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From: Reviews and Criticism of Theatrical and Television Dramas (http://www.lasalle.edu/library/vietnam/FilmIndex/home.htm) compiled by John K. McAskill, La Salle University ([email protected])

D5740 (USA, 1971) (Other titles: Un salaud de flic; Smerige klabak)

Credits: director, ; writers, Harry Hulian Fink, Rita M. Fink. Cast: , Reni Santoni, , Andy Robinson. Summary: Police set in contemporary . Harry Callahan (Eastwood) is a tough streetwise San Francisco cop who is called Dirty Harry for his violent inclinations and unorthodox methods. A rooftop psychopathic killer (and Vietnam vet) named Scorpio, who has already murdered two people, kidnaps a girl and threatens to kill her unless the city pays his ransom demand. Callahan acts without a warrant to find the girl (who is dead), but the killer is released because of Callahan’s warrantless search. The killer next hijacks a school bus full of children, demanding another ransom and a getaway plane. Callahan rescues the children and shoots the killer as he attempts to surrender. As other police arrive, Callahan contemptuously throws away his badge.

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