Dirty Harry (film series) Dirty Harry (film series) Dirty Harry is an American film series featuring San Francisco Police Department Homicide Division Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan who is notorious for being extremely violent and ruthless in his methods, and a danger for any partner assigned to him. Actor Clint Eastwood portrayed Callahan in all five of the series' films. "Dirty Harry" (1971) was directed by Don Siegel and starred Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan. Harry tracks serial killer Scorpio (loosely based on the Zodiac killer). Eastwood's iconic portrayal of the blunt-speaking, unorthodox detective set the style for a number of his subsequent roles, and
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