Sudden Impact
“Dirty Harry is at it again.”
When a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it's up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice.
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Part of Dirty Harry Collection
5 films
Cast
51 people
Clint Eastwood
Insp. Harry Callahan
Known for
Gran Torino
Million Dollar Baby
Sondra Locke
Jennifer Spencer
Known for
The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Gauntlet
Pat Hingle
Chief Jannings
Known for
Batman
Maximum Overdrive
Bradford Dillman
Captain Briggs
Known for
Piranha
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Paul Drake
Mick
Also in
Beverly Hills Cop
The Highwayman
Audrie Neenan
Ray Parkins
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Doubt
Jack Thibeau
Kruger
Known for
Escape from Alcatraz
The Hitcher
Michael Currie
Lt. Donnelly
Known for
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
The Philadelphia Experiment
Albert Popwell
Horace King
Known for
Coogan's Bluff
Scissors
Mark Keyloun
Officer Bennett
Also in
Mike's Murder
Gimme an 'F'
Kevyn Major Howard
Hawkins
Known for
Full Metal Jacket
Alien Nation
Bette Ford
Leah
Known for
The Animatrix
Marked for Death
Clint Eastwood Director · Joseph Stinson Screenplay Dean Riesner Writer
Worldwide gross $150M · Budget $22M · United States release December 8, 1983
Box office
Budget
$22,000,000
Worldwide gross
$150,000,000
Gross vs. budget
6.8×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
Malpaso Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Dirty Harry 4: Sudden Impact
Working title
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · December 8, 1983
Theatrical
United States · December 8, 1983
Theatrical
Australia
December 9, 1983 · Theatrical
Finland
July 6, 1984 · Theatrical
France
August 8, 1984 · Theatrical
Greece
December 20, 1984 · Theatrical
Ireland
January 27, 1984 · Theatrical
Italy
January 27, 1984 · Theatrical
Japan
April 28, 1984 · Theatrical
Netherlands
February 2, 1984 · Theatrical
March 20, 2003 · TV · RTL 5
July 9, 2008 · Physical · DVD
January 12, 2011 · Physical · Blu ray
South Korea
May 5, 1984 · Theatrical
Spain
February 17, 1984 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 3, 1984 · Theatrical
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