2:12 to 2:50 best scene ever. "I figure a naked man running through a dark alley with a butcher knife and a hard on isn't out collecting for the red cross" best line ever. I mean you can't blame the mayor for saying "I think he's got a point".
"When I see five weirdos dressed in Togas stab a guy in full view of a hundred people I shoot the bastards, that's my policy!" "That was a Shakespear Play in the Park Production of Julius Caesar you MORON!!! You killed five actors...and good ones." The Naked Gun Parody of this scene is classic!!!
@@jhanick I said that to a doctor also one time. I was sitting in the waiting room listening to him jaw-jacking (Shootin the bull) on the phone for about 45 minutes. He was a Navy Lieutenant JG, I was a Marine Staff Sergeant. So he pulled rank on me and gruffly said "SIT DOWN." 🤣🤣🤣🤣
the part when the mayor says "i think he's got a point" is not just a quaint line in the movie, it sums up the narrative of the whole movie. Calhan was the unsavory answer to the neutered justice system of the 1970s, and it is finally dawning on the mayor that the justice system was out of control, not Calhan. The mayor guy is a great actor imo.
Callahan is pragmatic. Pragmatism is no longer allowed if it conflicts with feelings and political correctness. This disconnect is a large part of society’s problems today.
@@ohger1 When a naked adult male is chasing a woman through an alleyway with a butcher knife and a hard on, I figured he isn't out collecting for the Red Cross.
Harry's policy is similar to what Karizanga National Park rangers are doing to poachers right now: just shooting them dead so they don't shoot the rhinos.
*Chief Minister:* I don't want any trouble like you had in Kaziranga Park, understand? That's my policy. *Park Ranger Harij:* Ya when an adult male is chasing a female rhino with an intent to poach, I shoot the bastard that's my policy. *Chief Minister:* Intent? How did you establish that? *Park Ranger Harij:* Well when a crazy man is chasing a rhino with a rifle and a large storage trailer, I figure he isn't collecting for the MOHAN Foundation. *Chief Minister:* I think he's got a point.
*chases a woman through a dark alley while naked, aroused and carrying a butcher's knife* "Excuse me Miss, would you like to make a donation to the Red Cross"
He was called Dirty Harry because he was willing to do the real dirty jobs nobody else wanted - the real nut case criminals. That made him indispensable to the dept. and at the same time not take responsibility if his cases went wrong.
Its 'arse' not 'ass'. The language is English and its spoken how the English people speak it, not how a bunch of arrogant colonials do. The clue is in the name: English. Dont like it either speak Spanish or get your own language and stop using ours.
I was born in 57. was a teen in the 70s, high school then college. Really was a fun time. You could go out and meet girls, exchange phone numbers, get a date. Now you chat and chat endlessly. Waste of time. No human interaction
I had a former Captain that was a Marine drill instructor. He was single and was a mixture of Callahan and gunnery Sgt Hartman. Very intimidating but fair. No shit kind of guy and it didn't matter if you were the mayor or chief. He was not intimidated by anyone. Was highly respected for that among the guys. His entrance would have been just like this.
My favorite part is in the middle of this scene when Clint starts talking very technical about type of gun, bullet with a right hand twist etc. (way too technical for that mayor)
Harry once told his female partner that the place they were entering was the neighborhood chapter of the V.F.W. Very few whites. He get roasted today for that line.
'Think he's got a point.....' Yeah. And I do when I shoot point blank as well. I always know my target.' Dirty Harry was always on target. Never saw him shoot anybody who did not truly deserve it.
I read somewhere the scene was filmed exactly on Memorial Day 1971.Still great use of San Francisco filming of a classic.Side note except for the bank robbery sequence which was filmed at Universal Studios(who had let the film lapsed) backlot.
That's true. My sister and I were there and watched it being filmed. Our mom worked for Mayor Alioto in his office at City Hall, and it was quite an experience. I was a sophomore in high school and had no idea we were witnessing something that would become of cultural and historical importance. Afterwards, Clint Eastwood came over and talked to us and we took pics. I still have the original signed photo in an album. Something I'll never forget.
@Richard Clarke Yes indeed. We definitely lucked out. Our mom worked for three SF mayor's. Before Joe Alioto left office he appointed her as head of the Rec and Park commission. That was fun as well because if anyone wanted to hold an event, like a concert or sporting event at a city facility, they had to go through her. The concert promoter Bill Graham and my mom became good friends and needless to say I was invited to many of his concerts to sit on stage if I wanted. But she was very careful about abusing those privileges. Saw some great ones though. Years earlier, in 1964 and 1965 she took my sister and I to see the Beatles at the Cow Palace. She was dancing and screaming just like all the other girls. Great memories for sure.
This clip proves that discourse hasn't really changed much in the fifty years since this film's release. The sanctimony of Harry's superior butting in, making absolutely sure he says the right thing, for his own purposes rather than anyone else's, counterpoint with Harry's straight shooting... literally and figuratively.
If you look at the series as a whole, that Lt (though he’s only in this movie and the Enforcer) is probably the only one of the higher ups that Harry respects more than simply tolerates. The straightforward manner in which the Lt lays it out to Harry (“you’re working with Gonzalez or you’re not working, straight from the 4th floor”) and the scene with Harry recovering on the couch in his office (vs the interactions Harry has with Capt “Personnel” McKay, Lt Briggs, and the non-memorable ones from the later movies). He knows not to try and change Harry, just keep in in environments where he does best and limit his exposure in places like the mayor’s office where he could do more harm to himself than good.
Imagine this film got made today. Just imagine all the uproar from every human rights organization in the world complaining about what Harry Callahan says, yet none of these people would object to the fact that there is a man running through the alley after a woman with a hard on and a knife. Strange screwed up society we live in today where being politically correct is more important than enforcing the law. I'd prefer more cops like Callahan on the beat.
Romulan2469 Seeing from your name that you prefer fantasy worlds to reality, let me enlighten you. Today's world is BETTER than your fantasy past. I know this because I actually LIVED THERE, instead of just reading about it on wingnut web sites.
Romulan2469: There was uproar even then; though more subdued than today. Andy Robinson, who played the Scorpio Killer so brilliantly, had to defend himself for years from others in his profession who were friends of his for being in such a right wing movie.
I was about to write the same thing garycarter. Actors and directors turned down opportunities to do these movies because they were disgusted by the subtext. People were outraged about using a black guy in the bank robbery scene in Dirty Harry so much that they gave him a better role in one of the other movies. Times aren't much different today than they were back then, except the internet amps everything up now.
Garret Gray: Too true Garrett. Albert Popwell was the black actor in the robbery scene. Clint didn't just use him repeatedly, but lot's of other actors too. Harry Guardino was in not just the Dirty Harry's but also played in 'Any Which Way You Can'. Clint said in interviews that it made it better for him making movies if the people he worked with new him and what he wanted well. Legend.
Callahan would be the cop that I wanna be if I was a cop. A Cowboy Cop who doesn't hesitate to violate rules or procedure when necessary and justifiable.
And you'd be out of a job in a flat second. Harry was in front of Internal Affairs so often he practically had them on his Christmas Card List, and that was in the 70s. While it may seem manly and dramatic that kind of Officer would never be allowed in todays Police, nor should he
@@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301 Micheal brown said fuck the cop and was planning on resisting. As for the other guys a lot we're on PCP which is a very hard drugs that you would only take to take down multiple rival gang members.
The stunning thing here is that Harry isn't the one who's out of control, it's the Chief/DA and his hotshot cop trio - Harry just reacts to what he encounters, they go over the line.
Another thing is he does not need or want to get in your face or be needlessly aggressive. A true measure of confidence is to be polite and courteous WHILE knowing you carry the big stick.
"I figure a naked man running through a dark alley with a butcher knife and a hard on isn't out collecting for the red cross", "I think he's got a point" Yep, we could use that level of common sense a bit these days for sure.
In the US you are about 15 times more likely to get killed by the police than in other wealthy countries. Maybe a bit less of that "common sense" would be worth a try.
'The Outlaw Josey Wales' is also my favourite Eastwood movie; interestingly, John Vernon, who plays the Mayor in 'Dirty Harry' is in that one as well, as Fletcher (the movies second most interesting character).
I vote for A Fistful Of Dollars, Unforgiven, and Gran Torino. Also the one with Michael Moriarty where Clint plays this kind of mystic figure; I cannot remember the name of that film but it was modeled after Shane I believe.
I still find it hilarious how the Naked Gun used this scene when Drebin had to explain why he needed to shoot a bunch of actors doing shakespeare in the park
