Dirty Harry fans?

[CaptMarvel]

Another post I did got me to thinking, who here dosent love Eastwood in Dirty Harry? Man, what a movie!! I was in S.F last week & passed by Kezar stadium, I thought of that wonderful scene where Harry grinds on the psycho Scorpios gunshot wounded leg. The mere fact that Paul Newman turned down the role due to political reasons and the tough law portrayal, is enough to make me love this flick, but then Clint even one upped that & did a great job to boot!!

perfect ending too...and with that, Andy Robinson was forever relegated to typecast history, playing the whack job forevermore..

[Old Moparz]

Clint Eastwood is great, but you do know he was in one of the "Frances The Talking Mule" flicks, don't you?   

[Charger_Fan]

I'm a huge Eastwood fan & the whole Dirty Harry series is just great. Too bad real world cops couldn't get away with stuff like that when some scumbag just NEEDS to be taken care of.

Were the "Frances" flicks something made for TV, or a movie? 

[Old Moparz]

CF, They were older movies. I just looked up the one I mentioned, "Francis in the Navy" (1955) It was one of his first.

I didn't see all of them, but my father was one who always tried to get me to watch these old flicks with him. I don't recall much about it, but I did see it & remembered Eastwood. Here you go.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048092/


This is the sixth and final film of the series produced by Universal that included Donald O'Connor, and director Arthur Lubin, who created the sequence. It would be charitable to state that this entry is up to the best of its antecedents, as O'Connor's tongue-tied routine as the chowderheaded sidekick of Francis the talking mule has become rather exhausting for audiences by the time of this release.

Army lieutenant Peter Stirling (O'Connor) is advised by Francis that the mule has been "drafted" into the Navy and is positioned as surplus to be auctioned at the Coronado (Calif.) base. While attempting to regain Francis' freedom, Peter is mistaken for a lookalike bosn's mate, Slicker Donovan, is captured by the Shore Patrol and must then reestablish his correct identity while disinvolving himself from various examples of pulchritude with which the rakish Slicker has supplied him by default through their personality exchange.

These latter include several of the studio's most highly considered contract starlets, including Martha Hyer, Leigh Snowden and Myrna Hansen, with the always enjoyable Virginia O'Brien attempting a comeback of sorts while restricted to a single scene. The ever efficient Lubin obtains maximum mileage from the dual performance of O'Connor, who stated after the film's completion that he found troubling the larger volume of fan mail received by the mule when compared with his own.

Perhaps more telling is the failure of the popular actor to develop his character, a lack made clear by his adroit variant as Slicker. There is also a significant reduction in the use of Francis, and the minimal dialogue given to Chill Wills (his voice) lacks wit and is consequently delivered with scant spirit. Contributing most to the movie's potential appeal are early appearances of subsequently well-known actors, including Paul Burke, David Janssen, Martin Milner and, in his first credited role, Clint Eastwood.

Despite the potentially interesting identity crisis involving O'Connor's two roles, it is plain that termination of involvement in the series by the director and star is a move to guard against further erosion of the lead characters' appeal

[Chargerguy74]

Clint is awsome....I've got a bunch of his westerns....the man with no name type stuff, not the Raw Hide stuff.

[Crazy Larry]

Clint is one of my all-time heros!

Got to love that scene in Dirty Harry - when Harry Calahan is in the mayors office and they are watching the TV - on the TV is the psycho guy. He's being wheeled through a hospital and he is all busted up, with a face cast, and neck brace. black eyes, fat lip. He's crying to the reporters that a crazed cop by the name of Callahan did this to him.

Harry goes to leave and says : "Anyone can tell that I didn't do that to him."
the Police Commissioner responds: "Why's that?"
Harry snaps back: "Because he looks TOO DAMN GOOD, that's why!"


classic!

[73dodge]

 

[CaptMarvel]

Harry goes to leave and says : "Anyone can tell that I didn't do that to him."
the Police Commissioner responds: "Why's that?"
Harry snaps back: "Because he looks TOO DAMN GOOD, that's why!"

Yea, & I love how Harry established the man chasing the woman through the alley had intent to comit rape...great deductive skills! I wish more judges had some of that reasoning these days...

"Big cop, names Callahan...just look at what he did to me, I have rights!"

Man, I get the warm fuzzys watching that movie...havent seen it in a while, I ought to buy the DVD...

[General_01]

Got all the Dirty Harry movies on DVD. Everybody loves Dirty Harry.

Clint is great. I think he is a great director too. "Unforgiven" has got to be one of the greatest westerns of all time. I also liked "Million Dollar Baby".

[Charger_Fan]

I liked Million Dollar Baby too, I thought it was well done.
I've got pretty much all the stuff he played lead actor in & now I'm working my way down through the more obscure movies he was in. I wasn't sure how I'd take Clint singing in a musical, but I recently got "Paint your Wagon" & he actually didn't do too bad! It's not something I'll watch more than maybe once every couple years, but I had to have it for my collection.
"Honkytonk Man" was better than expected too. His son Kyle was his co-star in that one, so I found it pretty interesting

CF, They were older movies. I just looked up the one I mentioned, "Francis in the Navy" (1955) It was one of his first.

I didn't see all of them, but my father was one who always tried to get me to watch these old flicks with him. I don't recall much about it, but I did see it & remembered Eastwood. Here you go.

Thanks for the link Moparz, I'm gonna snag one probably from eGouge to add to the collection. Again, that won't be one to watch often I'm sure, but I've gotta have it! 

[Brock Samson]

funny clint was in some of the best westerns of all time, anyone remember RawHide the wagontraint.v. show?... Rowdy Yates?..
http://mollyann.com/images/FIFTIES/clint.JPG
yup,  i'm that old,.. then he goes and makes Paint Your Wagon and i belives he sings in it,.. or trys to...     

[nh_mopar_fan]

Dirty Harry
Magnum Force
Firefox
The Gauntlet
Outlaw Josey Wales
High Plains Drifter
The Rookie
Heartbreak Ridge


Eastwood has done so many great movies.

"You a bounty hunter?"

"It's a livin'

"Dyin' ain;t much of a livin' boy"

[Dans 68]

I actually saw Clint during the filming of the 2nd Dirty Harry movie (falling through a skylight with a suspect and interrupting a porn movie shoot). A buddy and I were walking along Fishermans Wharf when we saw all of the trailers and associated equipment. Of course we knew that a movie was being filmed (we were 16 at the time, but not completely stupid) but had no idea what it was. Just then Clint walked by, about 50 yards away, and gave us that look...huge head and all. Our eyes bugged out! After we picked up our jaws off of the ground, we screamed his name. Not too cool, but it was the Man! We hung around and watched that above mentioned scene being filmed (all day for a few seconds of film!). I saw him years later skiing up in the Sierras with his kids. Good guy

Dan

[Charger1970]

Dirty Harry ... i love that whole series.

I think it would be cool if Clint directed a new young actor in a new Dirty Harry movie.

[Crazy Larry]

Because this is the best board and we all are talking Dirty Harry here....

I wanted to let you in a little secret - there is a Charger cameo in the first four Dirty Harry films.



Here is the shot from Dirty Harry with Clint and a 1969 Charger in the background. This and a whole bunch of others will be featured in my next book "Charger Films: A Drive Through American Cinema in the Dodge Charger" - a History of the use of Dodge Chargers in movies since 1966.

I have spent a few years, on and off in the time between projects, compiling information and logging scenes - the book will be very fun (hopefully will be off to the publisher later this spring).

[Charger_Fan]

I have spent a few years, on and off in the time between projects, compiling information and logging scenes - the book will be very fun (hopefully will be off to the publisher later this spring).

Not a bad way to spend some extra time. I hope it goes well for you.

[dkn1997]

the general pubic (not a misprint) glorifies the "go ahead, make my day" line, but the exchange right before it might be my alltime favorite movie lines.  not exactly verbatim, but close:

Harry: "you don't think wer'e going to let you leave with the hostages, do you?"

criminal:  "who do you mean we, pig"

Harry: "Smith, Wessen...and me"   

[adauto]

All I can say....

Feel lucky punk..............?

[Crazy Larry]

All I can say....

Feel lucky punk..............?

Bank Robber: "Hey, I gots to know"

Dirty Harry raises the 44 magnum.....click.

[253862656971]

Dirty Harry is the reason I bought a 44 mag.  After you shoot it a few times you know that the dialogue in the movie was no exaggeration.  I managed to dig one of my fired bullets out of the ground once.  If that sucker hit a bone in your arm or leg it would take it clean off.

I really like Clint in the Man without a Name westerns he did.  I forget which movies were part of that but I know The Good the Bad and the Ugly was the last of the 3. 

[General_01]

the general pubic (not a misprint) glorifies the "go ahead, make my day" line, but the exchange right before it might be my alltime favorite movie lines.  not exactly verbatim, but close:

Harry: "you don't think wer'e going to let you leave with the hostages, do you?"

criminal:  "who do you mean we, pig"

Harry: "Smith, Wessen...and me"   

I think the lines were.

Harry: You don't think we're just gonna let you boys walk outta here, now do you?

Criminal: Who's we sucka!?

Harry: Smith, Wesson, and me...

These movies were just full of great tough guy lines. Gotta love it.

[adauto]

...another one I always liked

..a mans got to know his limitations.....

[Crazy Larry]

Dirty Harry is the reason I bought a 44 mag.  After you shoot it a few times you know that the dialogue in the movie was no exaggeration.  I managed to dig one of my fired bullets out of the ground once.  If that sucker hit a bone in your arm or leg it would take it clean off.

I really like Clint in the Man without a Name westerns he did.  I forget which movies were part of that but I know The Good the Bad and the Ugly was the last of the 3. 

The order was:

"Fistful of Dollars"
"For a Few Dollars More" (my personal favorite)
"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"

[dkn1997]

the general pubic (not a misprint) glorifies the "go ahead, make my day" line, but the exchange right before it might be my alltime favorite movie lines.  not exactly verbatim, but close:

Harry: "you don't think wer'e going to let you leave with the hostages, do you?"

criminal:  "who do you mean we, pig"

Harry: "Smith, Wessen...and me"   

I think the lines were.

Harry: You don't think we're just gonna let you boys walk outta here, now do you?

Criminal: Who's we sucka!?

Harry: Smith, Wesson, and me...

These movies were just full of great tough guy lines. Gotta love it.

thanks, general.  I knew it was something like that.  I also like the sarcastic use of "marvelous" and "swell"

[General_01]

Yea. I loved his sarcasm too.