WHAT'S IT ABOUT?

San Francisco is being terrorised by Scorpio, a serial killer threatening to murder more innocent civilians unless he's given a huge wad of city cash. ‘Dirty’ Harry Callahan is the cop employed to halt the killing spree...

COOL FACTOR:

A brutal, tightly-plotted and influential classic that made the anti-hero cop popular. Plus, it also created one of the coolest one-liners known to filmkind... Yes, that one about the Magnum gun.

SCENE:

"Do you feel lucky, punk?" Iconic Magnum threatening!

TRIVIA!

•    In one early scene when Callahan walks across the street a cinema sign advertising ‘Play Misty for me’, Clint Eastwood's directorial debut, can be clearly seen.

•    The main role was offered to Steve McQueen and Paul Newman, who rejected it.  John Wayne was also considered for the role, though he was thought to be too old.