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Magnum Force is a 1973 American neo-noir action thriller film and the second to feature Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Harry Callahan after the 1971 film Dirty Harry. Ted Post, who had previously worked with Eastwood on Rawhide and Hang 'Em High, directed the film.
- Ted Post
Theodore Ian Post (March 31, 1918 – August 20, 2013) was an...
- Ted Post
Magnum Force: Directed by Ted Post. With Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Mitchell Ryan, David Soul. Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan pursues a conspiracy of vigilante cops, who are not above going beyond the law to kill San Francisco's undesirables.
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- Ted Post
- 1973-12-25
Dirty Harry is an American neo-noir action thriller film series featuring San Francisco Police Department Homicide Division Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan. There are five films: Dirty Harry (1971), Magnum Force (1973), The Enforcer (1976), Sudden Impact (1983) and The Dead Pool (1988). Clint Eastwood portrayed Callahan in all five films and ...
When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them. 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.
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Mobster Carmine Ricca drives away from court after being acquitted on a technicality. An unseen SFPD motorcycle cop stops Ricca's limo for a traffic violation. Suddenly, the patrolman pulls his service revolver—a .357 Magnum Colt Python—shoots all four men in the car, then rides away. Inspector Harry Callahan and his partner Earlington Smith visit ...
Clint Eastwood as Inspector Harry CallahanHal Holbrook as Lt. Neil BriggsDavid Soul as Officer John DavisTim Matheson as Officer Philip SweetDevelopment
Writer John Milius came up with a storyline in which a group of rogue young officers in the San Francisco Police Force systematically exterminate the city's worst criminals, portraying the idea that there are worse cops than Dirty Harry. Clint Eastwood specifically wanted the story to show that, in spite of the 1971's film perceived view of Inspector Callahan, Harry was 100% not a vigilante. David Soul, Tim Matheson, Robert Urich and Kip Niven were cast as the young vigilante cops. Milius was...
Filming
Frank Stanley was hired as cinematographer and Lalo Schifrin once again conducted the score and filming commenced in late April 1973. During filming Eastwood encountered numerous disputes with Post over who was calling the shots in directing the film, and Eastwood failed to authorize two important scenes directed by Post in the film because of time and expenses, one of them was at the climax to the film with a long shot of Eastwood on his motorcycle and he confronts the rogue cops. Eastwood w...
The film would launch a number of careers, including David Soul (Starsky & Hutch television series), Robert Urich (S.W.A.T., Vega$ and Spencer for Hire) and Tim Matheson (films like Animal House (1978) and Fletch (1985), which the latter spawned a sequel that featured Hal Holbrook, who plays Briggs). Future Three's Company TV star Suzanne Somers ca...
The film received negative publicity in 1974 when it was discovered that a scene in which drain cleaner is used to murder a prostitute had allegedly inspired the infamous Hi-Fi Murders, with the two killers believing the method would be as efficient as it was portrayed in the film. The killers said that they were looking for a unique murder method ...
Reception
Although the film was a major success after release, grossing $58.1 million dollars in the United States alone, a new record for Eastwood, it was not a critical success. New York Times critics such as Nora Sayre criticized the often contradictory moral themes of the film and Frank Rich believed it "was the same old stuff". Pauline Kael, a harsh critic of Eastwood for many years mocked his performance as Dirty Harry, commenting that, "He isn't an actor, so one could hardly call him a bad actor...
Box office performance
In the film's opening weekend, it grossed $6,871,011. In the US, the film made a total of $44,680,473 (USA),making it more successful than the first film.
Template:Cite bookTemplate:Cite bookTemplate:IMDb titleTemplate:Allmovie titleTemplate:Rotten-tomatoesMagnum Force is a 1973 American action movie directed by Ted Post. It stars Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, and Mitchell Ryan. It is the first sequel to Dirty Harry. It was released to positive reviews on December 25, 1973.
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Magnum Force, a crime thriller, follows Inspector Harry Callahan as he investigates a series of murders in which criminals are being executed by rogue police officers. Directed by Ted Post and featuring Clint Eastwood, the film delves into themes of vigilante justice and ethical boundaries within law enforcement.
