spoiler with this gang of psychos call themselves the people revolutioary task force terrorize the city of san francisco . while this be happen the city father from the clueless mayor and john cawford and on down be only interested in be politically correct and force on it top cop insp . dirty harry callahan and clint eastwood and a woman inspt . kate moore ( tyne daly ) a his new partner . harry have trouble with the top police brass about his unorthodox method in law enforcement and shoot first and ask question later and be hardly amuse with kate . feeling that her job should be in the home do house work and bring up a couple of kid instead of be on the street hunt and shoot down bad guy . arm to the teeth the revolutionary lead by this psycho vietnam vet bobby maxwell and deveren bookwalter and decide to strike it big by kidnap the mayor himself and hold him hostage . maxwell will then ask for 5 million dollar with a promise from the state and city of safe passage out of the country . you can easily see where the movie be lead up to with harry be stymie at every turn by his gutless superior . these gutless political hack be more interested in their job photo ops and promotion then in the safety of the people of san francisco . harry be about to break the case wide open when he get former militant black panther leader and now man of peace big ed mustapha and albert popwell and to finger the terrorist group leader and where he and his gang of terrorist can be find . it be harry egomaniac bos capt . mckay and bradford dillman and who blow the entire deal by storm big ed headquarters and arrest big ed and a number of his follower and who be unarmed and not break any law to speak of . on the street with his new partner insp and moore tagging along harry go to see the outspoken father john and m. g kelly . father john run a church that maxwell be involve with and member in since he be in prison at san quentin . father john lambast harry about enter a house of god with anger and violence in his heart and a gun in his holster be suddenly startle . one of the nun in his church of love and peace sister wanda and samanta doane and be shoot down and kill not by harry but his partner the rookie inspt . moore . it reveal that she herself and sister wanda and be secretly a member of maxwell terrorist gang . sister wanda be also pack a shotgun and in a house of god no less and and be just about to blow an unsuspecting harry away . a now totally distraught but bring back to the real world father john and finally see the light and tell harry that the people revolutionary be hold up and with the kidnap mayor and in the now closed alcatraz island . harry and insp and moore head out to the rock for a final showdown with bobby maxwell and friend in the movie bullet riddle and explosive final sequence . a more humanized and humorous dirty harry who at least try to follow the law and and not try go above or around it and in do his job . it the like of capt . mckay and the city bureaucrat like the mayor that make his job almost impossible to do . harry who at first have little respect for his new partner woman cop kate moore later be almost in tear when she be gun down save his life and for the second time in the movie and by take a bullet that be mean for him . harry after save the mayor life and by blast his kidnapper bobby maxwell and walk away from the grateful mayor in disgust while he spend his remain moment in the movie stand alone and grieve over his dead partner and inpt . moore and body .