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 (film series) graphic novels, revealed in an interview that he created the "Sin City" story-arc "That Yellow Bastard" out of his dislike of "The Dead Pool". Miller said: "When I went to see the last "Dirty Harry" movie, "The Dead Pool", I was disgusted. I went out and said, this is not a "Dirty Harry" movie, this is nothing, this is a pale sequel." and I also said, "that's not the last "Dirty Harry" story, I will show you the last "Dirty Harry" story." Another character in "That Yellow Bastard" story is Nancy Callahan, who is a pastiche or caricature of Harry