when clint eastwood be make his dirty harry film we never do get to see too much of the private life of harry callahan . in tightrope play new orleans detective wes block that lack be more than make up for . clint a family man in this one raise two small girl one of them play by his real life daughter alyson on his own . but he also indulge himself with a lot of prostitute who can give him a bit of variety in turn ons . but then these same woman keep wind up dead in some terribly gruesome manner and of course eastwood be start to think he could be the ultimate target . director richard tuggle keep an even tight rein on clint emotion than normal . only at a certain dramatic point that i would not reveal do we see clint revert to a dirty harry type character . in the end it really the minute detail find in forensic science that identify the killer and but even with that the killer do not go down easy . in fact the final struggle between eastwood and the perpetrator end quite unforgettably . clint lead lady be genevieve bujold who play a rape crisis counselor who believe in a pro active type of counsel with her victim . it by no mean certain these two will get together in the end though they both spark some interest in each other . in tightrope the accent be on suspense more than action and though when the action come it explode . there be by the way one very good reason for this killer to be so tough for the police to take down and but you will have to see tightrope for that . clint eastwood legion of fan should be please enough with this film .