The Enforcer

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The Enforcer

R,

1976,

1h 36m,

Action/

Mystery & Thriller

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67%

39 Reviews

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59%

10,000+ Ratings

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67%

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39 Reviews

59%

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Police officer "Dirty Harry" Callahan (Clint Eastwood) is reassigned from homicide to personnel after his latest use of excessive force. Meanwhile, a terrorist group calling themselves the People's Revolutionary Strike Force organizes a series of crimes in San Francisco, hoping to enrich themselves. When they kidnap the mayor (John Crawford) and steal rockets and rifles for their next attack, Harry and his new female partner, Inspector Kate Moore (Tyne Daly), must stop the terrorists.

Critics Consensus

Though the slightest hints of series fatigue begin to emerge, The Enforcer delivers riveting action and better humor than its predecessors.

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

Jan 23, 2024

... Magnum Force, was poorly made but did have some cheap nastiness; the third in the series, the new. The Enforcer, doesn't have the savvy to be sadistic. It's just limp.

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Chris Bennion

The Times (UK)

Sep 9, 2022

... A straightforward cop thriller, but also a historical snapshot of American manhood dealing with the rising wave of feminism.

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Variety Staff

Variety

Jun 26, 2008

The spitball script [from a story by Gail Morgan Hickman and S.W. Schurr] lurches along, stopping periodically for the blood-lettings and assorted running and jumping and chasing stuff.

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

Jun 18, 2026

6/10

It has some scenes that benefit from Eastwood's presence as the tough San Francisco inspector, but I feel that its narrative sometimes becomes somewhat uneven and predictable. [Full review in Spanish]

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Aug 15, 2023

It's truly very violent, but it is also tremendously effective. [Full review in Spanish]

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Steve Warren

The Barb (Atlanta)

May 9, 2023

If you like Clint Eastwood, San Francisco and or blood, you know you'll enjoy it. If you like subtlety, you know you'll do better to stay at home and watch the Beverly Hillbillies.

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Ron M

Mar 24, 2019

Eastwood and Daly and Dirty Harry get 5 stars, the movie gets 4. Still a good movie even these days.

Feb 4, 2019

O i LOVE the enforcer The Ultimate Harry

Albus G

Sep 5, 2018

Mixtura de Blaxplotation y policial tipico de los 70's.

Anakin S

Feb 18, 2018

A Damn Good Movie Lots Of Action

Finn W

Dec 26, 2017

Liked it, as i recall, vaguely. Tyne Daley at her best, which isn't saying much.

Harry R

Sep 1, 2017

Very good film! Not as great as the first two but it is still a quality film worth seeing.

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James Fargo

Director

Clint Eastwood

Insp. 'Dirty' Harry Callahan

Tyne Daly

Insp. Kate Moore

Harry Guardino

Lt. Al Bressler

Bradford Dillman

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John Mitchum

Insp. Frank DiGiorgio

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Synopsis

Police officer "Dirty Harry" Callahan (Clint Eastwood) is reassigned from homicide to personnel after his latest use of excessive force. Meanwhile, a terrorist group calling themselves the People's Revolutionary Strike Force organizes a series of crimes in San Francisco, hoping to enrich themselves. When they kidnap the mayor (John Crawford) and steal rockets and rifles for their next attack, Harry and his new female partner, Inspector Kate Moore (Tyne Daly), must stop the terrorists.

Director: James Fargo
Producer: Robert Daley
Screenwriter: Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. Fink, Gail Morgan Hickman, S.W. Schurr, Stirling Silliphant, Dean Riesner, Stirling Silliphant, Dean Riesner
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Warner Bros., Malpaso Company
Rating: R
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 22, 1976, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2009
Runtime: 1h 36m
Sound Mix: Mono

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