Review of Dirty Harry (1971) by Richard D — 08 Aug 2016
This is one of those genre films that was so influential it essentially created it's own sub-genre. Almost every cop film produced during the 70's owed some debt to this film. That's as it should be, since this is a minor masterpiece.
Like most of Siegel's films, it's not a ferociously ambitious film, but it's an incredibly well-oiled genre machine ... and Eastwood is the perfect actor to star in it. His performance as Harry Callahan is so iconic that it's difficult to see how different it is from what came before it.
This review of Dirty Harry (1971) was written by Richard D on 08 Aug 2016.
Dirty Harry has generally received very positive reviews.
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