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 (film series) many reviewers, "Gran Torino" represents the final step in Eastwood’s repudiation of the Dirty Harry persona. If "Unforgiven" ends up being equivocal in its attitude toward violence and vigilantism, "Gran Torino" appears to accept the impotence of the lone, avenging hero" and that the impotence "is perhaps underlined by Walt’s repeated gesture of pointing his finger at villains as if it were a gun." Amy Biancolli of the "Houston Chronicle" said that though Walt, an "old fart", does not have the same name as Dirty Harry, "there’s no mistaking the rasp in his voice or the uncompromising crankiness of his