Dirty Harry

Dirty Harry is a 1971 American neo-noir action thriller film produced and directed by Don Siegel, the first in the Dirty Harry series. Clint Eastwood plays the title role, in his first appearance as San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan. The film drew upon the real-life case of the Zodiac Killer as the Callahan character seeks out a similar vicious psychopath.

This article is about the film. For the title character, see Dirty Harry (character). For other uses, see Dirty Harry (disambiguation).

Dirty Harry
Theatrical release poster by Bill Gold
Directed byDon Siegel
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Harry Julian Fink
  • R.M. Fink
Produced byDon Siegel
Starring
CinematographyBruce Surtees
Edited byCarl Pingitore
Music byLalo Schifrin
Production
company
The Malpaso Company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • December 23, 1971 (1971-12-23)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4 million
Box office$36 million

Dirty Harry was a critical and commercial success and set the style for a whole genre of police films. It was followed by four sequels: Magnum Force in 1973, The Enforcer in 1976, Sudden Impact in 1983, and The Dead Pool in 1988.

In 2012, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant."

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