DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Don Siegel  
PRODUCTION CO: Malpaso
​​SCREENPLAY: Harry Julian Fink, R M Fink, Dean Riesner
PHOTOGRAPHY: Bruce Surtees
EDITOR: Carl Pingitore
MUSIC: Lalo Schifrin
WITH: Clint Eastwood (Inspector Harry Callahan), Harry Guardino (Lieutenant Al Bressler), Reni Santoni (Inspector Chico Gonzalez), John Vernon (Mayor of San Francisco), Andy Robinson (Charles “Scorpio” Davis), John Larch (Chief of Police Paul Dacanelli)

REVIEWS

“An outraged Pauline Kael called it a ‘fascist masterpiece’ in The New Yorker, Warner Brothers called it a cash cow, and audiences around the world called it a helluva wild ride, besotted with an entirely new breed of urban antihero, Clint Eastwood’s laconic SFPD Inspector ‘Dirty’ Harry Callahan, a cool, majestically quiffed customer endeavoring to keep the streets of San Fran safe from Zodiac-inspired serial killer sniper 'Scorpio', his efforts stymied at every turn by a system that seems designed to coddle creeps and criminals, leaving Harry with only his trusty Smith & Wesson Model 29 to rely on. Often imitated — not least by the four sequels it spawned — but rarely equaled, Siegel’s seething signature work is nothing short of a masterclass in crisp, steady-handed action filmmaking.”

– Metrograph
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“From its earliest stages of development, the script conceived by husband-and-wife team Harry and Rita Fink made clear that Harry’s no Boy Scout, but partisans on either side of the ideological aisle looking for affirmation in their stance will be disappointed… Neither condemning nor condoning his actions, the film offers what may be the clearest image of the archetypal cop’s self-perception as the only one willing to do the dirty jobs holding America together, even if it means getting dirty yourself.”

– Charles Bramesco, Guardian

FILM SOCIETY SCREENINGS

Nelson
Wednesday, 04 March, 6.00pm

Canterbury
Monday, 13 April, 7.00pm

New Plymouth
Wednesday, 22 April, 6.00pm

​Whanganui   
Monday, 05 May, 7.00pm

Auckland
​Monday, 23 June, 6.00pm

Dunedin
Wednesday, 16 July, 7.30pm

Hamilton
​Monday, 03 August, 6.30pm

​Whanganui  
Monday, 21 September, 7.00pm

Bigger Picture Ōamaru
Tuesday, 24 November, 7.00pm

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