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Magnum force

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Movie propaganda

Underworld figures are being murdered all over San Francisco. One by one, criminals who have eluded prosecution are getting the justice they deserve, justice you'd think Detective Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) might approve of with a tight-lipped smile. But if you think so, you've misjudged Harry - and so have the killers.

Persons of interest

Clint Eastwood .... "Dirty" Harry Callahan
Hal Holbrook .... Lieutenant Briggs
Mitch Ryan .... Officer Charlie McCoy
David Soul .... Officer John Davis
Tim Matheson .... Officer Phil Sweet
Kip Niven .... Officer Red Astrachan
Robert Urich .... Officer Mike Grimes
Felton Perry .... Early Smith
Maurice Argent .... Nat Weinstein
Richard Devon .... Carmine Ricca
Tony Giorgio .... Frank Palancio
Harry Julian Fink .... Characters
RM Fink .... Characters
John Milius .... Storywriter, Writer
Michael Cimino .... Screenwriter
Ted Post .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

See also Dirty Harry, The enforcer, Sudden impact, The dead pool
Studios and distributors:

Warner Bros * Roadshow Films

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Dirty Shaft.

Like Shaft, Harry has a place to live and a sex life. Heroic cops are all well and good, but they get pretty dull without a bit of background. Just look at any cop show on TV today and you'll see as much off duty drama as you do on. Remember that Magnum force was made in the 70s so the concept of free love, or at least of sexual maturity, was still in vogue. Like John Shaft, Harry Callahan is a man with sex appeal oozing from every pore (if you like the strong, silent type) so the first film was a little mono-dimensional in that respect.

Even the cops get to have a day off.

What Magnum force also shows you is that the bad cops are just as bad as the bad criminals, and bad cops are just as bad as the bad crims, if not worse. Just ask Supergrass.

It's an improvement on the first one and a good contribution to the genre, apart from the wanky opening titles. Dialogue should be reserved for characters.