
Dirty Harry(1971)
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.


“In the heart of every victim is a hero and he'll tear apart a city to prove it.”
When a twisted psychotic kidnaps a young girl, mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy developer, her father, a hardened ex-cop, doggedly hunts them through New York's seamy streets.

James Brolin
Sean Boyd

Cliff Gorman
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Richard S. Castellano
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Night of the Juggler is a action, crime, thriller film released in 1980 exploring themes of ransom, psychopath, manhattan, new york city, child kidnapping, neo-noir. Directed by Robert Butler, it stars James Brolin, Cliff Gorman, Richard S. Castellano. When a twisted psychotic kidnaps a young girl, mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy developer, her father, a hardened ex-cop, doggedly hunts them through New York's seamy streets.
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