Dirty Harry novels Dirty Harry novels "Dirty Harry" novels include film novelizations and original tie-ins based on the "Dirty Harry" film franchise. Like the films, the novels portray Inspector "Dirty Harry" Callahan as he ruthlessly fights criminals. Novelizations of the first four films, "Dirty Harry", "Magnum Force", "The Enforcer", and "Sudden Impact", were published between 1971 and 1983. Additionally, after star Clint Eastwood announced he would make no further "Dirty Harry" films after "The Enforcer", Warner Books published twelve new novels attributed to Dane Hartman, a collective pen name used by at least three authors, between 1981 and 1983. Warner Bros. licensed novelizations
Clint Eastwood in the 1990s life. Eastwood first received the script in the spring of 1992 and remarked that "Its almost as if it's written for me". As of 2012, it is the last time he acted in a film he did not direct himself. The film was among the top 10 box office performers in that year, earning $102 million in North American ticket sales. In 1997, Eastwood directed "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" Eastwood's daughter, Alison Eastwood played John Cusack's love interest. In 1999, Eastwood directed "True Crime". He portrayed journalist and alcoholic Steve Everett who is covering the convicted