
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.



Tomas Milian
Sergio Marazzi 'Monnezza'

Nicoletta Machiavelli
Mara

Claudio Cassinelli
Antonio Sarti

Claudio Undari
Mario

Henry Silva
Brescianelli

Biagio Pelligra
Calabrese

Umberto Raho
Lawyer

Giuseppe Castellano
Vallelunga

Mario Erpichini
Paolo Finzi

Dana Ghia
Clara
Free Hand for a Tough Cop is a action, crime film released in 1976 exploring themes of police, rome, italy, ransom, kidnapping. Directed by Umberto Lenzi, it stars Tomas Milian, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Claudio Cassinelli. A cop recruits a criminal and his cohorts to help track down a violent crime lord who has kidnapped the ill daughter of a rich family.
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