Dirty Harry replies, "Pal? They're already making movies about it." "Dirty Harry" helped popularize the Smith & Wesson Model 29 revolver, chambered for the powerful .44 Magnum cartridge, and initiated an increase in sales of the handgun. In 2010, artist James Georgopoulos included the screen-used guns from "Dirty Harry" in his Guns of Cinema series. Notes Bibliography Dirty Harry Dirty Harry is a 1971 American action crime thriller film produced and directed by Don Siegel, the first in the "Dirty Harry" series. Clint Eastwood plays the title role, in his first outing as San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan.
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),