The Enforcer (1976 film) a total of $46,236,000 in the United States, making it the ninth highest-grossing film of 1976. Overall this figure made it the most profitable of the "Dirty Harry" series for seven years until the release of "Sudden Impact". The Enforcer (1976 film) The Enforcer is a 1976 American action thriller and the third in the "Dirty Harry" film series. Directed by James Fargo, it stars Clint Eastwood as Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan, Tyne Daly as Inspector Kate Moore and DeVeren Bookwalter as terrorist leader Bobby Maxwell. It was also the last film in the series to feature John Mitchum as
Political life of Clint Eastwood part of the film's 25th anniversary, Eastwood decried what he saw as political correctness within society. Recalling the release of "Dirty Harry", Eastwood commented, "A lot of people thought [Dirty Harry] was politically incorrect. That was at the beginning of the era that we’re in now with political correctness. We are killing ourselves, we’ve lost our sense of humor. But I thought it was interesting and it was daring." Eastwood registered as a Republican in order to vote for Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 and he passively supported Richard Nixon's 1968 and 1972 presidential campaigns. He later criticized Nixon's morality