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When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.
Theatrical
Dec 23, 1971
Box Office
$36.0M
Budget
$4.0M
Return
9.0x
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 19, 1997
Theaters
2
Director
Don Siegel
Writers
Dean Riesner, Rita M. Fink, Harry Julian Fink
Producers
Don Siegel, Robert Daley, George Fargo
Music
Lalo Schifrin
Studio
Malpaso Productions
Themes
ambush
san francisco, california
detective
ransom
sniper
mayor
kidnapping
chase
investigation
assault
police
psychopath
swimming pool
beating
serial killer
gunfight
maniac
hunt
school bus
revolver
shocking
aggressive
neo-noir
police procedural
suspenseful
intense
antagonistic
commanding
defiant
tragic
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Quotes
See all →Chief Inquires About Delivering Money to Callahan
Chief
Callahan? — you willing to take the money to him?
Tension Escalates in Hostage Situation
Scorpio
It's very simple. I've got the kids and you start screwing around, the kids start dying. Is the plane ready?
Mayor
The jet is being fueled and ready to go at the airport. The money will be there by the time you get there.
Scorpio
All right, now listen and listen very carefully. I'm going to be driving along nice and easy, just me and a bus load of kids. I'm going to turn off on the Sir Francis Drake Blvd. on my way to the Santa Rosa Airport. I don't want to see any police cars, helicopters, whatever. Now if you got the guts to play this game by the rules, the kids will have a nice little plane ride.
Mayor
Well, where are you going?
Scorpio
I'll tell the pilot when I get on the plane. No alerts, nothin'.
Mayor
I guarantee you you will not be molested in any way. I give you my word of honor on it.
Urgent Response to Hostage Threat
Mayor
(on phone) The jet must be fueled and ready to go in a half an hour. Skeleton crew, they must be volunteers. Tell them the man is dangerous. Well, here, I'll read you this note which was delivered at eight o'clock this morning: "To the City of San Francisco. You have double-crossed me for the last time. I'm warning you to have my $200,000 in a jet airplane ready and waiting. I will call Mayor's office at one o'clock and tell you about the hostages who I will be happy to kill if you don't do exactly what I say, Scorpio" (pauses) Well, you better have somebody standing by — it could be a false alarm but don't count on it.
Unconventional Justification for Surveillance
Chief
Have you been following that man?
Callahan
Yeah, I've been following him on my own time. And anybody can tell I didn't do that to him.
Chief
How?
Callahan
Cause he looks too damn good, that's how!
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Cast
Full credits →C
Clint Eastwood
Harry
H
Harry Guardino
Bressler
R
Reni Santoni
Chico
J
John Vernon
The Mayor
A
Andrew Robinson
Killer
J
John Larch
Chief
J
John Mitchum
De Georgio
M
Mae Mercer
Mrs. Russell
L
Lyn Edgington
Norma
R
Ruth Kobart
Bus Driver
W
Woodrow Parfrey
Mr. Jaffe
J
Josef Sommer
Rothko
W
William Paterson
Bannerman
J
James Nolan
Liquor Proprietor
M
Maurice Argent
Sid Kleinman
J
Jo De Winter
Miss Willis
C
Craig Kelly
Sgt. Reineke
A
Albert Popwell
Bank Robber (uncredited)
J
Joy Carlin
Communications Secretary (uncredited)
B
Bill Couch
Suicide Jumper (uncredited)
