The Enforcer
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Warner Bros.  (1976) 96 mins R

6.6 (7,930 votes)
"Excitingly directed and expertly performed." - Clive Hirschhorn, The Warner Bros. Story

When detective Harry Callahan stops a liquor store hostage standoff in his own no-nonsense way, he gets busted back to personnel. But not for long. When terrorists rob an arms warehouse and go on a blood-soaked extortion spree, San Francisco's leaders quickly seek out Callahan: The Enforcer.

Clint Eastwood takes dead aim again in this third of his five Dirty Harry films. Presaging her four-time Emmy-winning stint as half of TV's Cagney and Lacey, Tyne Daly co-stars as Harry's new partner, who has two jobs: nailing the terrorists - and winning hard-boiled Harry's confidence. Stoked with brisk humor and hard-hitting mayhem The Enforcer carves another winning notch in the handle of Harry's .44 magnum....

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Cast and Crew
Clint Eastwood  ......  Insp. 'Dirty' Harry Callahan
Tyne Daly  ......  Insp. Kate Moore
Harry Guardino  ......  Lt. Al Bressler
Bradford Dillman  ......  Capt. McKay
John Mitchum  ......  Insp. Frank DiGiorgio
DeVeren Bookwalter  ......  Bobby Maxwell
Director  .....  James Fargo
Producer  .....  Robert Daley
Writer  .....  Harry Julian Fink; Rita M. Fink; Stirling Silliphant; Dean Riesner
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: In the long shots of the fire boat, Harry is turning the water cannon to the left, toward the guard tower. In the close ups he is turning it to the right, away from the tower. (more)

Trivia:
At one point during the movie, a phone call is made from outside Candlestick Park (where the Giants are playing) to a pay phone that is in front of a bridge and a warehouse. The warehouse has since been torn down, replaced by SBC Park (the home stadium of today's Giants). Fans walking to SBC Park from the south cross the bridge to get there from the parking lots. (more)

Filming Locations:
23rd & Capp Streets, Mission District, San Francisco, California, USA (more)

Quotes:
Autopsy Surgeon: [checkiing the brain] Son of a bitch, Harry... look at this!
Harry Callahan: What?
Autopsy Surgeon: It's the damndest thing I ever saw... what it says right here... 'eat at Luigi's
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