Dirty Harry (character) Dirty Harry (character) Inspector Harold Francis Callahan, also known as Dirty Harry, is a fictional character in the "Dirty Harry" film series, which consists of "Dirty Harry" (1971), "Magnum Force" (1973), "The Enforcer" (1976), "Sudden Impact" (1983) and "The Dead Pool" (1988). Callahan is portrayed by Clint Eastwood in each film. From his debut, Callahan became the template for a new kind of movie cop: an antihero who does not hesitate to cross professional and ethical boundaries in pursuit of his own vision of justice, especially when the law is poorly served by an inept bureaucracy. Callahan is often considered
Clint Eastwood in the 1970s feature gun shooting in practice, competition and on the job. Given this strong theme in the film, the title was soon changed to "Magnum Force" in deference to the .44 Magnum that Harry liked to use. Milius thought it was important to remind the audiences of the original film by incorporating the line "Do ya feel lucky?", repeated in the opening credits and with Dirty Harry once again eating a hamburger instead of a hot dog but this time foiling an airplane hijacking at the airport. With Milius committed to filming "Dillinger", Michael Cimino was later hired to revise the