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 (character) that "I'll take all the edge I can get". When Al Quan becomes Callahan's partner in "The Dead Pool", the inspector respects Quan's experience but does not want to work with anyone because, he says, "most of my partners end up in the hospital or dead"; he warns Quan to "get a bulletproof vest". It is a recurring theme in the "Dirty Harry" films that Callahan has a high turnover of partners; most are killed or wounded while working with him. In "Dirty Harry", he mentions two unseen partners named Fanducci and Dietrich; Dietrich is in the hospital having been