FUN FACT: The pimp was also in "Dirty Harry" - he was the bank robber that Harry asked how many bullets he had left. He's also in the next two Harry movies. He and Clint must have been good buddies.
Eastwood's production company tried to use a lot of the same supporting actors, the idea being "I know the actor's abilities." "Charlie McCoy" was played by Mitchell Ryan, who passed away March, 2022. Mitchell had a lot of great supporting roles, too. LIAR LIAR with Jim Carrey, etc. As noted elsewhere, Albert Popwell was the Questioning Bank Robber in DIRTY HARRY, then the Pimp in this MAGNUM FORCE. He shows up again as Mustafa in #3 THE ENFORCER and also in #4's SUDDEN IMPACT as Horace King.
Albert Popwell was also in The Enforcer as the radical leader and he was in Sudden Impact as Harry's partner. So he was in 4 out of 5 of the Dirty Harry movies as different characters.
What's interesting in these films is the dichotomy in Harry's mind. He despises the system, because it's so corrupt, but he never entirely rejects it, except temporarily (at the end of the first movie). And, system or no system, he never betrays his own commitment to justice.
I don't think he despises the system because he still works within it as much as he possibly can, even accepting flawed outcomes like in the first when the sniper gets off on a technicality. Even after he shoots him for saying he will kill again there's the regret for breaking his oath/code displayed by chucking his badge away, even if he ultimately decides he can live with it. After this film you can be sure Brooks was painted as a heroic boss helping Harry and killed by the rookies, not as their leader
@@madpadukyeah…I feel like this movie was made as a direct response to critics of the first one. As flawed as the system is, Harry knows that it’s better than the alternative…reminds me of the quote attributed to Winston Churchill…democracy is the worst form of government…except for all the other ones that have been tried.
@bryanmack4054 You're right. Critics said DH promoted police brutality and, incorrectly, painted Callahan as a mass murderer. In MF Harry goes against cops who fit the mold put onto Harry by the critics.
TBR Schmitt: "Whoa, they're going to the airport for food?!" - Yes, back before 9-11, I occasionally took a date to a restaurant at my city's airport. It wasn't really romantic, but she and I could eat while watching plane lights land/takeoff in the night, on the runway. I haven't done something like that, since. Security rules, you know.
Here's why the motorcycle officer died when his motorcycle went off the flight deck of that aircraft carrier. The distance from the flight deck to the water is about 90 feet, and from that distance, a fall into water is fatal. The 90 foot figure comes from my dad, who served aboard the USS Saratoga circa 1955-1957. He told me that the flight deck was 90 feet above the water.
It took me the second time watching this to notice that Suzanne Summers was one of the swimming pool massacre victims. Three of the four rookie cops I recognized in later movies/tv shows. Tim Matheson from Animal House, Robert Urich from "Vegas", and David Soul from "Starsky and Hutch".
This film was written by John Milius, who wrote Apocalypse Now and directed Conan the Barbarian, and is who John Goodman’s character from The Big Lebowski is based on.
Yes, that’s an iconic movie with a classic chase scene. Ironically, Spielberg is in pre-production on a remake. Ordinarily I’m very skeptical about such attempts, but the story COULD be fantastically updated with the right cast and production.
3 of the rookie cops went on to have fairly successful careers. David Soul (Davis) was in a popular cop show in the 70's Starsky and Hutch. Tim Matheson (Sweet) has been in a ton of things, but might be best known for his role in the film Animal House and the TV show The West Wing. Robert Urich (Grimes) had a lot of parts from the 70's- 2000's, was the star of the TV show Vegas and had a part in the very popular miniseries Lonesome Dove
Fun Fact as well in case you didn't pick it up, the guy who played Frank Palancio is "Tony Giorgio" and he was the guy who played Bruno Tattaglia in The Godfather (The guy who stabs Luca in the hand) at the bar if I remember correctly
I look forward to your reaction to "The Enforcer". The interpersonal between Harry and his new partner allows us to learn even more about Harry's character. Tyne Daly, later known for the police series Gagney & Lacey, delivers a great performance here.
Sudden Impact (1983) is the craziest film in the franchise. It’s the fourth film in the series yet it has its most famous and iconic line. It also has an inconsistent tone where some scenes are like a slapstick comedy while other scenes have horrible violence towards women. Still worth watching but it feels like three different films stitched together.
Easily the best one of the series. Interesting fact - during the scene when the cops threaten Harry, when they drive off, the actors all collide with each other off camera. Eastwood stayed in character for the shot though. He said later "I was just threatened by the Keystone Cops."
The blonde rookie cop officer Davis who shot the motorcycle officer is David Soul who was a successful singer in the 70s, and actor who played Ken Hutchinson in the 70s cop TV show "Starsky & Hutch." Rookie officer Sweet is played by Tim Matheson who used to be a regular on TV shows such as "Bonanza" & "The West Wing", but probably his most famous role was playing "Otter" Stratton in the movie "Animal House." Rookie Officer Mike Grimes in this movie was played by the late great Robert Urich who was popular on the TV shows "Swat" and " Spencer for Hire", and in his most famous role as private detective Dan Tanna on the very popular TV show "Vegas."
You like crazy car chases, you have got to watch Steve McQueen in "Bullitt" from 1968. It has one of the best and also shot in San Francisco. There is also the 1973 film "The Seven-Ups" with Roy Scheider of Jaws fame. Both are cop dramas and both worth the watch.
The first movie in the series got labeled as "fascist", which it wasn't, so when this one was being written they deliberately came up with a storyline that would show what a fascist cop, or cops in this case, would be like. Also, as a side note for anyone who cares, the line in the shooting range when Harry answers the question "what kind of load do you use in that .44," with "a light special." has had people thinking for decades that Harry shoots .44 Specials out of that Model 29. John Milius, who co-wrote the script, said that Clint actually flubbed the line. The correct line was: "A special light magnum."
Back in the revolver days, a lot of police officers would train and practice with .38 Specials and switch to .357 Magnum loads for street carry. I just always assumed Harry meant he did the same with the .44 Special/Magnum.
That original line would have been stupid. I used to compete with two model 29 44 magnums, and the only "light magnum" was the Winchester Silvertip and that was still a magnum, no reason the word "special" would be used to describe it. I'm going to continue to say he uses specials for my sanity. Oh well, at least his model 29 didn't fire eight shots like Nick Nolte's in 48 hours.
@@dr.burtgummerfan439 Very true statement. 👍👍 Also, it was more economical to fire .38 Specials on the range ... not to mention the fact that after firing 100 rounds at the range (which was fairly standard) a .357 Magnum will make the revolver so hot that you wouldn't be able to touch the cylinder with your fingers. It would get hot enough with .38+P. Swinging out a hot cylinder to reload is very uncomfortable when it's blazing hot.
i always thought harry shot .44 special. correct me if i'm wrong, but i heard .44 magnum hollow points sail through people without expanding properly, not to mention having excessive recoil
Clint is awesome in the Westerns and Cop films, But Million Dollar Baby & Gran Torino are must see Clint Eastwood films from later in his acting career. You will be in awe!
You should submit to your patrons to vote on Eastwood's later cowboy westerns like 1) Pale Rider and 2) High Plains Drifter. However, two excellent CLASSIC westerns include: 1) High Noon (1952)- with Gary Cooper/Grace Kelly)- a sheriff must face a gang of arriving killers by himself without any help 2) "The Wild Bunch (1969)- (william Holden, directed by Sam Peckinpah. This film showed that the West was gritty, hard and wild, not the romanticized versions with Gene Autry or Roy Rogers. Nominated for many Oascars. Both of these films were selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. I hope that your patrons will vote these older films (Lawrence of Arabia makes me hopeful)
Great reaction guys!! I loved that Harry lost the shooting competition (on purpose) by shooting a cop...a hint to Davis of what's to come lol. Can't wait to see you react to The Enforcer and (especially) to Sudden Impact!!
@@Cbcw76 they werent slow. The pacing in older movies were more leisured than today, though there are some movies and TV shows that arr returning to that style. Which is fantastic because cinema was at its peak in the 1970s.
@@carlossaraiva8213 I agree, I think that may be partly why these older films are liked by younger viewers too because of this new trend of more leisured pacing at least in drama and horror, whereas action movies now have really gone crazy poor with CGI nonsense everywhere.
When y'all finish up the trials and tribulations of our beloved Inspector Callahan you can't go wrong staying on the Eastwood train and reacting to Escape From Alcatraz, Firefox and maybe even The Eiger Sanction.
TBR Schmitt, you said that Charlie looked familiar. Charlie was played by Mitchell Ryan who played The General in Lethal Weapon. He's the one Murtaugh went back to kill that was in charge of Mr. Joshua.
At least #1 and #2. DEATH WISH #3 enters the realm of Dumb AND Silly. I'd do the first two, then switch over to a solid film like Bronson's 1977 TELEFON where Donald ("Psychiatrist in HALLOWEEN") Pleasence reveals he's actually a deep-hidden Ruskie agent. But he eventually becomes President in ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK before returning to his Dr. Loomis role in HALLOWEEN II. The one we'll likely never see is Donald as Victor Frankenstein in 1984's FRANKENSTEIN'S GREAT AUNT TILLIE. Darn. I'm sure that's a real winner!
Yeah Bronson's family and partners in those movies have it even harder than Dirty Harry's partners in these movies, they can be a tough watch at times. 😬
@@Cbcw76 I'd suggest the original film only, it's really the one you need to see where the sequels are just trashy and sleazy. I quite like the more traditional action of Part 4, the only one to skip is the very dumb Part 5.
Magnum Force is easily my second place of the series behind #4 Sudden Impact (Clint's Sondra Locke era is one of his best for me). Harry cleaning up killer cops. Definitely keep going!
Easily my favorite Dirty Harry movie, but so much of it was just ridiculous. 1) No police force in history has ever issued Colt Pythons to traffic cops. 2) Silencers don't work on revolvers. 3) Harry really has no good way to explain to his superiors this situation after the finale, and given their dislike of him they likely wouldn't believe his story anyway. There's tons of other things, but those three stand out.
@@philmakris8507 Stitch- “I bet she doesn’t know what’s 12” long and white….Nothing! Highway- “I’ll tell what’s going to be Black and Bleeding if he doesn’t shut his face.”
I highly recommend you watch the 1993 Clint Eastwood crime drama A Perfect World, starring and directed by Eastwood with Kevin Costner, Laura Dern, and Bradley Whitford. Eastwood plays a Texas Ranger in 1963 looking for an escaped convict, played by Costner, who kidnaps a young a boy, while the Ranger remembers the convict whom he put behind bars years earlier and tries to redeem himself before it's too late.
Excellent recommendation! I haven't thought about that movie in years, but I remember really liking it a lot when I saw it. It was an interesting role for Costner and I think he did a great job with it.
@@LarryFleetwood8675 A little bit, but the cop in The Gauntlet is a washout drinker, who gains redemption and love, and Callahan is a badass all the way.
Other fun facts: The blonde machine gunned in the pool was Suzanne Somers. The late Robert Urich, who played on the series "Vegas" was one of the motorcycle cops. The other two were David Soul, who starred in "Starsky and Hutch" on tv and Tim Matheson who was the voice of "Jonny Quest."
*For your information:* The pimp who killed the girl with Drano in the cab is actor Albert Popwell. He appeared in the first four Dirty Harry films playing a different character in each film. He was offered a role in fifth film *"Dead Pool"* but he couldn't do that film due to a schedule conflict. In the first film *(Dirty Harry),* Popwell played one of the bank robbers. Where Harry *"lost count"* and shot at the robber since the robber *"just gottas know".* I hope you keep going on the Dirty Harry movies. People have saidvthat Dead Pool is weakest be but it still was fun to watch. Since Harry (Clint Eastwood) is a wonderful character to watch.
Great reaction, as usual. It's always nice re-watching these old favorites through your new eyes. All the Dirty Harry movies have some great catch line in them. The original was "I know what you're thinking..." This one is "A Man's got to know his limitations" Sudden Impact, the 4th in the series was actually quoted by President Ronald Reagan at the time. :)
'Go ahead, make my day'...yes. It's just sad that Warner Bros have stooped to re-grading these classic movies, adding new shitty teal and orange current color schemes to the point they're almost unwatchable now, if familiar with their original state. It's actually robbing them of their true feel, this way of trying to modernize 50 years old movies for today's audiences, i.e. one must keep the older DVDs now for the originals.
Enjoying the old school Clint Eastwood films, some memorable ones I hope you watch at some point: Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Escape from Alcatraz, Firefox, Unforgiven, In the Line of Fire, Mystic River, Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima and Gran Torino. xx
Great reaction to a fantastic movie. FYI, the blonde leader of the motorcycle "Death Squad" is David Soul and he was a pretty famous actor/singer in the 70's He was one of the two leads in the TV show "Starsky and Hutch" and his biggest hit single was "Don't Give Up On Us Baby."
"A man's got to know his limitations." Me and my dad quote that one all the time. 😄 I really hope that you continue with the next one (which might be my personal favorite if I had to choose): The Enforcer!
Actors from Vegas, Starsky & Hutch, Designing Women, Robocop and Albert Popwell, who was the bank robber in Dirty Harry and pimp in this one, he was in two other Dirty Harry movies playing different characters.
Good to see your second Dirty Harry reaction. The original is one of my top 10 movies, but i'm definitely a fan of the others too, i hope you watch the rest. I also recommend another Clint Eastwood cop film, The Gauntlet.
One of the best cop movies is Bullitt, from 1968, with Steve McQueen. It also took place in San Fransisco, and has the best car chase of all time (other than Blues Brothers). Definitely worth a watch. No series, just the one movie.
Great reaction! I’m glad you two enjoyed this. Always astute analysis. Each Dirty Harry movie is different . The ‘Dirty Harry ‘ movies were the template for subsequent movies featuring the main character cop who was unorthodox in his methods and always at odds with his superiors. Please keep going with your viewing of these movies, cheers! :-)
The first Eastwood cop movie I ever saw was "Coogans Bluff". Pretty good mix of funny there too. I believe it was kind of the precursor to the Dirty Harry films.
It is a great film . Albert Popwell is also in it and Coogan's ( Eastwood's ) love interest is played by Susan Clark , who appeared in Porkys as Cherry Forever , the prostitute all the lads are supposed to have sex with in that cabin in the woods .
That's the pre loma preita quake Hwy 280 southbound a little bit before you get to the 101/280 split--certain times of the week, the freeway WAS that empty. The man playing Ricca's lawyer (who gets smoked along with Ricca and the driver) was my high school English teacher, Maurice Argent.
The Enforcer (next in the series) is my second favorite (after Dirty Harry). I highly recommend it. I'd also recommend Clint as a down-and-out cop in The Gauntlet.
The western part of Lombard Street is the famous snaking curves; the segment east of Van Ness becomes a _monstrous_ incline (I walked up it for laughs some twenty-five years ago and it damn near killed me). But this is _Hollywood_ San Francisco, where a car chase can teleport miles away at the turn of a corner. Felton Perry, playing Harry's partner, was also OCP company man Johnson in the _Robocop_ movies.
Another good Cop movie of his is The Gauntlet. Kinda like Dirty Harry but isn't. Also stars Sandra Locke who stars with him in the "Every which way but loose" Movies...
There's a lot of material for discussion in this movie. In the first movie, Harry is known as a cop who "goes too far," a cop who flirts the line between vigilante and law enforcement. But Magnum Force tells us what a slippery slope Harry's philosophy for fighting crime is. The Death Squad represents what happens when Harry's philosophy is taken one step further.
Love this sequel, I find it way more action packed than the original. The stunt work in this film is also way more intense and the story had a lot more of a mystery element and more moving parts. Enjoyed the reaction, hope you finsh the Dirty Harry series.
Love watching you guys watch these classics! I have a recommendation, you may not have heard of, The Warriors (1979). A classic, with an awesome disco/electro/rock soundtrack.
An early 90s Konami video game, Lethal Enforcers, took some inspiration from Magnum Force. The intro in the video game was similar to the movie and if you got a magnum, the announcer would say magnum force. Looking forward to the next Dirty Harry movie, The Enforcer, has my favorite Harry police partner. Keep going with the Dirty Harry movies. I'd like for you to watch the 3 remaining movies.
All the Dirty Harry movies are worth seeing. But The Dead Pool is my favorite of the next three (it has a very different car chase and Jim Carrey in an early role). However, Sudden Impact might have his best lines. Including one that was referenced by President Ronald Reagan. BTW the four motorcycle cops were played by David Soul who went on to play Hutch in the TV series Starsky and Hutch, Robert Urich who starred in the TV series Vegas and played Spenser in Spenser for Hire, and Tim Matheson who starred in the movie Animal House (he was also the voice of Jonny Quest). I never saw the other guy in anything else I remember.
📽You guys have to remember to take into context how things were at a given time like the early 70's. At that time vs what you know today, there just wasn't the level of sophistication about crime, serial killers, snipers and such. Even the way law enforcement worked ...in terms of record keeping, no computers (all paper), there wasn't a lot of cross-referencing, sharing of info between cities about criminals and statistics. Yes, from your perspective the dark ages. 📽Nonetheless, I loved you reaction. Personally, with each Dirty Harry sequel it became more formula and repetitive about the bad guys and how Harry kills them. I believe the series should have ended after "The Enforcer" '76. 📽I do have one suggestion of an Eastwood movie that often goes overlooked and was a completely different role than he normally plays: "Play Misty For Me" '71 (If I'm right, Eastwood's 2nd shot at directing). It's a sort of quiet, unassuming little film that soon takes a tragic, psychopathic turn for the worst. It's an excellent, beautifully made, well acted film. It gives insight into his later to be known directing🥩. 📽And as far as his no-name westerns, check out "High Plains Drifter" '73. He also directed this one. Don't believe in spoilers... ...but you'll love it!
Hope you guys check out Clint's "Any which way but loose" & "Any which way you can" movies, good action & comedy in those. These are the movies he made with the Orangutan.
Eastwood has some great movies you guys should add to your list; excluding his legendary westerns, try escape from alcatraz, any which way but loose and the sequel any which way you can, thunderbolt and lightfoot, heartbreak ridge, in the line of fire, a perfect world, the Bridges of madison County. His directorial efforts are equally magnificent. This guy is a Phenom and deserves all plaudits that come his way
Another movie back then with Clint that's definitely worth seeing is The Gauntlet. It's awesome. He's also in a lesser known movie called the Beguiled which is incredibly well done.
The Beguiled is Clint's strangest role. He tries to bang everything that moves, even having a threesome and the only thing he kills is a turtle. There is a remake of that movie too.
(6:29) David Soul (Starsky & Hutch), Robert Urich (Vegas) and Tim Matheson (Animal House) all in one room and youngsters. Of course, Suzanne Sommers (Three's Company) plays a role, too.
What I love about the ending is there’s no real evidence that can link him to really being involved. It’s not his car, and he didn’t even use his signature magnum. So, he can just go home and have a beer with his sexy lady friend, and call it a day:)
The impact that corrupt cop experienced with the water as he launched his motorcycle off of the carrier flight deck would have been sufficient to kill him. Aircraft carriers are essentially a floating city and have a crew of several thousand sailors each. The flight deck is a considerable distance above the water surface. I went aboard the USS Lexington in Corpus Christi, Texas this past April and she's one massive ship for sure. There was lots of walking up and down ladders (stairs) for about four hours on eight to ten decks. If you visit this ship you will get to see the F-14 Tomcat fighter jet that buzzed the control tower in the original Top Gun. That pilot would most likely been charged with a crime for that antic.
You should totally watch the entire run, the next movie, he gets a new partner which I think is the most memorable part of the movie for me, you'll see why when you watch. Love that you do movies that others don't and it's great to watch and hopefully make new fans of these movies. I look greatly forward to 'The Enforcer' when you get to it. So many great Clint films for you to do, gotta fill you with excitement. 😁
Another 'fun' watch with the two of ya, so thanks for that. It would be cool if ya kept on with the Eastwood body of work, even past the Harry flicks. Some stuff he's directed are good additions as well, like Absolute Power, Pale Rider, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil...
The first Dirty Harry was criticized by critics as being fascist. Magnum Force is essentially Eastwood’s response, with Harry facing essentially mirror images of himself.
Three of the traffic cops have done countless movies and TV series. David Soul was famous for the television series Starsky and Hutch. Robert Urich was also a famous television actor for the series Vega$. Tim Matheson is mainly remembered for his role in the classic film National Lampoon's Animal House. Please continue with the Dirty Harry sequels. It will definitely make my day.
A wadcutter, as mentioned by Harry at the range, is a type of bullet with a completely flat nose (basically a lead cylinder). They're mostly designed for target practice on paper targets, as it leaves a clean hole, making scoring easier. The bullet can be useful in snort revolvers, where blunt nose helps to impart more force to the target as the short barrel doesn't offer optimal velocity. And as they're not hollow points, they get around restrictions on such bullets. As a drawback, the bullets lose accuracy over distance more quickly, as they're not as aerodynamic.
Kip Niven, David Soul, Robert Urich and Tim Matheson played the rookies/vigilantes. Niven, Soul and Urich became huge stars probably from this movie. Matheson had been acting since he was a kid. He was also the voice of the 60s cartoon Johnny Quest. The third DH movie, "The Enforcer" is my favorite of the series. He gets paired up with actress Tyne Daly and there a few more whimsical moments. Plus an epic shootout at the end.
It's crazy how many stunts Clint did himself. Hal Holbrook mentioned on a documentary that he was worried going down the "snake road" because Clint was driving a bit too fast on the sharp turns. I still prefer the first as the best, but this is good sequel regardless.
FUN FACT: The pimp was also in "Dirty Harry" - he was the bank robber that Harry asked how many bullets he had left. He's also in the next two Harry movies. He and Clint must have been good buddies.
The late Albert Popwell.
A handful of Actors are in his movies multiple times....
Eastwood's production company tried to use a lot of the same supporting actors, the idea being "I know the actor's abilities." "Charlie McCoy" was played by Mitchell Ryan, who passed away March, 2022. Mitchell had a lot of great supporting roles, too. LIAR LIAR with Jim Carrey, etc. As noted elsewhere, Albert Popwell was the Questioning Bank Robber in DIRTY HARRY, then the Pimp in this MAGNUM FORCE. He shows up again as Mustafa in #3 THE ENFORCER and also in #4's SUDDEN IMPACT as Horace King.
Albert Popwell was also in The Enforcer as the radical leader and he was in Sudden Impact as Harry's partner. So he was in 4 out of 5 of the Dirty Harry movies as different characters.
@@Cbcw76
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What's interesting in these films is the dichotomy in Harry's mind. He despises the system, because it's so corrupt, but he never entirely rejects it, except temporarily (at the end of the first movie). And, system or no system, he never betrays his own commitment to justice.
I don't think he despises the system because he still works within it as much as he possibly can, even accepting flawed outcomes like in the first when the sniper gets off on a technicality.
Even after he shoots him for saying he will kill again there's the regret for breaking his oath/code displayed by chucking his badge away, even if he ultimately decides he can live with it.
After this film you can be sure Brooks was painted as a heroic boss helping Harry and killed by the rookies, not as their leader
@@madpadukyeah…I feel like this movie was made as a direct response to critics of the first one. As flawed as the system is, Harry knows that it’s better than the alternative…reminds me of the quote attributed to Winston Churchill…democracy is the worst form of government…except for all the other ones that have been tried.
@bryanmack4054 You're right. Critics said DH promoted police brutality and, incorrectly, painted Callahan as a mass murderer. In MF Harry goes against cops who fit the mold put onto Harry by the critics.
The chubby detective is played by actor and poet John Mitchum, Robert Mitchum’s brother.
TBR Schmitt: "Whoa, they're going to the airport for food?!"
- Yes, back before 9-11, I occasionally took a date to a restaurant at my city's airport.
It wasn't really romantic, but she and I could eat while watching plane lights land/takeoff in the night, on the runway.
I haven't done something like that, since. Security rules, you know.
Cool.
But the airport I was referring to was the one in my hometown, San Antonio. In Texas. 😊
Airport restaurants were really good. Some of them still are.
This was before a hamburger at the airport costs $15-20!
Sounds romantic.
Here's why the motorcycle officer died when his motorcycle went off the flight deck of that aircraft carrier. The distance from the flight deck to the water is about 90 feet, and from that distance, a fall into water is fatal. The 90 foot figure comes from my dad, who served aboard the USS Saratoga circa 1955-1957. He told me that the flight deck was 90 feet above the water.
You really need to watch "The Outlaw Josey Wales" . My favorite Eastwood western.
It took me the second time watching this to notice that Suzanne Summers was one of the swimming pool massacre victims. Three of the four rookie cops I recognized in later movies/tv shows. Tim Matheson from Animal House, Robert Urich from "Vegas", and David Soul from "Starsky and Hutch".
And the angry cop driving the yellow car is the main bad guy over Gary Busey in the Lethal Weapon movie.
@@VC-Toronto The late, Mitchell Ryan.
Robert Ulrich also starred in S.W.A.T.
@@jeffburnham6611 And the Series "Spenser".
@@Mirage_-ls4gf Ah yes, loved this TV show. Spenser and Hawk.
Based on a series of quiet successful detective novels.
This film was written by John Milius, who wrote Apocalypse Now and directed Conan the Barbarian, and is who John Goodman’s character from The Big Lebowski is based on.
Co-written by Milius with Mike Cimino (The Deer Hunter, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot).
I hope "Bullitt" 1968 is on your list.
Yes, that’s an iconic movie with a classic chase scene.
Ironically, Spielberg is in pre-production on a remake. Ordinarily I’m very skeptical about such attempts, but the story COULD be fantastically updated with the right cast and production.
@@davidwilkins5932for some reason, I just thought of Daniel Craig in Steve McQueens role
3 of the rookie cops went on to have fairly successful careers. David Soul (Davis) was in a popular cop show in the 70's Starsky and Hutch. Tim Matheson (Sweet) has been in a ton of things, but might be best known for his role in the film Animal House and the TV show The West Wing. Robert Urich (Grimes) had a lot of parts from the 70's- 2000's, was the star of the TV show Vegas and had a part in the very popular miniseries Lonesome Dove
I love Matheson as Dead Larry on "Burn Notice".
I used to like David Soul...until I found out he was a Gooner 😭
David Soul was good in the ''Salem's Lot'' TV movie. He also had a hit song.
@@eddhardy1054 I'm old and had to look that word up😉. I did not know that about him
@@clash5j You must be really really old mate, Gooner's been a word since at least the 1970s 😉😊
Fun Fact as well in case you didn't pick it up, the guy who played Frank Palancio is "Tony Giorgio" and he was the guy who played Bruno Tattaglia in The Godfather (The guy who stabs Luca in the hand) at the bar if I remember correctly
I look forward to your reaction to "The Enforcer". The interpersonal between Harry and his new partner allows us to learn even more about Harry's character. Tyne Daly, later known for the police series Gagney & Lacey, delivers a great performance here.
Tyne Daly is like fingernails on a blackboard for me.
For me The Outlaw Josey Wales is Clint's best western and best movie; it's so entertaining, I know you'd love it.
David Soul, who was the best rookie shot, went on to star in 1975's Starsky and Hutch, the best buddy cop show ever made!
Sudden Impact (1983) is the craziest film in the franchise. It’s the fourth film in the series yet it has its most famous and iconic line. It also has an inconsistent tone where some scenes are like a slapstick comedy while other scenes have horrible violence towards women. Still worth watching but it feels like three different films stitched together.
7:25, the girl who was shot in the pool was Suzanne Sommers of Three's Company.
Yes... after she's killed here in this film, she really didn't get better-!
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Yes, good eye!! 👍👍
Easily the best one of the series. Interesting fact - during the scene when the cops threaten Harry, when they drive off, the actors all collide with each other off camera. Eastwood stayed in character for the shot though. He said later "I was just threatened by the Keystone Cops."
I would have cracked up seeing Clint say that.
You may also like:
_Thunderbolt and Lightfoot_ (1974),
_The Gauntlet_ (1977).
The Gauntlet is my fav.
“You wouldn’t hit a lady would ya?”....POW
The blonde rookie cop officer Davis who shot the motorcycle officer is David Soul who was a successful singer in the 70s, and actor who played Ken Hutchinson in the 70s cop TV show "Starsky & Hutch." Rookie officer Sweet is played by Tim Matheson who used to be a regular on TV shows such as "Bonanza" & "The West Wing", but probably his most famous role was playing "Otter" Stratton in the movie "Animal House." Rookie Officer Mike Grimes in this movie was played by the late great Robert Urich who was popular on the TV shows "Swat" and " Spencer for Hire", and in his most famous role as private detective Dan Tanna on the very popular TV show "Vegas."
You like crazy car chases, you have got to watch Steve McQueen in "Bullitt" from 1968. It has one of the best and also shot in San Francisco. There is also the 1973 film "The Seven-Ups" with Roy Scheider of Jaws fame. Both are cop dramas and both worth the watch.
Saw The Seven Ups in the theatre, first run, age six.
The first movie in the series got labeled as "fascist", which it wasn't, so when this one was being written they deliberately came up with a storyline that would show what a fascist cop, or cops in this case, would be like.
Also, as a side note for anyone who cares, the line in the shooting range when Harry answers the question "what kind of load do you use in that .44," with "a light special." has had people thinking for decades that Harry shoots .44 Specials out of that Model 29. John Milius, who co-wrote the script, said that Clint actually flubbed the line. The correct line was: "A special light magnum."
Back in the revolver days, a lot of police officers would train and practice with .38 Specials and switch to .357 Magnum loads for street carry. I just always assumed Harry meant he did the same with the .44 Special/Magnum.
That original line would have been stupid. I used to compete with two model 29 44 magnums, and the only "light magnum" was the Winchester Silvertip and that was still a magnum, no reason the word "special" would be used to describe it. I'm going to continue to say he uses specials for my sanity. Oh well, at least his model 29 didn't fire eight shots like Nick Nolte's in 48 hours.
@@dr.burtgummerfan439 Very true statement. 👍👍 Also, it was more economical to fire .38 Specials on the range ... not to mention the fact that after firing 100 rounds at the range (which was fairly standard) a .357 Magnum will make the revolver so hot that you wouldn't be able to touch the cylinder with your fingers. It would get hot enough with .38+P. Swinging out a hot cylinder to reload is very uncomfortable when it's blazing hot.
i always thought harry shot .44 special. correct me if i'm wrong, but i heard .44 magnum hollow points sail through people without expanding properly, not to mention having excessive recoil
Clint is awesome in the Westerns and Cop films, But Million Dollar Baby & Gran Torino are must see Clint Eastwood films from later in his acting career. You will be in awe!
You should submit to your patrons to vote on Eastwood's later cowboy westerns like 1) Pale Rider and 2) High Plains Drifter. However, two excellent CLASSIC westerns include:
1) High Noon (1952)- with Gary Cooper/Grace Kelly)- a sheriff must face a gang of arriving killers by himself without any help
2) "The Wild Bunch (1969)- (william Holden, directed by Sam Peckinpah. This film showed that the West was gritty, hard and wild, not the romanticized versions with Gene Autry or Roy Rogers. Nominated for many Oascars.
Both of these films were selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. I hope that your patrons will vote these older films (Lawrence of Arabia makes me hopeful)
So very close to 100k subs ! You two deserve that Silver Play Button as much as anyone I watch on UA-cam. Great reactions !
Also check out "The Gauntlet" -- It's not a Dirty Harry movie, but it's Clint Eastwood from around that same time also playing a cop.
You should see Steve McQueen's "Bullitt" ....great police movie and one of the greatest car chases ever filmed
Also filmed in San Francisco and Steve McQueen did his own stunts.
Great reaction guys!! I loved that Harry lost the shooting competition (on purpose) by shooting a cop...a hint to Davis of what's to come lol. Can't wait to see you react to The Enforcer and (especially) to Sudden Impact!!
All the Dirty Harry movies are great; keep going! :)
The worst of the Dirty Harry films are 'slow in parts' and that's about it.
Not the last one it is.
@@Cbcw76 they werent slow. The pacing in older movies were more leisured than today, though there are some movies and TV shows that arr returning to that style. Which is fantastic because cinema was at its peak in the 1970s.
@@carlossaraiva8213 I agree, I think that may be partly why these older films are liked by younger viewers too because of this new trend of more leisured pacing at least in drama and horror, whereas action movies now have really gone crazy poor with CGI nonsense everywhere.
The 4th movie was pretty meh for me but I really enjoy the other 4.
When y'all finish up the trials and tribulations of our beloved Inspector Callahan you can't go wrong staying on the Eastwood train and reacting to Escape From Alcatraz, Firefox and maybe even The Eiger Sanction.
The Eiger Sanction. Yes!
All well worth it, yep.
TBR Schmitt, you said that Charlie looked familiar. Charlie was played by Mitchell Ryan who played The General in Lethal Weapon. He's the one Murtaugh went back to kill that was in charge of Mr. Joshua.
also High Plains Drifter
You guys need to watch Death Wish for a more raw 70s version of Dirty Harry
Charles Bronson is awesome 👍
And he has 5 films too like Clint's Dirty Harry films. ✌️
Agree 💯%
At least #1 and #2. DEATH WISH #3 enters the realm of Dumb AND Silly. I'd do the first two, then switch over to a solid film like Bronson's 1977 TELEFON where Donald ("Psychiatrist in HALLOWEEN") Pleasence reveals he's actually a deep-hidden Ruskie agent. But he eventually becomes President in ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK before returning to his Dr. Loomis role in HALLOWEEN II. The one we'll likely never see is Donald as Victor Frankenstein in 1984's FRANKENSTEIN'S GREAT AUNT TILLIE. Darn. I'm sure that's a real winner!
Yeah Bronson's family and partners in those movies have it even harder than Dirty Harry's partners in these movies, they can be a tough watch at times. 😬
@@Cbcw76 I'd suggest the original film only, it's really the one you need to see where the sequels are just trashy and sleazy. I quite like the more traditional action of Part 4, the only one to skip is the very dumb Part 5.
5:53, Mitchell Ryan, he was in Lethal Weapon, he played the villainous Gen McAllister.
He was also Thomas Gibson's dad on the sitcom, "Dharma & Greg" and was in another Eastwood film, "High Plains Drifter".
@@Madbandit77 Rikers dad in Star tek tng, cult of thorn leader in Halloween 6 as well
@@TonyTheLoneRiderSmith He also voiced Highfather, ruler of New Genesis in an episode of "Justice League: The Animated Series". RIP Mitchell Ryan.
Magnum Force is easily my second place of the series behind #4 Sudden Impact (Clint's Sondra Locke era is one of his best for me). Harry cleaning up killer cops. Definitely keep going!
Definitely check out The Star Chamber (1983) with Michael Douglas. There's a similar premise to this movie.
I love that movie too, it also co-stars Hal Holbrook.
The mobster Frank Palacino was played by Tony Giorgio, who played Bruno Tattaglia in the first Godfather film.
Easily my favorite Dirty Harry movie, but so much of it was just ridiculous.
1) No police force in history has ever issued Colt Pythons to traffic cops.
2) Silencers don't work on revolvers.
3) Harry really has no good way to explain to his superiors this situation after the finale, and given their dislike of him they likely wouldn't believe his story anyway.
There's tons of other things, but those three stand out.
Besides the Dirty Harry movies, you should check out Heartbreak Ridge. I think Eastwood shines in this one as a no nonsense Marine Gunnery Sergeant.
Mario van Peebles is also excellent in heartbreak ridge as a "lots of nonsense" marine 😊
@@philmakris8507 Stitch- “I bet she doesn’t know what’s 12” long and white….Nothing!
Highway- “I’ll tell what’s going to be Black and Bleeding if he doesn’t shut his face.”
I highly recommend you watch the 1993 Clint Eastwood crime drama A Perfect World, starring and directed by Eastwood with Kevin Costner, Laura Dern, and Bradley Whitford.
Eastwood plays a Texas Ranger in 1963 looking for an escaped convict, played by Costner, who kidnaps a young a boy, while the Ranger remembers the convict whom he put behind bars years earlier and tries to redeem himself before it's too late.
Yes! Please! You guys would LOVE that film. Costner is excellent, and it has the best performance by a child actor I've ever seen.
Excellent recommendation! I haven't thought about that movie in years, but I remember really liking it a lot when I saw it. It was an interesting role for Costner and I think he did a great job with it.
One of the best action movies of the 70's. Another great Eastwood one, also starring Sondra Locke, is a stand-alone called The Gauntlet (1977).
Love that one, it's almost like a Dirty Harry character.
@@LarryFleetwood8675 A little bit, but the cop in The Gauntlet is a washout drinker, who gains redemption and love, and Callahan is a badass all the way.
Other fun facts: The blonde machine gunned in the pool was Suzanne Somers. The late Robert Urich, who played on the series "Vegas" was one of the motorcycle cops. The other two were David Soul, who starred in "Starsky and Hutch" on tv and Tim Matheson who was the voice of "Jonny Quest."
Matheson also played Otter in “Animal House.”
@@TheTerryGene he's damned glad to meet you
@@TheTerryGene and the VP in The West Wing
I can remember him in the series the virginian as well.
You can't go wrong watching Clint Eastwood movies and there are tons more to see.
Yes, all are watchable.
Yes, even The Gauntlet.
*For your information:*
The pimp who killed the girl with Drano in the cab is actor Albert Popwell. He appeared in the first four Dirty Harry films playing a different character in each film. He was offered a role in fifth film *"Dead Pool"* but he couldn't do that film due to a schedule conflict. In the first film *(Dirty Harry),* Popwell played one of the bank robbers. Where Harry *"lost count"* and shot at the robber since the robber *"just gottas know".*
I hope you keep going on the Dirty Harry movies. People have saidvthat Dead Pool is weakest be but it still was fun to watch. Since Harry (Clint Eastwood) is a wonderful character to watch.
And don't forget that Jim Carrey and Liam Neeson were in "The Dead Pool" too!
he and Clint first met in Coogan's Bluff.
@@B-a-t-m-a-n And Carrey again in Pink Cadillac (1989).
I definitely think you should continue with the series..The Enforcer from 1976, Sudden Impact from 1983 and The Dead Pool from 1988… I love them all
I just watched The Dead Pool again recently, it wasn't a big hit back in '88 but I think it holds up nicely today.
The Dead Pool had an early appearance by Jim Carrey ( credited as James Carrey ) . He wasnt in many scenes as he was quickly killed off.,
Great reaction, as usual. It's always nice re-watching these old favorites through your new eyes. All the Dirty Harry movies have some great catch line in them. The original was "I know what you're thinking..." This one is "A Man's got to know his limitations" Sudden Impact, the 4th in the series was actually quoted by President Ronald Reagan at the time. :)
'Go ahead, make my day'...yes. It's just sad that Warner Bros have stooped to re-grading these classic movies, adding new shitty teal and orange current color schemes to the point they're almost unwatchable now, if familiar with their original state. It's actually robbing them of their true feel, this way of trying to modernize 50 years old movies for today's audiences, i.e. one must keep the older DVDs now for the originals.
Please do part 2 of young guns please
Enjoying the old school Clint Eastwood films, some memorable ones I hope you watch at some point: Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Escape from Alcatraz, Firefox, Unforgiven, In the Line of Fire, Mystic River, Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima and Gran Torino. xx
Great reaction to a fantastic movie. FYI, the blonde leader of the motorcycle "Death Squad" is David Soul and he was a pretty famous actor/singer in the 70's He was one of the two leads in the TV show "Starsky and Hutch" and his biggest hit single was "Don't Give Up On Us Baby."
Yes, do Sudden Impact.
You'd be shocked to find out how common hijackings were in the 70's.
So fun that you're continuing the Clint journey
Long may it last...
I hope they watch Play Misty For Me.
"A man's got to know his limitations." Me and my dad quote that one all the time. 😄
I really hope that you continue with the next one (which might be my personal favorite if I had to choose): The Enforcer!
Actors from Vegas, Starsky & Hutch, Designing Women, Robocop and Albert Popwell, who was the bank robber in Dirty Harry and pimp in this one, he was in two other Dirty Harry movies playing different characters.
Good to see your second Dirty Harry reaction. The original is one of my top 10 movies, but i'm definitely a fan of the others too, i hope you watch the rest. I also recommend another Clint Eastwood cop film, The Gauntlet.
Love The Gauntlet, one of the best 70s car chase genre.
In the Line of Fire is one of my all time favorite Clint Eastwood movies. Please add to a poll.
Absolute Power (1997) is very good too, as is Blood Work (2002) which is his last real thriller in the classic style.
One of the best cop movies is Bullitt, from 1968, with Steve McQueen. It also took place in San Fransisco, and has the best car chase of all time (other than Blues Brothers). Definitely worth a watch. No series, just the one movie.
Great reaction! I’m glad you two enjoyed this. Always astute analysis. Each Dirty Harry movie is different . The ‘Dirty Harry ‘ movies were the template for subsequent movies featuring the main character cop who was unorthodox in his methods and always at odds with his superiors. Please keep going with your viewing of these movies, cheers! :-)
The first Eastwood cop movie I ever saw was "Coogans Bluff". Pretty good mix of funny there too. I believe it was kind of the precursor to the Dirty Harry films.
And it inspired the later cop show McCloud (1970-77) with Dennis Weaver.
It is a great film . Albert Popwell is also in it and Coogan's ( Eastwood's ) love interest is played by Susan Clark , who appeared in Porkys as Cherry Forever , the prostitute all the lads are supposed to have sex with in that cabin in the woods .
"A man's got to know his limitations" still one of my favorite lines ever.
Movies I grew up with. Still good. Reminds me of the great car chase movies. Bullitt, French Connection, Seven Ups, etc.
If you would like to check out more Clint Eastwood I would recommend Tightrope (1984)
I'm hoping these 2 get to Escape From Alcatraz and The Eiger Sanction
The Japanese love interest (Adele Yoshioka) was probably my first movie crush. She was absolutely stunning!
An airport hot dog at the baggage claim was one of the best I ever had
That's the pre loma preita quake Hwy 280 southbound a little bit before you get to the 101/280 split--certain times of the week, the freeway WAS that empty. The man playing Ricca's lawyer (who gets smoked along with Ricca and the driver) was my high school English teacher, Maurice Argent.
The Enforcer (next in the series) is my second favorite (after Dirty Harry). I highly recommend it. I'd also recommend Clint as a down-and-out cop in The Gauntlet.
I like The Gauntlet, but I have to admit it's brainless action from beginning to end.
The sequel is called, “The Outlaw Josey Wales.”
The western part of Lombard Street is the famous snaking curves; the segment east of Van Ness becomes a _monstrous_ incline (I walked up it for laughs some twenty-five years ago and it damn near killed me). But this is _Hollywood_ San Francisco, where a car chase can teleport miles away at the turn of a corner.
Felton Perry, playing Harry's partner, was also OCP company man Johnson in the _Robocop_ movies.
Felton Perry also played Obra Eaker. He was Buford Pusser's (Joe Don Baker) deputy sheriff in "Walking Tall" (1973)
Exactly, except that's not Lombard, it's Vermont between 20th and 22nd.
"The Enforcer" (1976) is next!
Another good Cop movie of his is The Gauntlet.
Kinda like Dirty Harry but isn't.
Also stars Sandra Locke who stars with him in the "Every which way but loose" Movies...
There's a lot of material for discussion in this movie. In the first movie, Harry is known as a cop who "goes too far," a cop who flirts the line between vigilante and law enforcement. But Magnum Force tells us what a slippery slope Harry's philosophy for fighting crime is. The Death Squad represents what happens when Harry's philosophy is taken one step further.
The final film in the series, “The Dead Pool” (no relation to Ryan Reynolds’ films) features Liam Neeson and Jim Carrey.
Love this sequel, I find it way more action packed than the original. The stunt work in this film is also way more intense and the story had a lot more of a mystery element and more moving parts. Enjoyed the reaction, hope you finsh the Dirty Harry series.
Would like to see you react to Kelly's Hero's with Eastwood, Telly Savalous and Donald Sutherland.
Kelly's Heroes is a great film.
Always with the negative waves Moriarty
@@amberlopez7477 Amen. RIP Stuart Margolin, who played Little Joe, in the film.
They'll have a swell old time with this funny classic.
Love watching you guys watch these classics! I have a recommendation, you may not have heard of, The Warriors (1979). A classic, with an awesome disco/electro/rock soundtrack.
Just watch the original theatrical release, not the later director's cut.
@@themoviedealers I like both versions.
The blonde shot in the swimming pool was Suzanne Sommers from Three's Company
The Blond cop, David Soul had a hit song, Don't give up on us in 1976.
An early 90s Konami video game, Lethal Enforcers, took some inspiration from Magnum Force. The intro in the video game was similar to the movie and if you got a magnum, the announcer would say magnum force.
Looking forward to the next Dirty Harry movie, The Enforcer, has my favorite Harry police partner.
Keep going with the Dirty Harry movies. I'd like for you to watch the 3 remaining movies.
I think it was hilarious that at 25:20 he side crashes the passenger side as the guy falls out, then next scene, passenger side is perfect again. 😆
Michael Douglas "The Star Chamber"
All the Dirty Harry movies are worth seeing. But The Dead Pool is my favorite of the next three (it has a very different car chase and Jim Carrey in an early role). However, Sudden Impact might have his best lines. Including one that was referenced by President Ronald Reagan.
BTW the four motorcycle cops were played by David Soul who went on to play Hutch in the TV series Starsky and Hutch, Robert Urich who starred in the TV series Vegas and played Spenser in Spenser for Hire, and Tim Matheson who starred in the movie Animal House (he was also the voice of Jonny Quest). I never saw the other guy in anything else I remember.
Many years before "Spenser", Robert Urich had already become very popular for his role in the Tv series "SWAT" (the original one from the 70s)...
📽You guys have to remember to take into context how things were at a given time like the early 70's. At that time vs what you know today, there just wasn't the level of sophistication about crime, serial killers, snipers and such. Even the way law enforcement worked ...in terms of record keeping, no computers (all paper), there wasn't a lot of cross-referencing, sharing of info between cities about criminals and statistics. Yes, from your perspective the dark ages.
📽Nonetheless, I loved you reaction. Personally, with each Dirty Harry sequel it became more formula and repetitive about the bad guys and how Harry kills them. I believe the series should have ended after "The Enforcer" '76.
📽I do have one suggestion of an Eastwood movie that often goes overlooked and was a completely different role than he normally plays: "Play Misty For Me" '71 (If I'm right, Eastwood's 2nd shot at directing). It's a sort of quiet, unassuming little film that soon takes a tragic, psychopathic turn for the worst. It's an excellent, beautifully made, well acted film. It gives insight into his later to be known directing🥩.
📽And as far as his no-name westerns, check out "High Plains Drifter" '73. He also directed this one. Don't believe in spoilers...
...but you'll love it!
Hope you guys check out Clint's "Any which way but loose" & "Any which way you can" movies, good action & comedy in those. These are the movies he made with the Orangutan.
They'll love that duo of films, I'm certain.
his partner is the guy from robocop who drank the "baby food" and worked for OCP ;)
Eastwood has some great movies you guys should add to your list; excluding his legendary westerns, try escape from alcatraz, any which way but loose and the sequel any which way you can, thunderbolt and lightfoot, heartbreak ridge, in the line of fire, a perfect world, the Bridges of madison County. His directorial efforts are equally magnificent. This guy is a Phenom and deserves all plaudits that come his way
Another movie back then with Clint that's definitely worth seeing is The Gauntlet. It's awesome. He's also in a lesser known movie called the Beguiled which is incredibly well done.
The Beguiled is Clint's strangest role. He tries to bang everything that moves, even having a threesome and the only thing he kills is a turtle. There is a remake of that movie too.
The Enforcer , Harry has his 1st female partner is a great watch too.
Tyne Daily - of TV's 'Cagney & Lacy' fame
Tyne Daley is a great addition to this. She’s my favorite of all his partners.
And next she'd co-star with Charles Bronson in the excellent Telefon (1977).
I love these films. I'd say Dirty Harry and Magnum Force are great, The Enforcer is good and The Dead Pool & Sudden Impact are both OK 🥰🥰🥰
Eastwood in “Eiger Sanction” is a Dirty Harry character but as an assassin
Love it, they loved Cliffhanger so I'm sure they'll enjoy this one as well.
(6:29) David Soul (Starsky & Hutch), Robert Urich (Vegas) and Tim Matheson (Animal House) all in one room and youngsters. Of course, Suzanne Sommers (Three's Company) plays a role, too.
Thank you TBR& Sam
What I love about the ending is there’s no real evidence that can link him to really being involved. It’s not his car, and he didn’t even use his signature magnum. So, he can just go home and have a beer with his sexy lady friend, and call it a day:)
I hope you watch them all, "The Enforcer" has some good dialogue.
The impact that corrupt cop experienced with the water as he launched his motorcycle off of the carrier flight deck would have been sufficient to kill him. Aircraft carriers are essentially a floating city and have a crew of several thousand sailors each. The flight deck is a considerable distance above the water surface. I went aboard the USS Lexington in Corpus Christi, Texas this past April and she's one massive ship for sure. There was lots of walking up and down ladders (stairs) for about four hours on eight to ten decks. If you visit this ship you will get to see the F-14 Tomcat fighter jet that buzzed the control tower in the original Top Gun. That pilot would most likely been charged with a crime for that antic.
You should totally watch the entire run, the next movie, he gets a new partner which I think is the most memorable part of the movie for me, you'll see why when you watch. Love that you do movies that others don't and it's great to watch and hopefully make new fans of these movies. I look greatly forward to 'The Enforcer' when you get to it. So many great Clint films for you to do, gotta fill you with excitement. 😁
I agree his partner in The Enforcer is the most memorable partner, and his reaction when they are put together.
@@jonbolton3376 Oh yes. :) Going to love watching the reaction here to that relationship.
Another 'fun' watch with the two of ya, so thanks for that.
It would be cool if ya kept on with the Eastwood body of work, even past the Harry flicks. Some stuff he's directed are good additions as well, like Absolute Power, Pale Rider, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil...
The first Dirty Harry was criticized by critics as being fascist. Magnum Force is essentially Eastwood’s response, with Harry facing essentially mirror images of himself.
Three of the traffic cops have done countless movies and TV series. David Soul was famous for the television series Starsky and Hutch. Robert Urich was also a famous television actor for the series Vega$. Tim Matheson is mainly remembered for his role in the classic film National Lampoon's Animal House. Please continue with the Dirty Harry sequels. It will definitely make my day.
A wadcutter, as mentioned by Harry at the range, is a type of bullet with a completely flat nose (basically a lead cylinder). They're mostly designed for target practice on paper targets, as it leaves a clean hole, making scoring easier. The bullet can be useful in snort revolvers, where blunt nose helps to impart more force to the target as the short barrel doesn't offer optimal velocity. And as they're not hollow points, they get around restrictions on such bullets. As a drawback, the bullets lose accuracy over distance more quickly, as they're not as aerodynamic.
Kip Niven, David Soul, Robert Urich and Tim Matheson played the rookies/vigilantes. Niven, Soul and Urich became huge stars probably from this movie. Matheson had been acting since he was a kid. He was also the voice of the 60s cartoon Johnny Quest.
The third DH movie, "The Enforcer" is my favorite of the series. He gets paired up with actress Tyne Daly and there a few more whimsical moments. Plus an epic shootout at the end.
It's crazy how many stunts Clint did himself. Hal Holbrook mentioned on a documentary that he was worried going down the "snake road" because Clint was driving a bit too fast on the sharp turns. I still prefer the first as the best, but this is good sequel regardless.
Clint is the man! So bad ass that Marty McFly used his name. Lol. I have some fajitas ready and can’t wait to watch this one. Keep up the great work
Fajitas and Dirty Harry. I love America.
Definitely keep watching, they're all good and the later ones aren't so dark too.
These unfortunately, were also made that much more darker by WB's new crappy grading job.