Dirty Harry 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. The film drew upon the actual case of the Zodiac Killer as the Callahan character seeks out a similar vicious psychopath. "Dirty Harry" was a critical and commercial success and set the style for a whole genre of police films. It was followed by four sequels: "Magnum Force" in 1973, "The Enforcer" in 1976, "Sudden
Dirty Harry The Best 1000 Movies Ever Made list by "The New York Times". In January 2010 "Total Film" included the film on its list of The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time. "TV Guide" and "Vanity Fair" also included the film on their lists of the 50 best movies. A generation later, "Dirty Harry" is now regarded as one of the best films of 1971. Based mainly on reviews from the 2000s, the film holds a 93% approval rating on the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes. It was nominated at the Edgar Allan Poe Awards for Best Motion Picture. In 2014,