Dirty Harry (character) this goes any further, with Spencer commenting 'Neither of us want to be alone tonight'. "The Dead Pool" implies a romantic relationship with news reporter Samantha Walker, and the film ends with her and Callahan walking away together. Callahan is considered a film icon, so much so that his nickname, "Dirty Harry", has entered the lexicon as slang for ruthless police officers. Harry Callahan was voted number 23 by "Empire" Magazine on their list of "The 100 Greatest Movie Characters". Callahan was voted the 17th greatest movie hero on "100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains". He was also named one
Dirty Harry (character) one film, Harry's partner Frank DiGiorgio, refers to Harry's gun as a "pocket-cannon". One of the "hero guns" used on-camera in "Magnum Force" is in the possession of John Milius. It is presently on loan to the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax, Virginia, in the "Hollywood Guns" exhibit in the William B. Ruger Gallery. Callahan loses control of his sidearm four times during the course of the series. First, in "Dirty Harry" when Scorpio tells him to take it out and throw it when he is confronted at the cross in the park. Second, in "Magnum Force", where Captain Briggs