Sadly he missed out on the one movie because he was doing i think Desperately Seeking Susan at the time, but besides Clint Eastwood he was in more of the franchise than any other actor.
fun fact: "hot mary" is Facklers wife in "the police academy", she throws herself on the hood of her husbands car to stop him from joining the police force.
I love how, the first time he says the iconic quote he’s almost being playful and joking with the guy. But when he says it to Scorpio, you feel how frustrated he’s been, how furious he is and how much he wants to kill him.
I don't know, it just makes the character all the more cartoonish. If he'd done it once, then it might carry the weight of the legend. But if he does it multiple times... that's his schtick.
Andy Robinson is probably best known as Garak on Deep Space Nine, and for his role in Hellraiser. He's also a writer, and his notes on the Garak character were so extensive he published them as a novel on Garak's backstory.
Plain, simple, Garak. Wonderful character on DS9 really brought to life by Andrew Robinson, and his book was also great. Hmm… haven’t read it in 20 years, might need to revisit it. 😂
You guys should definitely do the sequels. Clint Eastwood is a living legend and a national treasure. Thx for the reaction guys, it made my night a whole lot better.
These films were made as a reaction against the “soft on crime” policies of the 1970’s. The Dirty Harry films get better and better as they go. Great reaction guys!
The "war on crime" was a failure and a disaster with untold human cost. The "soft on crime" narrative is a convenient political mythology that only seems to come up around election years. Gee, I wonder why.
@@aleatharhea If you think soft on crime is a convenient political mythology, check out any typical weekend shooting gallery in Chicago, commuters getting shoved in front of subway trains in NYC, or Asians having their heads teed up like effing golf balls in SF. People are dead or maimed in ever rising numbers. Pray you’re never a victim of this “political mythology”.
@@morehamsandwich Didn’t say that. He’s a fictional figure that I think resonated with people who felt criminals’ rights trumped the rights of law abiding citizens, and relished harsh retribution against violent criminals at least on screen.
Put Kelly's Heroes on the must watch list for you guys, you won't regret it. Dirty Harry is a great one as is Magnum Force the sequel to it. Both are very good.
The "do you feel lucky, punk" line is how people remember it, so you had it right! It's like a certain Darth Vader quote that everyone also remembers one way but the actual line is different.
The character of Dirty Harry was (very loosely) based on Dave Toschi, the lead detective in San Francisco on the Zodiac case. (Toschi is played by Mark Ruffalo in David Fincher's movie, Zodiac.) And Steve McQueen used Toschi's unique shoulder holster style in Bullitt. Dave Toschi had a good agent for a cop.
Your comment really should be pinned at the top. DH was a sorta reactionary flick to the fear that was gripping San Fran while the Zodiac was out and about and it felt like the cops were getting nowhere. A movie having someone outright put their foot on the person responsible was a no-brainer for the applause it received in theatres; this movie was so cathartic. When you see it from that angle/point-of-view, his maniac scream plays out quite differently.
The thing is toschi didn’t like Dirty Harry because it made him feel like he could have caught the zodiac killer but didn’t I think he said once in an article or something that he constantly goes back to where Paul stine (the cab driver and last victim of the zodiac) was shot and try to figure out where he went wrong
Fun fact, Clint Eastwood did ALL his stunts on the bus. You want to see Eastwood not only do most of his own stunts but play a Dirty Harry type James Bond, The Eiger Sanction (1975) is for you. Not only did he star, he directed and did most of the mountain climbing before Stallone did in Cliffhanger.
The sequel "Magnum Force" (1973) is a very good film too, and worth reacting to. The killer in this film (Andrew Robinson) would appear as a recurring sci-fi character on the TV series "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" years later. He played Garak, the Cardassian Tailor/Spy. Great reactions to the original Dirty Harry, Daniel & Samantha!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽You should definitely carry on.
Can you list actors that for sure were not in any Star Trek production ? 🙂 Thats a short list , when nearly everyone has been in some part of Star Trek . Easiest game ever , how to connect actors to Patrick Steward , oh that actor was in that episode of that Star trek series , with someone that was in TNG episode .
"Magnum Force" is definitely one of my favorite movies based on who the bad guy(s) end up being in this film. Lots of future TV stars in Magnum Force too: David Soul (Starsky and Hutch) and Robert Urich (Vega$).
Interesting poll. For Eastwood westerns, "The Outlaw Josey Wales" is right there with "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly" as best ever westerns. Watch everything of Clint's, in order of release.
Outlaw Josey Wales, High Plains Drifter, Pale Rider and Two Mules for Sister Sarah as well. Non westerns there's Every Which Way But Loose, Any Which Way You Can, The Gauntlet, A Perfect World and In the Line of Fire.
I've watched that movie only once. The crazy broad is so much like an exgirlfriend, right down to body type and hairstyle, that I'd rather not watch it again. It doesn't help that my ex reminded my Grandmother of a former aunt who murdered the boyfriend she had after divorcing my uncle. "Play Misty For Me" is a thriller that just hits too close to home for me. That said, it IS a great movie, and I certainly wouldn't discourage anyone else from watching it, especially anyone that likes the thriller genre. It just freaks me out, too much.
‘Play Misty For Me’ was an extreme influence on the great 1980s thriller ‘Fatal Attraction’ 😮. And actress Jessica Walter does a fantastic job in Misty!
Harry Callahan is a cop who believes in the rule of law, this is made clear in the second movie Magnum Force where vigilantes try to recruit him (spoiler: it doesn't end well for the vigilantes).
The first installment of 'Dirty Harry' was loosely based on the 'Zodiac Murders' which occurred between 1968 to 1969. In that case, the Zodiac killer forced the bay area newspapers to publish clues (cryptic cyphers) as to his identity and his motives. A more recent film, 'The Zodiac' was produced that is based on these murders.
According to IMDB trivia, the line, "My, that's a big one" supposedly was not in the script. It was added by Andrew Robinson and actually had the entire film crew laughing. Andrew Robinson as Scorpio and Kurtwood Smith as Clarence Boddicker in Robocop are two of my favorite villains.
I wish they had played more villains, especially in the Batman movies. Smith would have made an excellent Mr Freeze, and I'd have loved to see Robinson's take on the Joker.
I saw this when I was little at the drive in. Been waiting for someone to get into this series. The next one MAGNUM FORCE is one of my favorite. Saw it on cable when cable first came out.
Eastwood's partner in this film is played by actor Reni Santoni who sadly died in 2020. Eastwood would have been around 41 in this film and Santoni around 33 being born in 1930 and 1938 respectively. In case anybody"s interested.
Thank you for doing this one! I love this anti-hero character. The sequels are excellent & quite profound. And please do Grand Torino when you have time 🙏
Excellent reaction video. Dirty Harry was a commentary on the rights of the criminals starting to overtake the rights of the victims. I feel the next Dirty Harry movie- Magnum Force- is even better as it shows Harry still wants to work within the system. He's no lawless vigilante, he just hates "The System".
MAGNUM FORCE is an absolute banger. Thematically interesting in that it's basically a direct response to critics of the original film, by having its villains be vigilante cops carrying out extrajudicial murder. But it also has its cake and eats it, too, by still letting Harry do Harry shit throughout...and he does *a lot* of Harry shit in it. The message gets a bit muddled (the extrajudicial killing is awesome when Harry does it, less so anyone else), but there's so much great Harry Callahan ownage in it that's easy to overlook its, uh, flexible morality.
Yeah, I'm actually surprised Dirty Harry won out over Magnum Force. Maybe viewers just wanted them to watch the first in the series to get it started. Magnum Force is a better movie and story overall.
This was a real cultural change of the tides. Summer of love was over, the 70's was a much more cynical time and this movie really reflects of those feelings coming to surface. So it really hit different when people saw this, then. It was hardcore.
Clint Eastwood has so many great movies - Play Misty for Me, Heartbreak Ridge, The Gauntlet, In the Line of Fire, Gran Torino, Million Dollar Baby and so many more.
Andrew Robinson is in a great horror movie called Hellraiser and he is able to go from sweet to menacing in an instant. However, he is probably best known for playing one of the greatest TV characters of all time, a simple tailor named Garak, on Star Trek: Deep Space 9.
Thanks for the great reaction! Dirty Harry is my favorite Clint character. Please continue in this series! The scene with Harry "rescuing" the jumper on the roof was Clint's first scene he ever directed. He directed his first film the same year (1971)..."Play Misty For Me" (an excellent, underrated thriller).
Everyone remembers (misremembers) "Do ya feel lucky, punk?" as their favorite line from this movie but for me it's the bit right after where the guy says, "I gots to know", it's the most meme worthy line ever imo
”And the movie's psychopathic, child-burying bad guy, Scorpio, played with unnerving intensity by Andy Robinson, was loosely based on the Zodiac serial killer who was still terrifying San Franciscans at the time of the film's release.”
I also like to think of this as a Batman (with a gun) vs. Joker movie. It feels like that to me. Andrew Robinson's portrayal is so haunting, creepy and amazing and is very much like the Joker and Batman (Dirty Harry) is hunting him down. I guess I'm alone in that thought because I've never heard anyone but myself make that comparison.
Funny you made that comparison because Warner Bros. bought DC Comics, the comic book publishing house that puts out the likes of Batman and Superman, in the late 60s.
You are right, I've never heard this comparison before, but I think that you make a lot of sense! The modern Batman(so, since Burtons Batman) really has a lot of similarities to Harry, cold and menacing, but very calm and pragmatic. Skeptical and somewhat above the law with a "no nonsense" attitude. And the Joker somewhat fits to Scorpio with his antics and his strange games that he plays. Even to the point where his character tips over when his "game" doesn't work out and he devolves to total anarchy.
@@SuperWhofan1 I know it's based on Zodiac and not Batman, I just think it feels like a Batman vs Joker story. You could easily interchange the characters. When you watch it with that thought it mind it gives a different perspective. Well, for me it does. Harry is even a detective like Batman.
Absolute classic and the best film of the entire Dirty Harry franchise. Character actor Andy Robinson plays one of the all-time great screen villains. His character, Scorpio, was inspired by the real Zodiac Killer who had terrorized the San Francisco Bay area only a few years before.
Andy Robinson played his role so well that he actually received death threats - in real life - for being such a nasty villain! I don't know, I'm mean it was the 1970's so...
Btw.... Clint is a BIG jazz fan, so that's why you hear alot of jazz music in his movies. Speaking of jazz movies.... He directed this movie called BIRD, about the life of the late jazz musician Charlie 'Bird' Parker who was a very famous saxophone player. 😀
None of Eastwood's acting films, Dirty Harry or otherwise, are exactly great, but so niche that legend grows from there. The Eiger Sanction is a thoroughly enjoyable film, but cinematically dreadful.
Fun Fact: Andy Robinson's other famous role was the Cardassian Garack on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Also a very animated and theatrical grey character who was one of my favorites even though he was not main cast.
Granted I'm 23 years old, who adore this whole franchise. But it's refreshing to see younger folks watch classics like this. Clint Eastwood is fantastic as the iconic Harry Callahan. My favorite fictional character and anti-hero. Keep up the good work guys. Classics are always better than modern movies.
True, the classics are better sadly though studios like WB have gone and re-graded these movies precisely to modernize them for younger audiences, which is a big shame and essentially an historic betrayal of the original film material.
@@Bubba__Sawyer I have coffee mugs, t shirts an action figure of Harry Callahan, the 2211 badge shield. dvd box sets and vhs tapes, posters and the replica of the 44 magnum, that’s how much a die hard fan I am my friend. That’s awesome btw you’re dad got great taste
Dirty Harry had four sequels: Magnum Force (1973), The Enforcer (1976), Sudden Impact (1983) and The Dead Pool (1988). I also recommend "The Rookie" (1990) with Charlie Sheen and "Blood Work" (2002) where Clint Eastwood play a Dirty Harry-types. Another great Clint Eastwood hit is "In the Line of Fire" (1993) with John Malkovich. - Mike the Ginger
Magnum Force the second one is fantastic. By the way the Killer in this movie was Garek a main character on Star Trek Deep Space Nine . All seven years of that show.
Before Clint Eastwood was cast as Dirty Harry, Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra and John Wayne were considered for the part. Could you imagine John Wayne saying, "Do you feel lucky, pilgrim?" Lol!! The movie was filmed during the early years of the Zodiac Killings in San Francisco. I highly recommend the psychological thriller Play Misty For Me, starring and directed by Eastwood, as he plays a disc jockey and he becomes the unhealthy focus of an obsessed fan, played by the late Jessica Walter, whom wants him all to herself.
As a Child I was introduced to Clint Eastwood in these Funny Films Every Which Way but Loose is a 1978 American action comedy film. It stars Clint Eastwood in an uncharacteristic and offbeat comedy role as Philo Beddoe, a trucker and bare-knuckle brawler roaming the American West in search of a lost love while accompanied by his brother/manager, Orville, and his pet orangutan, Clyde. In the process, Philo manages to cross a motley assortment of characters, including a pair of police officers and an entire motorcycle gang (the Black Widows of Pacoima), who end up pursuing him for revenge. And the sequel Any Which Way You Can is a 1980 American action comedy film, starring Clint Eastwood, with Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, William Smith, and Ruth Gordon in supporting roles. The film is the sequel to the 1978 hit comedy Every Which Way but Loose.[5] The cast of the previous film return as Philo Beddoe (Eastwood) reluctantly comes out of retirement from underground bare-knuckle boxing to take on a champion hired by the mafia, who will stop at nothing to ensure the fight takes place, while the neo-Nazi biker gang Philo humiliated in the previous film also come back for revenge. Also don't forget Firefox is a 1982 American action techno-thriller film produced, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. It is based upon the 1977 novel of the same name by Craig Thomas.
I love this film. So stylish! The guy who played Scorpio got death threats, so convincing/unhinged was his portrayal (he appeared in Hellraiser years later). The soundtrack is absolutely epic, too.
I've always felt bad for Dirty Harry, he never gets to enjoy a meal in peace. All the movies in the Dirty Harry franchise are worth seeing multiple times.
The "Do you feel lucky"-scene in the beginning - he shot FIVE times, but moves the cylinder one step forward when pointing the revolver down, and then once again when he raises it against the bank robber.
All of the "Dirty Harry" Movies are awesome and span quite a few years.... So many Classic one liners in these Classic's themselves. You won't be disappointed watching them all.... 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
The first 2 Dirty Harry movies were written by John Milius. The guy's a badass and you should get into his flimography. He also created HBO's Rome; a masterpiece.
Andy Robinson was so good in this film it actually hurt his career. Most of us now know him as Garak in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Also is it just me or does he look and dress like Eddie Vedder from like 1994?
Thanks for the reaction to this crime classic guys. The original film is one of my personal all time favorite cop/crime films. A very young Arnold Schwarzenegger saw this film a few times at the theater because he loved the character so much. The screen writer wanted to show Harry practicing justice as opposed to lawyers who practice the law. The original Lethal Weapon (1987) has a jumper scene which was greatly influenced by this film. The 4th film in the series SUDDEN IMPACT (1983) has another famous line spoken by Harry which i will NOT spoil here. I hope you guys watch the rest of the series. A very young Jim Carrey and Liam Neeson have small parts in the 5th film
About 15 years ago I did a marathon and watched all 5 movies in one day. I started at about 12pm and I finished at midnight. I had about 15 minute breaks in between each movie. By the end I was so tired but it was a fun experience. It's the most movies I've ever seen in one day.
I know what you're thinking... did I just watch 6 movies, or only 5? To tell you the truth I've forgotten myself in all the excitement... Now it's midnight you've gotta ask yourself one question: Do I feel tired? Well, do you, punk?
i tried to do that once with the Police Academy movies (of which there are 7), i made it to part 5 and was like Screw This! i know part 6 & 7 are coming and they’re unbearable 😂😂
Fun fact. Before Clint Eastwood was offered the role of Dirty Harry, the role was first offered to John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, and Robert Mitchum, but they all turned down the role that arguably became Clint Eastwood's signature role.
I remember watching this with my Dad when it came out on TV in the late 1970's. I was in my mid teens then and I remember my Dad commenting on the scene where they are having the shoot out beside the conveyor belt towards the end of the movie - "No way would anyone start shooting in a confined space like that! They'd be walking around for a week saying, excuse me, what did you say? I'm having trouble hearing." I figured he'd know about stuff like that because he fought in Patton's Third Army during WWII. I was pretty enamored with Harry's hand cannon to so when one showed up at the gun store/range, I bought it. Now there are bigger hand cannons out today but back then, that was the most powerful. I also remember a trip to the indoor gun range with my manager from work. We were out there a long with maybe a dozen other people and all you pretty much heard was bang, bang, BANG, and more bangs from the 9mm's, .38's, .40's and .45's. My manager was a goof AND a really competent shooter and he was like this is kind of boring. He then asks me if I brought my S&W .44 magnum along to the range. I was like yep, why? He was like let's liven up the shooter range with something other than just a bang. So I give him the .44, he loads three magnum rounds in there and says, "Watch this!" So here we are and everyone is going bang, bang, bang and all of the sudden you are hearing bang, bang, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM! Next thing I know, I am seeing dust from the rafters in the ceiling coming down and everyone stops shooting. My manager goes, "Now peek out from the shooting stall, smile and wave." Sure as hell, everyone else was leaning out from their shooting stall and looking at us! Pretty funny and, like I said, the guy was a goof!!
This movie is based on the Zodiac killer who was terrorizing the San Francisco area in the late 60's and early 70's. The Harry Callahan character is loosely based on San Francisco detective Dave Toschi, who was the primary detective in the Zodiak serial killer case.
The ending is always a trip for me. My grandparents live on the other side of the freeway from the quarry. The quarry, now Larkspur Landing, is all developed now. It's amazing how fast they developed it too. This movie was made only 8 years before I was born and even as a 4-5 year old I only saw it as developed land. Eastwood movies to watch: The Outlaw Josey Wales High Plains Drifter Pale Rider Kelly's Heroes Rest of Dirty Harry : Magnum Force, The Enforcer, Sudden Impact, The Dead Pool In The Line of Fire Absolute Power Heartbreak Ridge Million Dollar Baby Gran Torino Escape from Alcatraz
The first two movies are great, the rest are garbage, The Beguiled Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Play Misty For Me The Eiger Sanction These are great films.
@@auerstadt06 Amazing how the tracks and off ramp haven't changed much in the last 50 years. Although it does look much nicer without the hundreds of cars jamming up the area.
Great reaction guys. I always enjoy your end-of-film takes. Also, please count this as another vote for "The Outlaw Josey Wales". One of my favourite westerns, a classic!
Clint was actually older in Dirty Harry (1971) than his Spaghetti Westerns (1964-66), but if you really want to see a younger Clint Eastwood watch a few of his Rawhide TV episodes (1959-65).
For a lot of Americans this is the First Clint Eastwood film. If they were old enough they might remember him from 60's TV shows. The No name stuff was made in Italy and in the pre internet days foreign film might play in 1 small art house cinema in the biggest cities. After he got famous they started to get US releases. Also not a lot of criminals are geniuses in real life. "But there are more Dirty Harrys" This is Hollywood pre sequel-itis. The studio made a film with a beginning-a middle-and an end. They did not expect it to make money and it was cheap to make. Whoops.
In every Dirty Harry film he has a different catch phrase. In this it’s “do you feel lucky” in The Dead Pool (with a young Liam Neeson) his phrase is “you’re shit outta luck”
Charlie Varrick is another film of this era you need to see (Andy Robinson again, with Water Matthau). And the original Taking of Pelham 123 (Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw), And Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges and George Kennedy).And The Hot Rock (Robert Redford and George Segal). All great crime films with cool jazz scores that give them that perfect tone..
Clint Eastwood is a big Jazz enthusiast and generally has had it in some of his films. He actually did a thriller called PLAY MISTY FOR ME which is where he is a radio jazz dj who is stalked by a crazy woman. Worth checking out.
@@PapaEli-pz8ff Absolutely. When you have the likes of Jerry Goldsmith, Lalo Schifrin, Jerry Fielding, Quincy Jones, Michel Legrand and Roy Budd scoring action/detective shows and films, you're in for a good time.
Fun Facts: When this movie debuted, the gun stores were swamped and .44 Magnum revolvers were flying off the shelves. Smith & Wesson had to put on a third shift at the factory to keep up with demand. Many people didn't realize how powerful the gun was. At the range when they fired the first shot they were stunned and some went up and down the line offering to sell the gun and a box of 49 bullets.
5:29 ...."I got it wrong, though".... Is the Mandella effect.... When a line gets popular but it's not correctly delivered (Like "LUKE I'm your father" when the line is "NO, I'm your father")......
There's another guy who had the same Persona as *_Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson._* The guy who all the kids hung around in the *_Magnificent Seven._* Check out his *_Death Wish_* series in the '70s and '80s. However, if you haven't done so already, and want to wet your whistle before Bronson's star really took off start off with *_Once Upon a Time in the West. (1968)_* It's a movie that Clint Eastwood was supposed to star in being his fourth installment of the *_Man with no Name_* but he was concerned that with each succeeding picture with Sergio Leone there would be an additional co-star. In the first movie was no American co-star. Then it was Lee Van Cleef in *_For a Few Dollars More_* and finally Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef again in The *_G-B-U._* He thought pretty soon there'd be a whole ensemble of co-stars. Like Eastwood Charles Bronson was the type of guy who said little but his actions spoke louder than his words. In 1971, he was presented a Golden Globe as "the most popular actor in the world."
Awesome reaction, this movie is one of my favorites!! Now that you have familiarized yourselves with Dirty Harry, i recommend the sitcom Sledge Hammer! Inwhich Inspector Hammer is just a parody of Dirty Harry 🤣🤣
Really fun to watch these classic films with you guys. Clint Eastwood has such stage presence and charisma. His body of work is incredible and has made him a film icon/legend. I definitely recommend that you two react to Magnum Force, more development of the Dirty Harry character and another great film. Also, highly recommend you do Million Dollar Baby (drama), and Gran Torino for yet another look at his storied career. Some of his other notable westerns include ... The Outlaw Josey Wales, High Plains Drifter, Hang Em High, Joe Kidd, etc. Just so many to choose from. Enjoy.
Back in '92, I visited my uncle in Berkeley, CA and one afternoon he took me around San Francisco to see all of the 'Dirty Harry' locations used in the movie. I stood on the fifty yard line of the stadium where Scorpio was shot and we drove over to the quarry where they filmed the climax of the movie. The quarry had been replaced by townhomes/condos/apartments and a shopping center. The only thing left standing was the railroad trestle the Clint Eastwood jumped off of onto the bus. Even that was torn down a few years later when the city widened the off ramp.
I love dirty Harry, but I honestly don't think I dislike any Clint Eastwood. But please let's go into Kelly's heroes, it's a great war movies with an great twist and some dark humour, and a cast, I mean what a cast... Love your reactions as always
Andrew Robinson is one great actor. He has the ability to know what part to play and when. He was great as Scorpio, but he also played compassionate parts equally as well.
A couple of interesting facts about this movie; the suicide jumper rescue scene was actually directed by Eastwood himself (his first film directing). Eastwood also did his own stunts, including the scene in which he jumps from the bridge onto the roof of the school bus. Dude's the real deal.
Scorpio was based off of the real-life serial killer "the Zodiac Killer", who sent anonymous letters to the newspapers in the late 1960s to the early 1970s. He killed 6 (?) people in San Francisco and was never caught. It's funny that they made this movie about him when the case was still ongoing in San Fran. David Fincher made a movie called Zodiac (Jake Gylenhaal, Robert Downey Jr, Mark Ruffalo) which is a great film about the search for the killer. It even includes a scene where some of the characters go to see Dirty Harry at a theater and talk about its similarities to the real-life Zodiac Killer.
Please do the rest of the Dirty Harry movies. Like you two said in the discussion after the reaction, each of the other movies will be fresh because there will be different cases and will have different characters for Harry to interact with.
