Dirty Harry (1971)

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Detective Harry Callahan. He doesn't break murder cases. He smashes them.

When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.

• Released: 1971-12-23
• Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller
• Runtime: 1h 42m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.5/10 from 2,851 votes

Directed by Don Siegel.

Top cast

• Clint Eastwood as Harry
• Harry Guardino as Bressler
• Reni Santoni as Chico
• John Vernon as The Mayor
• Andrew Robinson as Killer
• John Larch as Chief
• John Mitchum as De Georgio
• Mae Mercer as Mrs. Russell
• Lyn Edgington as Norma
• Ruth Kobart as Bus Driver

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Dirty Harry

• United States: rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on HBO Max Amazon Channel, Sky Go, Now TV Cinema, HBO Max; rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store
• India: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store
• Canada: stream on Crave, Starz Amazon Channel, Crave Amazon Channel; rent on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, Amazon Video
• Australia: stream on HBO Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV

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