Dirty Harry "Time Out" polled several film critics, directors, actors and stunt actors to list their top action films. "Dirty Harry" was listed at 78th place in this list. John Milius later said he loved the film. "I think it's a great film, one of the few recent great films, more important than "The Godfather". It's larger than the sum of its parts; I don't think it's so brilliantly written or so brilliantly acted. Siegel can take more credit than anyone for it." The benefit world premiere of "Dirty Harry" was held at Loews' Market Street Cinema, 1077 Market Street (San Francisco),
Dirty Harry (character) a jumper, Callahan states he is known as Dirty Harry because he is assigned to "every dirty job that comes along". When Harry is ordered to deliver ransom money to Scorpio, Gonzalez opines "no wonder they call him Dirty Harry; [he] always gets the shit end of the stick". In "Dirty Harry", Gonzalez humorously suggests that Callahan's nickname may have an alternate origin given that he twice ends up peeking through a naked woman's window and later follows a suspect into a strip club. The films reveal little about Callahan's personal background. In the first film, Callahan tells Chico Gonzalez's