Dirty Harry
“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.
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Part of Dirty Harry Collection
5 films
Cast
66 people
Clint Eastwood
Harry
Known for
Gran Torino
Million Dollar Baby
Harry Guardino
Bressler
Known for
Any Which Way You Can
Capone
Reni Santoni
Chico
Known for
Cobra
Manimal
John Vernon
The Mayor
Known for
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
A Special Day
Andrew Robinson
Killer
Known for
Hellraiser
Spider-Noir
John Larch
Chief
Known for
The Amityville Horror
Play Misty for Me
John Mitchum
De Georgio
Known for
Telefon
Paint Your Wagon
Mae Mercer
Mrs. Russell
Known for
The Beguiled
Frogs
Lyn Edgington
Norma
Also in
Girl Happy
Ruth Kobart
Bus Driver
Known for
Sister Act
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Woodrow Parfrey
Mr. Jaffe
Known for
Planet of the Apes
Papillon
Josef Sommer
Rothko
Known for
Witness
Patch Adams
Don Siegel Director · Harry Julian Fink Screenplay Rita M. Fink Screenplay
Worldwide gross $36M · Budget $4M · United States release December 23, 1971
Box office
Budget
$4,000,000
Worldwide gross
$35,976,000
Gross vs. budget
9.0×
Production
Malpaso Productions
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · December 21, 1971
Premiere · San Francisco, California
United States · December 23, 1971
Theatrical
United States · November 19, 1997
Physical · DVD
United States
June 3, 2008 · Physical · Blu-ray
Argentina
January 20, 1972 · Theatrical
Australia
April 27, 1972 · Theatrical
Austria
March 31, 1972 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 13, 1972 · Theatrical
Czechia
March 1, 2002 · Physical
Denmark
April 7, 1972 · Theatrical
Finland
January 5, 1973 · Theatrical
France
February 16, 1972 · Theatrical
July 4, 2007 · Theatrical · Re-release
Germany
March 10, 1972 · Theatrical · West Germany
December 13, 2001 · Physical · DVD
Greece
May 11, 1972 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
April 27, 1972 · Theatrical
Ireland
July 14, 1972 · Theatrical
Italy
January 8, 1972 · Theatrical
Japan
February 11, 1972 · Theatrical
Mexico
June 9, 1977 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 13, 1972 · Theatrical
June 13, 2001 · Physical · DVD
March 6, 2003 · TV · RTL 5
January 12, 2011 · Physical · Blu-ray
Norway
March 6, 1972 · Theatrical
Peru
November 18, 2021 · Theatrical · Re-release
Poland
January 9, 2008 · Physical · Blu-ray
Portugal
October 3, 1972 · Theatrical
June 19, 2020 · TV · RTP 2
Romania
December 23, 1971 · Premiere
South Korea
September 21, 1972 · Theatrical
Spain
May 29, 1972 · Theatrical
September 17, 2015 · Theatrical · Re-release
Sweden
February 6, 1972 · Theatrical
Türkiye
February 1, 1973 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
March 3, 1972 · Theatrical
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