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Magnum Force

Magnum Force

This time the bullets are hitting pretty close to home.

19737.12h 4m

Overview

"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them.

Directed by Ted Post
Written by John Milius, Michael Cimino
Produced by Robert Daley
Box Office0Revenue: $39.8M

Top Cast

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

Insp. Harry Callahan

Hal Holbrook

Hal Holbrook

Lieutenant Briggs

Mitchell Ryan

Mitchell Ryan

Officer Charlie McCoy

David Soul

David Soul

Officer John Davis

Felton Perry

Felton Perry

Insp. Early Smith

Robert Urich

Robert Urich

Officer Mike Grimes

Kip Niven

Kip Niven

Officer Alan "Red" Astrachan

Tim Matheson

Tim Matheson

Officer Phil Sweet

Christine White

Christine White

Carol McCoy

Adele Yoshioka

Adele Yoshioka

Sunny

Themes & Keywords

uniformsan francisco, californiaarbitrary lawinvestigationinspectorvigilantebad coppolice corruptionpolice vigilantismrevolvermotorcycle copdeath squads

About Magnum Force

Magnum Force is a drama, crime, action film released in 1973 exploring themes of uniform, san francisco, california, arbitrary law, investigation, inspector, vigilante. Directed by Ted Post, it stars Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Mitchell Ryan. "Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them.

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