harry callahan quickly establish his action not word by drive his car through a liquor store window to free the owner and who be be hold a hostage demote to the personnel department and he scorn bureaucracy in general and in particular the mayor policy of attract woman into the force and but he be saddle with one and kate moore ( tyne daly ) a his by now obligatory aminority partner insp . callahan find black militant be not his enemy but his ally represent when big ed mustapha ( albert popwell ) and the black leader and be arrest to boost the mayor prestige and harry actually resign this time and continue his pursuit of the revolutionary a a loner his female aide risk her own job to he1p him and eventually they chase a prime suspect through the seamy amassage parlor underworld of the city and kill a leading gang member and who have disguise and herself a a nun and discovering that the mayor be be hold captive on alcatraz island and they make for an abandoned fortress for the final shootout the film be a step backwards in style and content from the previous two harry seem to have revert to his first incarnation represent what kind of a department be we run when be more concerned with the right of the criminal than of the people be suppose to be protect . and display unusual brutality in rough up a man who feign heart attack instead of pay his restaurant bill advertise a the wouldirtiest harry of them all and it be also the weak without the experience of siegel or milius to help him and eastwood take a gamble on james fargo and his assistant director on some of his previous film and the result be competent action but a noticeable lack of depth and subtlety .