Dirty Harry
/ˌdɜːti ˈhæri/
/ˌdɜːrti ˈhæri/
- a US film (1971), directed by Don Siegel, about a tough San Francisco police detective called Harry Callahan. The film was very popular because people felt threatened by the increase of violent crime in the US. Clint Eastwood played Harry in this and later films, including Magnum Force (1973), The Enforcer (1976) and Sudden Impact (1983). “Go ahead, make my day. ”
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