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 film icon, so much so that his nickname, "Dirty Harry", has entered the lexicon as slang for ruthless police officers. All of the "Dirty Harry" films feature Callahan killing criminals, mostly in gunfights. Phrases he utters in armed stand-offs, ""Go ahead, make my day"" and ""[...] you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?"" have become iconic. As the 1971 film was criticized for carrying fascist, or at least authoritarian, undertones, the sequels attempted to be more balanced by pitting Harry against villains from a broader ideological spectrum; notably in 1973's "Magnum