Have you seen the interview with him? He really struggled to get work for a long time after this movie and was very grateful for his casting in DS9 (in which he is brilliant!)
@@ross8884 No I have not! I am a Trekkie and was so ashamed I didn't know that till recently! llol He is so good its hard to believe he had trouble getting work!
He managed to land a couple roles in the 80s. He’s the “by the book” annoying lieutenant in “Cobra”(1986) that Stallone slugs right before the end credits.
YES!!! You’re doing the Dirty Harry series. There are 5 movies in this series and all films are different but just surround the character of Inspector Harry Callahan on different cases.
The bank robber is played by Albert Popwell, a character actor who had a long career in film and TV. He makes appearances in the next three Dirty Harry films as well. Playing a different character each time.
In “Magnum Force” he played a VERY nasty pimp, but I couldn’t stop laughing at the customized Cadillac he drove. That car belonged in an outrageous comedy (like Dumb & Dumber), not a hardcore police action drama. My parents went to see “Magnum Force” in 1973 when it opened in movie theaters, and the audience cracked up when that Cadillac appeared.
Yes to the Dirty Harry movies. If you are interested in other Easywood films, there is always the Dollar Trilogy (Fistful of Dollars; For a Few Dollars More; & The Good, the Bad and the Ugly). Different Eastwood flicks include Play Misty for Me; the Beguiled; Space Cowboys and Every Which Way But Loose. Eastwood type movies are The Gauntlet, Outlaw Josey Wales, High Plains Drifter, Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby.
Such a great video. You have encapsulated the greatness of this movie in your review. You have picked up on all the reasons why this is a great movie and you should be proud of your understanding of cinema. I love that you of your generation appreciate this movie for its time 😊
If you wish to see a departure from this type of role for Eastwood in the same period watch Play Misty for Me. Completely different vibe. A psychological thriller, my favorite.😰❤
The boy fishing at the end taken hostage by "Scorpio" Is the real life stepson of Andrew Robinson "Scorpio". Robinson was actually a really good guy. He has 2 stepsons and he's known to have have raised them very well along with his wife.
Great reaction and review. There are so many great Clint Eastwood movies you could react to! Most of his filmography, both as an actor and as a director, is definitely worth watching!: Bird, Pale Rider, Play Misty for Me, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Unforgiven, The Bridges of Madison County, Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, High Plains Drifter, Heartbreak Ridge, The Gauntlet, Escape from Alcatraz, The Beguiled, True Crime, Gran Torino, Two mules for sister Sara, Bronco Billy, A Perfect World, White Hunter Black Heart, Honkytonk Man, Absolute Power, Richard Jewell, American Sniper, Changeling, Hereafter... Believe me: you really are going to enjoy the ride.
Constitutional scholar here. When this movie came out (1971) the rule of "Exigent Circumstances" had not been ruled on in the US Supreme Court. Harry's finding of evidence when trying to find the girl and suspect would have been ruled admissible by a 1980 case (Payton v. New York) because the girl had only a finite amount of air left. When Earl Warren was the Supreme Justice of the US Supreme Court (1953-69) law enforcement was dealt a number of setbacks, including Mapp v. Ohio and the famous Miranda ruling ("You have the right to remain silent" etc.). A series of post Warren court rulings have undone many of the restrictions placed on law enforcement by the Warren court.
Am really glad that before you start watching Star Trek Deep 9 you saw Andrew Robinson as a villian because he (not for a while but there from near the start) will eventually become one of the best characters on DS9. The lighting as natural is how bad street lighting was 50 years ago even in major cities. Certain areas with a fountain at a park or certain buildings would have their own lighting and more lights but the main side streets had fairly poor lighting and made it much more dangerous to be out on your own walking the streets in the dark.
If you listen to it, the tone of 'Well, do ya punk?" is completely different both times. The first time at the bank robbery he wanted to guy to give up. At the end? He wanted Scorpio to give him a reason to shoot him in self-defence. "'When an adult male is chasing a female with intent to commit rape, I shoot the bastard. That's my policy." - Harry Callahan (Dirty Harry, 1971) "Well, when I see 5 weirdos dressed in togas stabbing a guy in the middle of the park in full view of 100 people, I shoot the bastards. That's my policy." - Frank Drebin (The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, 1988) Clint Eastwood is a very famous actor, but people tend to forget how good he is as a director and producer: He was an actor 72 times, director 45 times and producer 53 times. I can't think of a Clint Eastwood movie I can't recommend. You may not like the genre or the content, but I can't think of a really bad movie he had the lead or directed. Though I have to admit, I haven't seen them all, especially his older ones, i.e. pre-'A Fistful of Dollars' (1964)
1. The late John Vernon (mayor) played Dean Warmer in Animal House. 2. Andrew Robinson was great in this thing. 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. If/when you watch this again, I dare you NOT to count Harry's shots in the final sequence.
A detail I love is that, at the end when Eastwood says the first part of the line, you see Scorpio pulling away from the gun; he figures he's beat and will probably get off scot-free again if he surrenders. But Eastwood is not having it and utters the last part of the line, causing Scorpio to take a chance. It's *really* grim, but it's what the film's been pushing to.
ya - i noticed that decades ago, so he calls him a "puck" and Scorpio's ego is too shallow to allow him to live. so be it. Harry baited him, Scorbio's ego was too shallow to take it. i.e. actions not words at the end of the day is what matter. ;-).
Andrew Robinson, the guy who played Scorpio, hated doing the scene on the bus where he's going nuts in front of the kids and slapping that one. In real life, he's actually a pretty chill guy who largely got typecasted playing bad guys because of this role.
I Understand Why He Hated That! He Is A Great Actor. Andy Robinson Was Also In "Charlie Varrack" ( 1973 ) With Walter Matthau. And, Andy Robinson Was On The 'Star Trek' 🚀🌌 TV 📺 Show, "Deep Space Nine" 🌌🚀🛰️
I hope you do this entire series. They’re all good movies. I also appreciate you noticing the zoom out of the stadium shot. You’re the first I’ve seen to comment on that.
The Dirty Harry movies are just okay, but Clint's entire western canon is indispensable. It all leads to Unforgiven, one of my three favourite films of all time.
I love this movie! I think this was probably the second Eastwood movie I saw (the first was Paint Your Wagon). And the Scorpio Killer's actor, the superb Andrew Robinson, plays one of the best characters in Deep Space Nine
Ollie, great reaction to this classic. Remember, inflation has been a constant thing for well over 100 years. The further you go back, the more money was worth. 100K in 1971 is worth about 750K in 2023 US money. Remember the old thing about grandma saying, "When i was a kid, a chocolate bar was a nickel!" Well, it was a nickel because a nickel was worth a lot more back then.
Eastwood did a variety of characters/genres in his early career. In the 1955 segment of Back to the Future III, when Marty says "Clint Eastwood never wore anything like this... oh yeah, that's right, you haven't heard of him yet"... there are posters on the exterior wall of the drive-in bathroom of two movies that Eastwood had bit parts in. As a kid in the 1950s, I watched him on the Western TV series Rawhide. From there, he jumped into the bloody Spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone, but also did the Western musical Paint your Wagon. And released an album of two of cowboy songs. His default character for most of his career has been a drinking, womanizing tough guy. Usually with a gun, which basically means cops, military or Western. But he can do thoughtful and non-action roles effectively, too. I hope you eventually do the rest of this series and explore his other work as well.
This film was directed by Don Siegel who directed the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers back in 1956. He also directed a number of Eastwood movies and was a mentor to Clint Eastwood when he decided to try his own hand at directing. Other Eastwood movies directed by Siegel are Two Mules For Sister Sara, Escape From Alcatraz and Coogan's Bluff. All great films in Eastwood's filmography. Siegel also directed a great crime movie called Charlie Varrick with Walter Matthau and Spy Movies, The Black Windmill with Michael Caine and Telefon with Charles Bronson. You should definitely check out the other Dirty Harry movies in the series.
Great movie. Wow almost not reactor does this great movie. I hope you do more Clint Eastwood movies like Escape from Alctraz, Absolute Power, The scorpian character was inspired by Zodiac. There is a movie with Stallone called Cobra( Which is a very similar movie) where is very similar role and the Scorpion actor is a cop. Fyi there was a spoof tv show in the 80s called Sledge Hammer that was inspired by Dirty Harry you should see it. Also the line about I shoot the guy was spoofed in The Naked Gun movie.
when you saw it at the theater, you had no problems seeing details in the dark, night scenes. i wonder if it couldn't be enhanced somehow with CGI. this is one of my all-time faves, since i saw it at the movies. prime Clint, made him a huge star. keep on rockin
Great reaction. May I suggest another Clint Eastwood movie from this same year (1971) "Play Misty For Me" Not a Dirty Harry movie but good. I think you'll enjoy it ☺
You'll recall the line from the Naked Gun: Mayor : Drebin, I don't want anymore trouble like you had last year on the South Side. Understand? That's my policy. Frank : Yes. Well, when I see 5 weirdos dressed in togas stabbing a guy in the middle of the park in full view of 100 people, I shoot the bastards. That's *my* policy. Mayor : That was a Shakespeare-In-The-Park production of "Julius Caesar", you moron! You killed 5 actors! Good ones.
I'm so glad you did this movie. It's definitely my favorite one of the series and Andrew Robinson's performance was amazing. My two cents on continuing the series is that there are so many great movies out there, you can probably take your time with the other Dirty Harry stuff. If you think you might only do one, my personal choice would be Sudden Impact.
Magnum Force I believe is the best, but Sudden Impact is the only one directed by Eastwood himself, so it's hard to compete with on pure enjoyment. Another Eastwood favorite is The Rookie (1990), him, Charlie Sheen, and the Addams Family patriarch going at it.
@@Neon-Covenanter I like Magnum Force a lot, but the culmination of David Soul's character was extremely disappointing and didn't make any sense. If that part had been done well, I could see liking that movie as much as or more than Sudden Impact for sure.
Ollie, I hope you do the entire series. Minor spoiler: Jim Carry's first movie roll was in one of these movies.... though I won't disclose which. Another movie franchise similar to this is "Death Wish" starring Charles Bronson. IIRC, there are only 4 movies in that series, and all are worth watching as well. They came out during a similar time in US history, so you will notice a lot of similarities. Also, there was a "parody" television show called "Sledge Hammer", which is campy as all Hell, but quite funny at the same time. If you can find it, I recommend it. It ran for 2 seasons in the early 1980s. You don't have to do it for the channel, although if you just did the pilot episode for the channel, that would be awesome! Also, have you considered doing either the 1978 version of Battlestar Galactica, or the 1980 version of Buck Rogers? Yes, they came about because of Star Wars, but they have many differences, as well. Although, they share a connection with Star Wars in the name of John Dykstra. Look it up.
'Every Which Way But Loose' & 'Any Which Way But Loose' are two hilarious Clint Eastwood movies :)) Andrew Robinson also plays a major role in Star Trek: DS9; a Cardassian tailor called 'Garren'.
"Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?" Fun Fact: Albert Popwell appeared in every "Dirty Harry" movie, except The Dead Pool (1988), playing a different character in each movie. Family Affair Fact: When the Scorpio Killer is running away from Callahan (Clint Eastwood) at the end of this movie, he spots a young boy sitting near a pond, and grabs him as a hostage. The kid was played by Andrew Robinson's real-life stepson Stephen Zacks. Gun Enthusiast Fact: The Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum used in this movie is now owned by prop master and weapons specialist Bill Davis, who bought it off of the production company several years before this movie became popular. The revolver is still in use as part of his catalogue. Historical Fact: Serial killer Scorpio (Andrew Robinson) was loosely based on the Zodiac killer, who used to taunt Police and media with notes about his crimes, in one of which he threatened to hijack a school bus full of children. The role of Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) was loosely based on real-life detective David Toschi, who was the chief investigator on the Zodiac case. Legendary Director Fact: As is well-known, Clint Eastwood directed the scene with the suicide jumper (Bill Couch). However, it is often claimed he directed the scene only because producer and director Don Siegel was ill. This is inaccurate. Siegel was indeed ill, and wasn't on the set, but Eastwood had always been scheduled to direct that scene, due to the difficult logistics of getting the actors, director, cameraman and sound man all together on the top of a small ledge. In the shooting schedule, six nights had been set aside for the shooting of the scene. Eastwood told the studio he could shoot it in two nights. In the end, he shot the entire scene in one night.
YES!! LOVE THIS MOVIE! "I know what you're thinking: Did he fire 6 shots or only 5? Well, to tell you truth, in all this excitement, I kinda lost track myself. But being this is .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, it can blow head clean off, you have to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do you punk?" The movie was filmed in 1970, during the time the Zodiac Killings were happening in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The Actor who played the Villain, Andrew Robinson, would go on to play a semi-regular part in _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine._ Not playing a bad guy this time. Well, not *exactly.*
Andy Robinson (Scorpio) is a major pacifist and had to go to school to be tought to shoot. They always cut away quickly when he fires because he flinched so much. He demanded the actor who played the guy who beats him up not be in the room when he calls him a "black son of a bitch," and had them change the line from something much more extreme which he refused to say.
You should check out some of his western roles for sure, such as A Fistful of Dollars and the two sequels. Eventually leading up to Unforgiven, which is one of his later roles that is a tribute and farewell to the Western genre.
Yes i recommend all of the Dirty Harry movies. A long with the other Clint eastwood movies Every which way but loose/any which way you can (Clint eastwood as Philo Beddoe) And Heartbreak Ridge I also recommend the death wish movies with Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey Also action movies with a no nonsense Character as the Protagonist
Yes, you definitely should watch all of the Dirty Harry movies. You will have a blast. The director Don Segal is known for his simplistic, but very effective camera work and it shows itself in this movie. Clint learned a lot from Don and it shows in his directing efforts. If you want to check out movies that Clint Eastwood directed and starred in, check out of of his earlier director/star efforts, "The Outlaw Jose Wales". Also check out Gran Torino, probably one of his best. Love your reactions and analysis. Keep them coming.
By the mid point of this film, you were really feeling the injustice and the frustration of letting this guy walk away. That was the whole vibe of this film. Back in the day, people felt that the system had failed them and that real justice and real men were fading fast. When Dirty Harry came out, it instantly resonated with people, both the social problem of such a crippled legal system, and the antidote...the character Dirty Harry, a straightforward man who simply got shit done. Harry didn't concern himself with bumbling ineffectual laws...he was all about JUSTICE and that resonated powerfully with filmgoers. Other iconic films of that time: AMERICAN GRAFITTI - JAWS - DUEL - JERAMIAH JOHNSON - EASY RIDER - SILENT RUNNING - WALKABOUT - TRUE GRIT - THE COWBOYS - ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST, and the outrageous cult rock musical PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE...all epic in their own special way, and all of them will burn images into your mind just like DIRTY HARRY did.
Clint Eastwood directed the scene with the rooftop jumper and the telescoping boom lift. If my information is correct, that was Eastwood's directorial debut.
That "creepy violin" sound is made with an instrument called the waterphone. Lalo Schifrin, who scored this movie, also used waterphone in the first (rejected) score for The Exorcist. That score, which was deemed too intense, was replaced by a milder one composed by Mike Olfield.
Eh. It's more because all his scores sound alike with that salsa/soca/club influence and Friedkin thought it was annoying for The Exorcist. He even took the tape with score samples on it and threw it out in the parking lot, smashing it on the ground, saying, "that's exactly where that shit belongs." Edit: and Mike Oldfield didn't "compose" a score for it. Friedkin licensed the use of a composition Oldfield had already recorded, "Tubular Bells." The whole thing spans the length of an entire album. It's brilliant. But it was its own thing. Not composed specifically for the film.
@@Progger11 Yes. The official line (according to Friedkin's autobiography) is that test audiences did not like it. Thanks for the anecdote. I'm laughing because that sounds perfectly like WF. And thanks for the correction. I'm well aware of Tubular Bells and other Exorcist trivia like exact locations of dogshit piles in Georgetown in 1972-1973.
All the Dirty Harry movies are worth watching. Though also you might wanna look at ‘the rookie’ which is not a Dirty Harry film but feels like it should be.
Thanks for mentioning the music - jazz + eerie. I've seen this movie maybe 3 times since the 80's and not noted the music before, so thanks! Dirty Harry is an interesting character (this is actually a smart movie - not just blind action), because he is a "rule of law"/Just type of guy. He asked the bank robber if Harry shot 5 or 6 shots - Harry counted so knew it as 6 (as you sumerised Harry would not just kill the guy for asking if his gun was empty - so Harry is not just some street thug cop that baits criminals to kill themselves via Harry- instead Harry know the gun was empty when he pulled the trigger (as he know it was not when Scorpio reached for his gun) - I leaves "their" fate up to themselves, while Harry has the gun. You know Harry could have just shot Scorpio on the football field, but he did not, because Scorpio was not armed. This movie is not only smart for not making Harry just a thug (only a hard enforcer), its smart in the whole "we have to let Scorpio go because you Harry searched his home without a warrant" - and its smart because in a case where the life of a girl cant wait for a warrant the next day you have 2 options: 1. wait and get a warrant. So you forfit the life of the girl but get a conviction via evidence at Scorpio's home. 2. you find evidence at Scorpio's home that he hidnapped the girl , so you could not wait for warrant since live of girl was at stake - so you forfit conviction of Scorpio in order to save the girl. but in this case Scorpio killed the girl ASAP - so he lied about her being alive and savable (but irrelivant per the above discussion - a cop must assume the girl is alive when doing his duty - and then weigh, "do i wait for a court order so its legal per 4th amendment, and the girl is dead by then, or do i assume my actions will allow Scorpio to go free, but save the girl. BTW "Scorpio" was based on the never caught Zodiac (BTW the movie "Zodiac" - 2007 - is a top 5 of all time), Dirty Harry was made only 2 yrs after The Zodiac was killing folks in California. Oh and PS BTW - Andrew Robinson (good actor - he's in the 80's movie "Hellraiser" - but more aptly, since you are now watching Star Trek TNG/etc........Robinson plays a main character in the "Deep Space 9" series, as a Cardasion.
Yeah, the soundtrack by Lalo Shiffrin is phenomenal. If you haven't seen it, watch "Enter the Dragon"(1973). It's got Bruce Lee and another banger by Lalo.
The killer, Andrew Robinson, played a regular role in Star Trek DS9 as Cardassian Garak. And as with all Cardassian characters, his acting is delicious.
Yeah, back in the day there were slurs everywhere and nobody cared. All the Dirty Harry flicks are good. His westerns are legendary. I recommend “High Plains Drifter.” It will give you goosebumps. Many of the movies from the period are dark. I think they were trying to get away from the blue filters but didn’t have the technical ability to do true dark yet. You can see where Harry Callahan could have been inspiration for John McClain and Martin Riggs.
imo...Dead Pool is the finale of the series..they're all good movies if you like the Dirty Harry character..the movies aren't going to win any awards but they're worth watching...at some point I really hope you watch his movies when he's much older, his talent as a director and actor really shine..."Gran Torino" and "Mule" are great and definitely award worthy..Happy Holiday !!
Eastwood had that reputation of being a tough guy in film, so much so that, one of the funniest scenes in "Crocodile Dundee 2" was in the subway station where Dundee handles a couple of mobsters, with the help of two male Japanese tourists. When it's over, the one tourist turns to the other and says, "You know who that was? Clint Eastwood!" PS. The Crocodile Dundee films are worth the reaction, 1 and 2. 3 stinks.
Definitely when the remaster was done for HD they darkened up some scenes too much- i still have my DVD version and its much easier to see the action in those dark scenes on that. The mixed blessing of "remasters" sometimes! Its actually annoying when the original cinematography is spoiled by someone altering it during the process.
Dirty Harry's badge toss echoed Will Kane's in High Noon. The night scenes worked better in a movie theater--the lighting was too specialized for television or video. I didn't see the movie when it came out in 1971 but saw it about a decade later on television. The dark scenes were too dark--plus broadcast television had to censor content. I tracked down and read the novel that the movie was based on and was surprised that the movie was better on all points. Usually the novels and the movies are different, but often the movie leaves out the best parts of the novel.
The other Dirty Harry movies have new mayors, bosses, criminals, plots, just Harry stays the same. Made over a pretty long stretch with lots of unrelated movies in the middle.
Better to be thought a fool with your mouth shut, than to open it and remove all doubt. This quote occurred to me when you said that DH seemed so cool and he hadn’t opened up his mouth yet. 😉🧐
At that ending, honestly, I think Harry was cheating a bit. I think he reloaded off-screen, before he engaged Scorpio in that last scene, but then pretended he didn't.
So can you beat your fellow reactors TBR SCHMITT with his wife Samatha with the Dirty Harry series? They have done all 4, still not on the 5th one yet which is The Dead Pool with Liam Neeson and short role by Jim Carrey. Also, Andrew Robinson, who played Scorpio also became a recurring character on Star Trek: DS9. One of the things about Dirty Harry it was loosely based on the Zodiac Killer and that is established in the Zodiac movie directed by David Fincher starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Robert Downy Jr.
Andrew Robinson went on to be Garek in Deep Space Nine!
Have you seen the interview with him? He really struggled to get work for a long time after this movie and was very grateful for his casting in DS9 (in which he is brilliant!)
@@ross8884 No I have not! I am a Trekkie and was so ashamed I didn't know that till recently! llol He is so good its hard to believe he had trouble getting work!
He managed to land a couple roles in the 80s. He’s the “by the book” annoying lieutenant in “Cobra”(1986) that Stallone slugs right before the end credits.
Andrew was also great in Trancers III: Deth Lives (1992) with Tim Thomason, Helen Hunt, Megan Ward, Thelma Hopkins & Stephen Macht 😉
Wow cool
YES!!! You’re doing the Dirty Harry series.
There are 5 movies in this series and all films are different but just surround the character of Inspector Harry Callahan on different cases.
The bank robber is played by Albert Popwell, a character actor who had a long career in film and TV. He makes appearances in the next three Dirty Harry films as well. Playing a different character each time.
In “Magnum Force” he played a VERY nasty pimp, but I couldn’t stop laughing at the customized Cadillac he drove. That car belonged in an outrageous comedy (like Dumb & Dumber), not a hardcore police action drama. My parents went to see “Magnum Force” in 1973 when it opened in movie theaters, and the audience cracked up when that Cadillac appeared.
Yes to the Dirty Harry movies. If you are interested in other Easywood films, there is always the Dollar Trilogy (Fistful of Dollars; For a Few Dollars More; & The Good, the Bad and the Ugly). Different Eastwood flicks include Play Misty for Me; the Beguiled; Space Cowboys and Every Which Way But Loose. Eastwood type movies are The Gauntlet, Outlaw Josey Wales, High Plains Drifter, Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby.
Such a great video. You have encapsulated the greatness of this movie in your review. You have picked up on all the reasons why this is a great movie and you should be proud of your understanding of cinema. I love that you of your generation appreciate this movie for its time 😊
Much love for the future plain and simple Garak!
If you like Clint Eastwood as a cop you'll love him as an outlaw. The Outlaw Josey Wales
If you wish to see a departure from this type of role for Eastwood in the same period watch Play Misty for Me. Completely different vibe. A psychological thriller, my favorite.😰❤
The boy fishing at the end taken hostage by "Scorpio"
Is the real life stepson of Andrew Robinson "Scorpio".
Robinson was actually a really good guy.
He has 2 stepsons and he's known to have have raised them very well along with his wife.
Great reaction and review.
There are so many great Clint Eastwood movies you could react to! Most of his filmography, both as an actor and as a director, is definitely worth watching!: Bird, Pale Rider, Play Misty for Me, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Unforgiven, The Bridges of Madison County, Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, High Plains Drifter, Heartbreak Ridge, The Gauntlet, Escape from Alcatraz, The Beguiled, True Crime, Gran Torino, Two mules for sister Sara, Bronco Billy, A Perfect World, White Hunter Black Heart, Honkytonk Man, Absolute Power, Richard Jewell, American Sniper, Changeling, Hereafter...
Believe me: you really are going to enjoy the ride.
Coogan's Bluff was another great Clint Eastwood film .
You’ll see Andrew Robinson (Scorpio) again when you get to Deep Space Nine playing Garak, one of THE BEST characters in Star Trek.
Constitutional scholar here. When this movie came out (1971) the rule of "Exigent Circumstances" had not been ruled on in the US Supreme Court. Harry's finding of evidence when trying to find the girl and suspect would have been ruled admissible by a 1980 case (Payton v. New York) because the girl had only a finite amount of air left. When Earl Warren was the Supreme Justice of the US Supreme Court (1953-69) law enforcement was dealt a number of setbacks, including Mapp v. Ohio and the famous Miranda ruling ("You have the right to remain silent" etc.). A series of post Warren court rulings have undone many of the restrictions placed on law enforcement by the Warren court.
Andrew Robinson is genuinely one of my favourite Star Trek characters.
Am really glad that before you start watching Star Trek Deep 9 you saw Andrew Robinson as a villian because he (not for a while but there from near the start) will eventually become one of the best characters on DS9.
The lighting as natural is how bad street lighting was 50 years ago even in major cities. Certain areas with a fountain at a park or certain buildings would have their own lighting and more lights but the main side streets had fairly poor lighting and made it much more dangerous to be out on your own walking the streets in the dark.
If you listen to it, the tone of 'Well, do ya punk?" is completely different both times. The first time at the bank robbery he wanted to guy to give up. At the end? He wanted Scorpio to give him a reason to shoot him in self-defence.
"'When an adult male is chasing a female with intent to commit rape, I shoot the bastard. That's my policy."
- Harry Callahan (Dirty Harry, 1971)
"Well, when I see 5 weirdos dressed in togas stabbing a guy in the middle of the park in full view of 100 people, I shoot the bastards. That's my policy."
- Frank Drebin (The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, 1988)
Clint Eastwood is a very famous actor, but people tend to forget how good he is as a director and producer: He was an actor 72 times, director 45 times and producer 53 times.
I can't think of a Clint Eastwood movie I can't recommend. You may not like the genre or the content, but I can't think of a really bad movie he had the lead or directed. Though I have to admit, I haven't seen them all, especially his older ones, i.e. pre-'A Fistful of Dollars' (1964)
1. The late John Vernon (mayor) played Dean Warmer in Animal House.
2. Andrew Robinson was great in this thing.
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. If/when you watch this again, I dare you NOT to count Harry's shots in the final sequence.
I always think of The Gauntlet as Dirty Harry adjacent.
@@rburton76 It kinda is. It's also the only movie set in Last Wages I actually like. I'm a RENO guy, so it's the North/South thing for me.
A detail I love is that, at the end when Eastwood says the first part of the line, you see Scorpio pulling away from the gun; he figures he's beat and will probably get off scot-free again if he surrenders. But Eastwood is not having it and utters the last part of the line, causing Scorpio to take a chance.
It's *really* grim, but it's what the film's been pushing to.
ya - i noticed that decades ago, so he calls him a "puck" and Scorpio's ego is too shallow to allow him to live.
so be it. Harry baited him, Scorbio's ego was too shallow to take it.
i.e. actions not words at the end of the day is what matter. ;-).
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Andrew Robinson, the guy who played Scorpio, hated doing the scene on the bus where he's going nuts in front of the kids and slapping that one. In real life, he's actually a pretty chill guy who largely got typecasted playing bad guys because of this role.
I Understand Why He Hated That!
He Is A Great Actor. Andy Robinson Was Also In "Charlie Varrack" ( 1973 ) With Walter Matthau. And, Andy Robinson Was On The 'Star Trek' 🚀🌌 TV 📺 Show, "Deep Space Nine" 🌌🚀🛰️
I hope you do this entire series. They’re all good movies. I also appreciate you noticing the zoom out of the stadium shot. You’re the first I’ve seen to comment on that.
Neat little aside, when he goes to the Hot dog place the movie marquis is advertising " Play Misty for me." Which is another Clint Eastwood movie 😮.
The Dirty Harry movies are just okay, but Clint's entire western canon is indispensable. It all leads to Unforgiven, one of my three favourite films of all time.
I love this movie! I think this was probably the second Eastwood movie I saw (the first was Paint Your Wagon). And the Scorpio Killer's actor, the superb Andrew Robinson, plays one of the best characters in Deep Space Nine
Ollie, great reaction to this classic. Remember, inflation has been a constant thing for well over 100 years. The further you go back, the more money was worth. 100K in 1971 is worth about 750K in 2023 US money. Remember the old thing about grandma saying, "When i was a kid, a chocolate bar was a nickel!" Well, it was a nickel because a nickel was worth a lot more back then.
One of my 10 favourite movies. I first saw it with my mum when i was 5 or 6, in the mid 80s and loved it ever since.
Eastwood did a variety of characters/genres in his early career.
In the 1955 segment of Back to the Future III, when Marty says "Clint Eastwood never wore anything like this... oh yeah, that's right, you haven't heard of him yet"... there are posters on the exterior wall of the drive-in bathroom of two movies that Eastwood had bit parts in.
As a kid in the 1950s, I watched him on the Western TV series Rawhide. From there, he jumped into the bloody Spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone, but also did the Western musical Paint your Wagon. And released an album of two of cowboy songs.
His default character for most of his career has been a drinking, womanizing tough guy. Usually with a gun, which basically means cops, military or Western. But he can do thoughtful and non-action roles effectively, too.
I hope you eventually do the rest of this series and explore his other work as well.
This film was directed by Don Siegel who directed the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers back in 1956. He also directed a number of Eastwood movies and was a mentor to Clint Eastwood when he decided to try his own hand at directing. Other Eastwood movies directed by Siegel are Two Mules For Sister Sara, Escape From Alcatraz and Coogan's Bluff. All great films in Eastwood's filmography. Siegel also directed a great crime movie called Charlie Varrick with Walter Matthau and Spy Movies, The Black Windmill with Michael Caine and Telefon with Charles Bronson. You should definitely check out the other Dirty Harry movies in the series.
Telefon and Charlie Varrick are particularly interesting, from a plot perspective.
Great movie. Wow almost not reactor does this great movie. I hope you do more Clint Eastwood movies like Escape from Alctraz, Absolute Power, The scorpian character was inspired by Zodiac. There is a movie with Stallone called Cobra( Which is a very similar movie) where is very similar role and the Scorpion actor is a cop. Fyi there was a spoof tv show in the 80s called Sledge Hammer that was inspired by Dirty Harry you should see it. Also the line about I shoot the guy was spoofed in The Naked Gun movie.
when you saw it at the theater, you had no problems seeing details in the dark, night scenes. i wonder if it couldn't be enhanced somehow with CGI. this is one of my all-time faves, since i saw it at the movies. prime Clint, made him a huge star. keep on rockin
To see the range of Clint Eastwood as an actor you have to include "Paint your Wagon"
Great reaction. May I suggest another Clint Eastwood movie from this same year (1971) "Play Misty For Me" Not a Dirty Harry movie but good. I think you'll enjoy it ☺
You'll recall the line from the Naked Gun:
Mayor : Drebin, I don't want anymore trouble like you had last year on the South Side. Understand? That's my policy.
Frank : Yes. Well, when I see 5 weirdos dressed in togas stabbing a guy in the middle of the park in full view of 100 people, I shoot the bastards. That's *my* policy.
Mayor : That was a Shakespeare-In-The-Park production of "Julius Caesar", you moron! You killed 5 actors! Good ones.
Watch the rest of the Dirty Harry movies, Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact and The Dead Pool
I'm so glad you did this movie. It's definitely my favorite one of the series and Andrew Robinson's performance was amazing. My two cents on continuing the series is that there are so many great movies out there, you can probably take your time with the other Dirty Harry stuff. If you think you might only do one, my personal choice would be Sudden Impact.
He'll be enjoying Andrew Robinson as one of the greatest characters in all of Trek when he finally gets around to DS9, too.
Magnum Force I believe is the best, but Sudden Impact is the only one directed by Eastwood himself, so it's hard to compete with on pure enjoyment.
Another Eastwood favorite is The Rookie (1990), him, Charlie Sheen, and the Addams Family patriarch going at it.
@@Neon-Covenanter I like Magnum Force a lot, but the culmination of David Soul's character was extremely disappointing and didn't make any sense. If that part had been done well, I could see liking that movie as much as or more than Sudden Impact for sure.
Ollie, I hope you do the entire series. Minor spoiler: Jim Carry's first movie roll was in one of these movies.... though I won't disclose which. Another movie franchise similar to this is "Death Wish" starring Charles Bronson. IIRC, there are only 4 movies in that series, and all are worth watching as well. They came out during a similar time in US history, so you will notice a lot of similarities. Also, there was a "parody" television show called "Sledge Hammer", which is campy as all Hell, but quite funny at the same time. If you can find it, I recommend it. It ran for 2 seasons in the early 1980s. You don't have to do it for the channel, although if you just did the pilot episode for the channel, that would be awesome!
Also, have you considered doing either the 1978 version of Battlestar Galactica, or the 1980 version of Buck Rogers? Yes, they came about because of Star Wars, but they have many differences, as well. Although, they share a connection with Star Wars in the name of John Dykstra. Look it up.
There is a Death Wish 5 from 1996. I just watched it last week. It isn’t as graphic but not bad.
'Every Which Way But Loose' & 'Any Which Way But Loose' are two hilarious Clint Eastwood movies :))
Andrew Robinson also plays a major role in Star Trek: DS9; a Cardassian tailor called 'Garren'.
"Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?"
Fun Fact: Albert Popwell appeared in every "Dirty Harry" movie, except The Dead Pool (1988), playing a different character in each movie.
Family Affair Fact: When the Scorpio Killer is running away from Callahan (Clint Eastwood) at the end of this movie, he spots a young boy sitting near a pond, and grabs him as a hostage. The kid was played by Andrew Robinson's real-life stepson Stephen Zacks.
Gun Enthusiast Fact: The Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum used in this movie is now owned by prop master and weapons specialist Bill Davis, who bought it off of the production company several years before this movie became popular. The revolver is still in use as part of his catalogue.
Historical Fact: Serial killer Scorpio (Andrew Robinson) was loosely based on the Zodiac killer, who used to taunt Police and media with notes about his crimes, in one of which he threatened to hijack a school bus full of children. The role of Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) was loosely based on real-life detective David Toschi, who was the chief investigator on the Zodiac case.
Legendary Director Fact: As is well-known, Clint Eastwood directed the scene with the suicide jumper (Bill Couch). However, it is often claimed he directed the scene only because producer and director Don Siegel was ill. This is inaccurate. Siegel was indeed ill, and wasn't on the set, but Eastwood had always been scheduled to direct that scene, due to the difficult logistics of getting the actors, director, cameraman and sound man all together on the top of a small ledge. In the shooting schedule, six nights had been set aside for the shooting of the scene. Eastwood told the studio he could shoot it in two nights. In the end, he shot the entire scene in one night.
YES!!
LOVE THIS MOVIE!
"I know what you're thinking: Did he fire 6 shots or only 5? Well, to tell you truth, in all this excitement, I kinda lost track myself. But being this is .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, it can blow head clean off, you have to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do you punk?"
The movie was filmed in 1970, during the time the Zodiac Killings were happening in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The others are definitely worth checking out for sure:)
The Actor who played the Villain, Andrew Robinson, would go on to play a semi-regular part in _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine._ Not playing a bad guy this time. Well, not *exactly.*
So glad you decided to do this movie. One of my favs. Also check out "Every Which Way but Loose" and its sequel as 2 other Eastwood movies.
Andy Robinson (Scorpio) is a major pacifist and had to go to school to be tought to shoot. They always cut away quickly when he fires because he flinched so much. He demanded the actor who played the guy who beats him up not be in the room when he calls him a "black son of a bitch," and had them change the line from something much more extreme which he refused to say.
There are 5 "Dirty Harry" movies in total. You should watch them all in order.
You should check out some of his western roles for sure, such as A Fistful of Dollars and the two sequels. Eventually leading up to Unforgiven, which is one of his later roles that is a tribute and farewell to the Western genre.
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Yes i recommend all of the Dirty Harry movies. A long with the other Clint eastwood movies
Every which way but loose/any which way you can (Clint eastwood as Philo Beddoe)
And Heartbreak Ridge
I also recommend the death wish movies with Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey
Also action movies with a no nonsense Character as the Protagonist
Maybe you'd like to follow this up with David Fincher's "Zodiac"?
Really worth your while to do some Clint Eastwood movies - he is a true legend!
Such a great movie by good ole Clint Eastwood
Yes, you definitely should watch all of the Dirty Harry movies. You will have a blast. The director Don Segal is known for his simplistic, but very effective camera work and it shows itself in this movie. Clint learned a lot from Don and it shows in his directing efforts. If you want to check out movies that Clint Eastwood directed and starred in, check out of of his earlier director/star efforts, "The Outlaw Jose Wales". Also check out Gran Torino, probably one of his best. Love your reactions and analysis. Keep them coming.
By the mid point of this film, you were really feeling the injustice and the frustration of letting this guy walk away. That was the whole vibe of this film. Back in the day, people felt that the system had failed them and that real justice and real men were fading fast. When Dirty Harry came out, it instantly resonated with people, both the social problem of such a crippled legal system, and the antidote...the character Dirty Harry, a straightforward man who simply got shit done. Harry didn't concern himself with bumbling ineffectual laws...he was all about JUSTICE and that resonated powerfully with filmgoers.
Other iconic films of that time:
AMERICAN GRAFITTI - JAWS - DUEL - JERAMIAH JOHNSON - EASY RIDER - SILENT RUNNING - WALKABOUT - TRUE GRIT - THE COWBOYS - ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST, and the outrageous cult rock musical PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE...all epic in their own special way, and all of them will burn images into your mind just like DIRTY HARRY did.
Clint Eastwood directed the scene with the rooftop jumper and the telescoping boom lift. If my information is correct, that was Eastwood's directorial debut.
Check out “Gran Torino”, Written, Directed, & Acted by Eastwood, my favorite of his ✅
This movie came out in December of 1971. $100,000 in 1971 is equal to $750,000 today.
That "creepy violin" sound is made with an instrument called the waterphone. Lalo Schifrin, who scored this movie, also used waterphone in the first (rejected) score for The Exorcist. That score, which was deemed too intense, was replaced by a milder one composed by Mike Olfield.
Eh. It's more because all his scores sound alike with that salsa/soca/club influence and Friedkin thought it was annoying for The Exorcist. He even took the tape with score samples on it and threw it out in the parking lot, smashing it on the ground, saying, "that's exactly where that shit belongs."
Edit: and Mike Oldfield didn't "compose" a score for it. Friedkin licensed the use of a composition Oldfield had already recorded, "Tubular Bells." The whole thing spans the length of an entire album. It's brilliant. But it was its own thing. Not composed specifically for the film.
@@Progger11 Yes. The official line (according to Friedkin's autobiography) is that test audiences did not like it. Thanks for the anecdote. I'm laughing because that sounds perfectly like WF.
And thanks for the correction. I'm well aware of Tubular Bells and other Exorcist trivia like exact locations of dogshit piles in Georgetown in 1972-1973.
@@Progger11 Dude, we get it. You're not a Lalo Schifrin fan. Stop foaming at the mouth already.
Andrew Robinson is a Beast on Star Trek Deep Space Nine
Same charisma, but toned down and even creepier
"His eyes! His eyes!"
All the Dirty Harry movies are worth watching. Though also you might wanna look at ‘the rookie’ which is not a Dirty Harry film but feels like it should be.
Andrew J. Robinson was also Garak in Star Trek DS9.
You will definately enjoy the rest of the Dirty Harry series. You would also enjoy his famous Westerns.. For A Few Dollars more and others!
Yeah, recommend him the second film in a trilogy. That's brilliant.
@@Progger11 If you watch the 2nd you'll usually watch the 1rst. I agree... it is brilliant!!
7:20 the answer, errbody wasn't eating junk food like today 😂💯
This is one of my most favourite films, im hoping this film gets a proper 4K release with Dolbyvision.
Thanks for mentioning the music - jazz + eerie. I've seen this movie maybe 3 times since the 80's and not noted the music before, so thanks!
Dirty Harry is an interesting character (this is actually a smart movie - not just blind action), because he is a "rule of law"/Just type of guy. He asked the bank robber if Harry shot 5 or 6 shots - Harry counted so knew it as 6 (as you sumerised Harry would not just kill the guy for asking if his gun was empty - so Harry is not just some street thug cop that baits criminals to kill themselves via Harry- instead Harry know the gun was empty when he pulled the trigger (as he know it was not when Scorpio reached for his gun) - I leaves "their" fate up to themselves, while Harry has the gun.
You know Harry could have just shot Scorpio on the football field, but he did not, because Scorpio was not armed.
This movie is not only smart for not making Harry just a thug (only a hard enforcer), its smart in the whole "we have to let Scorpio go because you Harry searched his home without a warrant" - and its smart because in a case where the life of a girl cant wait for a warrant the next day you have 2 options:
1. wait and get a warrant. So you forfit the life of the girl but get a conviction via evidence at Scorpio's home.
2. you find evidence at Scorpio's home that he hidnapped the girl , so you could not wait for warrant since live of girl was at stake - so you forfit conviction of Scorpio in order to save the girl.
but in this case Scorpio killed the girl ASAP - so he lied about her being alive and savable (but irrelivant per the above discussion - a cop must assume the girl is alive when doing his duty - and then weigh, "do i wait for a court order so its legal per 4th amendment, and the girl is dead by then, or do i assume my actions will allow Scorpio to go free, but save the girl.
BTW "Scorpio" was based on the never caught Zodiac (BTW the movie "Zodiac" - 2007 - is a top 5 of all time), Dirty Harry was made only 2 yrs after The Zodiac was killing folks in California.
Oh and PS BTW - Andrew Robinson (good actor - he's in the 80's movie "Hellraiser" - but more aptly, since you are now watching Star Trek TNG/etc........Robinson plays a main character in the "Deep Space 9" series, as a Cardasion.
Yeah, the soundtrack by Lalo Shiffrin is phenomenal. If you haven't seen it, watch "Enter the Dragon"(1973). It's got Bruce Lee and another banger by Lalo.
You should check Two Mules for Sister Sara, with Shirley MacLaine.
OMG. The killer is Garek from Deep Space Nine!
The killer, Andrew Robinson, played a regular role in Star Trek DS9 as Cardassian Garak. And as with all Cardassian characters, his acting is delicious.
Yeah, back in the day there were slurs everywhere and nobody cared. All the Dirty Harry flicks are good. His westerns are legendary. I recommend “High Plains Drifter.” It will give you goosebumps.
Many of the movies from the period are dark. I think they were trying to get away from the blue filters but didn’t have the technical ability to do true dark yet.
You can see where Harry Callahan could have been inspiration for John McClain and Martin Riggs.
imo...Dead Pool is the finale of the series..they're all good movies if you like the Dirty Harry character..the movies aren't going to win any awards but they're worth watching...at some point I really hope you watch his movies when he's much older, his talent as a director and actor really shine..."Gran Torino" and "Mule" are great and definitely award worthy..Happy Holiday !!
You have started a epic journey into "coolest hero ever" earlier Eastwood films are just as good if not better. My favorite, "outlaw Josie Wales"
Andrew Robinson was also excellent on Star Trek Deep Space 9.
Eastwood had that reputation of being a tough guy in film, so much so that, one of the funniest scenes in "Crocodile Dundee 2" was in the subway station where Dundee handles a couple of mobsters, with the help of two male Japanese tourists. When it's over, the one tourist turns to the other and says, "You know who that was? Clint Eastwood!"
PS. The Crocodile Dundee films are worth the reaction, 1 and 2. 3 stinks.
He did some Spaghetti (filmed in Italy) Westerns to start his movie career after Rawhide. Like his Every Which Way ... movies.
Definitely when the remaster was done for HD they darkened up some scenes too much- i still have my DVD version and its much easier to see the action in those dark scenes on that. The mixed blessing of "remasters" sometimes! Its actually annoying when the original cinematography is spoiled by someone altering it during the process.
The lighting was fine in the theater. Harry's partner would later be Popi on Seinfeld, who peed on Jerry's new couch.
Two Clint movies that are a great but go under the radar are The Beguiled and Play Misty for Me.
It was that dark in the theaters.
My favourite movie
You're a dirty wizard Harry
This movie is loosely based on the Zodiac murder cases, but the only direct connection is the school bus hijacking at the end.
100,000 back in 1971 is equivalent to around 800,000 in 2023.
a great cop film from the 70's is Freebie and the Bean. Watch that one
Dirty Harry's badge toss echoed Will Kane's in High Noon.
The night scenes worked better in a movie theater--the lighting was too specialized for television or video. I didn't see the movie when it came out in 1971 but saw it about a decade later on television. The dark scenes were too dark--plus broadcast television had to censor content. I tracked down and read the novel that the movie was based on and was surprised that the movie was better on all points. Usually the novels and the movies are different, but often the movie leaves out the best parts of the novel.
Did you catch the line that would later be used in Naked Gun by Frank Drebin?
Just plain, simple Scorpio.
The first Dirty Harry was loosely based on the Zodiac serial killings.
Nice video!
The other Dirty Harry movies have new mayors, bosses, criminals, plots, just Harry stays the same. Made over a pretty long stretch with lots of unrelated movies in the middle.
Research the real Zodiac Killer at Lake Berryessa for even more creeps.
You should watch the mule with Clint Eastwood 2018
he took the gun from that liquor store guy
While The Enforcer, Sudden impact and The Dead pool are OK the only one that matches Dirty Harry is the second movie Magnum Force.
If you ever watch Star Trek Deep Space 9 Andrew Robinson will appear in several episodes.
I will forgive Clint Eastwood all of his latter-day lunacy for his Dirty Harry movies and his spaghetti westerns. He was awesome.
Yep, he is getting some sort of surgery !!!!!!!!!!!!
Now you need to watch Zodiac (2007) to learn about the real life serial killer than inspired 'Scorpio'
It doesn't pay to be Harry's partner.
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Better to be thought a fool with your mouth shut, than to open it and remove all doubt.
This quote occurred to me when you said that DH seemed so cool and he hadn’t opened up his mouth yet. 😉🧐
Hi Ollie, Please watch "Every Which Way But Loose"
At that ending, honestly, I think Harry was cheating a bit. I think he reloaded off-screen, before he engaged Scorpio in that last scene, but then pretended he didn't.
Please DO watch ALL the Dirty Harry sequels.
So can you beat your fellow reactors TBR SCHMITT with his wife Samatha with the Dirty Harry series? They have done all 4, still not on the 5th one yet which is The Dead Pool with Liam Neeson and short role by Jim Carrey. Also, Andrew Robinson, who played Scorpio also became a recurring character on Star Trek: DS9.
One of the things about Dirty Harry it was loosely based on the Zodiac Killer and that is established in the Zodiac movie directed by David Fincher starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Robert Downy Jr.