The Enforcer (1976 film) in him by Sergio Leone. The film ended up considerably shorter than the previous Dirty Harry films, and was cut to 95 minutes for its final running time. The music score for "The Enforcer" was written by Jerry Fielding, making "The Enforcer" the only "Dirty Harry" film without a score by Lalo Schifrin. The film was originally intended to be the last "Dirty Harry" film of a trilogy. A poll conducted by Warner Bros in 1983 led to the development of a fourth film, "Sudden Impact" and the resurrection of the film series. Eastwood never intended to make more "Dirty
Clint Eastwood in the 1970s praised his performance as Dirty Harry, describing him as "giving his best performance so far, tense, tough, full of implicit identification with his character", the film was widely criticized because of Eastwood's portrayal of the ruthless cop. Feminists in particular were outraged by the film, and at the 1971 Oscar telecast, protested outside holding up banners which read messages such as "Dirty Harry is a Rotten Pig". Many critics expressed concern with what they saw as bigotry, with "Newsweek" describing the film as "a right-wing fantasy", "Variety" as "a specious, phony glorification of the police and police brutality with a