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) that "I'll take all the edge I can get". When Al Quan becomes Callahan's partner in "The Dead Pool", the inspector respects Quan's experience but does not want to work with anyone because, he says, "most of my partners end up in the hospital or dead"; he warns Quan to "get a bulletproof vest". It is a recurring theme in the "Dirty Harry" films that Callahan has a high turnover of partners; most are killed or wounded while working with him. In "Dirty Harry", he mentions two unseen partners named Fanducci and Dietrich; Dietrich is in the hospital having been