M2355 MAGNUM FORCE (USA, 1973) (Other Titles: 44 [I.E
M2355 MAGNUM FORCE (USA, 1973) (Other titles: 44 [i.e. quaranta quattro] Magnum per l’ispettore Callaghan) Credits: director, Ted Post ; writers, John Milius, Michael Cimino. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Felton Perry, Mitchell Ryan, David Soul. Summary: Detective/mystery film set in contemporary San Francisco. A mysterious wave of assassinations is sweeping the San Francisco underworld. Detective ‘Dirty Harry’ Callahan (Eastwood) discovers why: sharpshooting rookie policemen have turned vigilante. Some of them are Vietnam veterans Adair, Gilbert. Vietnam on film [GB] (p. 131) Agan, Patrick. Clint Eastwood: the man behind the myth New York : Pyramid, 1975. [Reprinted, London : Hale, 1977; Sevenoaks [England] : Coronet, 1978] Allombert, Guy. “Magnum force” Revue du cinema 283 (Apr 1974), p. 129; 288-289 (Oct 1974), p. 212. Auster, Albert and Quart, Leonard. How the war was remembered: Hollywood & Vietnam [GB] (p. 48, 49) ___________________________. “Film review: Man and superman: Vietnam and the new American hero” Social policy [GB] Bingham, Dennis. Acting male: masculinities in the films of James Stewart, Jack Nicholson, and Clint Eastwood New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers Univ. Press, 1994. (p. 180-95) Butcher, Maryvonne. “Cinema” Tablet 228 (Jan 12, 1974), p. 37. Castell, David. “Magnum force” Films illustrated 3 (Jan 1974), p. 252. Cheatham, Richard Beau. Clint Eastwood: an ideological study of his films, star image, and popularity Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Southern California, 1992. Cluny, Claude Michel. “Magnum force” Cinema 74 186 (Mar 1974), p. 38-9. Cole, Gerald and Williams, Peter. Clint Eastwood London : W.H. Allen, 1983. Coleman, John. “Outlaws incorporated” New statesman 86 (Dec 14, 1973), p.
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