director.
Hero, no question. Clint is an icon, a legend!
Great movie. Very topical back in the 70s and now.
Fyi...it has been said that the suicide jumper scene in this film was the inspiration for the similar scene in the 1st Lethal Weapon movie.
When they said the search was illegal, your instincts were right. Under US law, there are multiple exceptions to the warrant requirement, including "exigent circumstance." If someone's life is in danger, that is an exigent circumstance in which the warrant requirement may be ignored.
"The Asphalt Jungle" (1950) - a seriously excellent crime caper
"Bullitt" (1968) - the other iconic SF cop
"Ice Station Zebra" (1968) - a '60s blockbuster action/thriller
"Jeremiah Johnson" (1972) - the best mountain man movie
The first film Clint Eastwood was in. Was a WWII drama, Away All Boats. His screen time was about 5 seconds. Might be worth a look.
30:40 its LA there's always an actor looking for work in something
He's a monstrous hero.
I wonder if anyone's gone into that pond at the end to look for his badge.
The pond doesn't exist anymore. The location of the shootout at the quarry is Larkspur, Calif., and it's been developed into a residential area and a lot of business/retail properties. During the course of development in the 80s the pond was drained. That star, if it was really thrown into the water, is probably underground now or someone found it long ago and didn't know of its significance.
@Nick the point you were searching to make is Callahan was fed up with the bureaucracy; laws protecting a known criminal. his policy is to stop a criminal, at all costs, and he was constantly told he wasn't allowed to do his job the way he believed he needed to
Nice reaction. I liked your discussion at the end. It's also cool that you two are also clearly a couple very much in love based on how you sit next to each other.
In the third sequel, does Harry Callahan says the iconic line “ Make my Day “
Probably Clint Eastwood's most iconic classic and the start of a series of movies with this character.
Another actor to check out is Jack Nicholson. He has many great films, but one of my favorites is “The Last Detail”, made way back in 1973. Well worth watching.
Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact, and the Dead Pool are the remaining movies of the series.
Music by Lalo Shifrin- Mission Impossible theme- another with his score is Bullitt w Steve Mcqueen,
another homicide detective in SanFran, great classic...thanks for lookin n commenting on these older films!
"Fruit of the Poisoned Tree" doctrine (incorrectly applied, IMO). Yes, It was based on The Zodiac Killer (to a degree). Watch "MAGNUM FORCE" next!
Yes, in Golden Gate Park towards the ocean there are Buffaloes.
So you've seen Clint's main two genres (Westerns and Police Dramas). For another of his young genres (War Movies), you should check out "Where Eagles Dare" or "Kelly's Heroes".
John Wayne’s BIG JAKE. Written by the same screenwriters as DIRTY HARRY.
You guys should check out the series 'Columbo'.
Lt Columbo isn't as gritty as Dirty Harry, but he's a fantastic character. Every episode is about how Columbo solves the case. You, the audience, see the crime and who did it, and it's all about how Columbo unravels the case.
Good suggestion. "How to dial a murder" is a particularly memorable episode for me. Ingenious murder weapon.
That was really Clint jumping on top of the bus