Magnum Force

"This time the bullets are hitting pretty close to home."

1973 2h 4m EN

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★7.1TMDB · 1,267

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"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them.

“This time the bullets are hitting pretty close to home.”

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Cast

Clint Eastwood
Insp. Harry Callahan
Hal Holbrook
Lieutenant Briggs
Mitchell Ryan
Officer Charlie McCoy
David Soul
Officer John Davis
Felton Perry
Insp. Early Smith
Robert Urich
Officer Mike Grimes
Kip Niven
Officer Alan "Red" Astrachan
Tim Matheson
Officer Phil Sweet

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ted Post
Writers: Michael Cimino, John Milius, Terrence Malick
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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53 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Dirty Harry Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Ted Post, shot by Frank Stanley. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Lalo Schifrin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Ferris Webster shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Clint Eastwood and Hal Holbrook and Mitchell Ryan carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "This time the bullets are hitting pretty close to home.".

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IMDB entry: tt0070355 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Ted Post directs. Frank Stanley behind the camera. Lalo Schifrin scores. Ferris Webster cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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153 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "Dirty Harry Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Ted Post, shot by Frank Stanley. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Lalo Schifrin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Ferris Webster shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Clint Eastwood and Hal Holbrook and Mitchell Ryan carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "This time the bullets are hitting pretty close to home.".
8IMDB entry: tt0070355 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 14 themes, including "uniform", "san francisco, california", "arbitrary law", "investigation".
10Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Frank Stanley
Original score: Lalo Schifrin
Editing: Ferris Webster
Makeup / hair: Shirley Dolle
Runtime: 124 min · 2h 4m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $39,768,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Magnum Force (1973)

Part of

Dirty Harry Collection

Dirty Harry is the name of a series of films and novels featuring fictional San Francisco Police Department Homicide Division Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan, portrayed by Clint Eastwood. Eastwood's character also helped popularize the .44 Magnum, as Harry Callahan is famously shown wielding his Smith & Wesson Model 29 revolver.

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John Chard2014-01-21
★ 7/10
Harry, he is still the law. Magnum Force is directed by Ted Post and collectively written by Harry and Rita Fink, John Milius and Michael Cimino. It stars Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Mitchell Ryan, David Soul, Felton Perry, Tim Matheson and Robert Urich. Music is by Lalo Schifrin and cinematography by Frank Stanley. The second Dirty Harry movie finds Inspector Callahan on the trail of a vigilante group who are offing Frisco’s villains. Following in the wake of "Dirty Harry" was never going to be easy, Don Siegel’s film was very much a trail blazer of sorts, giving the movie lovers of the world a different cop than that which was accustomed. So what to do with "Magnum Force" then, the inevitable sequel given "Dirty Harry’s" popularity? The makers come up with a great idea, have Harry confront a group of vigilantes who believe in his own kill crime ethics, only they take it to the extreme. So begins a trail of blood for Harry to follow which leads him right where we the viewers pretty much knew he was going to end up. Ted Post is no Don Siegel, and although the action and all round testosterone feel that so marked out the "Dirty Harry" films is exciting and evident respectively, there’s periods where the film meanders. The instances that serve to add more complexity to Harry’s make-up is welcome, but aside from a jumping bean turn from Holbrook, the director can’t get much out of the rest of the cast, as shame since there’s a lot of up and coming talent and stalwarts in the mix. Still, even with some minor and evident problems it’s a lively and entertaining sequel (the best of them actually), one that doesn’t shy away from pushing some buttons and baiting of critics who had disdain for the first film. The ending is a disappointment, though, but the journey is ultimately meaty and macho. 7.5/10
Andres Gomez2016-03-11
★ 7/10
The second movie on Dirty Harry's series is better than the first. Harry's character gets some evolution and we start to see a bit of the human being and his private life behind that gun. The directing is good, Eastwood makes a good performance and the plot and dialogues are slightly better than in the first. The soundtrack is also something to remark in this one.
r96sk2022-01-15
★ 8/10
A strong follow-up to <em>'Dirty Harry'</em>. I feel as positively about this as I do about that 1971 original. I don't think they set the world alight per se, but they are unquestionably entertaining and have a strong vibe about them. Clint Eastwood is terrific, while the support cast - though not on the aforementioned's level - are solid. Good story, well paced... I like it.