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The enforcer

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Movie propaganda

When Detective Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) stops a liquor store hostage stand-off in his own no-nonsense way, he gets busted back to Personnel. But not for long. When terrorists rob an arms warehouse and go on a blood-soaked extortion spree, San Francisco's leaders quickly seek out Callahan: the enforcer.

Persons of interest

Clint Eastwood .... "Dirty" Harry Callahan
Tyne Daly .... Kate Moore
Harry Guardino .... Lieutenant Bressler
Bradford Dillman .... Capt McKay
John Mitchum .... Frank DiGiorgio
DeVeren Bookwalter .... Bobby Maxwell
John Crawford .... The Mayor
Samantha Doane .... Wanda
Robert F Hoy .... Buchinski
Jocelyn Jones .... Miki
MG Kelly .... Father John
Nick Pellegrino .... Martin
Albert Popwell .... "Big" Ed Mustapha
Harry Julian Fink .... Characters
RM Fink .... Characters
Gail Morgan Hickman .... Storywriter
SW Schurr .... Storywriter
Stirling Silliphant .... Screenwriter
Dean Riesner .... Screenwriter
James Fargo .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

FYI: The People's Revolutionary Strike Force was inspired by Patty Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Front while the title is borrowed from Humphrey Bogart's 1951 film
See also Dirty Harry, Magnum force, The enforcer, Sudden impact, The dead pool, Guerrilla: The taking of Patty Hearst
Studios and distributors:

Warner Bros * Roadshow Films

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Well, the title's somewhat misleading, but The enforcer still manages to bring to the screen all the magic of the previous Dirty Harry films: he's lean, he's mean and he takes no prisoners (accidents notwithstanding).

This time the funniest part of the film is not the funky hairstyles and clothing, it's the white, middle class kiddies playing at people power: talk about naïveté. It's good, though, to see Harry with his first female partner (and the first female police officer in the series). Sure, it's proselytisation, but what Harry believes is true: it doesn't matter who carries the gun as long as they can use it.