Product Details

• Actors: Maurice Argent, Joy Carlin, Tony Dario, Diane Darnell, Diana Davidson
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: September 9, 2008
• Run Time: 102 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001FZQOW2
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #10,701 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dirty Harry's gotten dirtier, August 10, 2009

By	Mark Graham (allentown, pa United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Worth it simply for Eastwood's iconic performance and Lalo Schifrin's soundtrack. Other political readings are no doubt possible but it's best to view this as an urban western, cathartic in its clear distinction between good and evil, the rule of law and crime. Dirty Harry's contempt for civil liberties seems tame by modern standards, almost quaint compared to events perpetrated by our government in recent years.

Alas, the film itself has gotten dirtier over the years. Those who remember seeing the film in earlier video versions will be dissatisfied with this DVD release. As with a lot of films/tv shows from the 1970s which featured nighttime footage, the film has degraded so much that it is practically impossible to see what's going on in these scenes. The studios should take some pride in their catalogue and do the restoration that needs to be done.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Eastwoods best!, February 26, 2009

By	Ronald Belton - See all my reviews

Clint Eastwood plays "Dirty" Harry Callahan, a cop who is on the trail of a sniper in San Francisco. As actor Charlie Sheen said "This is not the cop you want hunting you." Eastwood was born to play this role.

5.0 out of 5 stars The first is always the best., August 17, 2009

By	Daniel Hayes - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I remember watching this for the first time when I was 16 I was so excited, and was blown away by the film. I'm now almost 42, and it's still one of my 100 favorite films number 17 to be exact. I feel it was proper to pay tribute to the City of San Francisco's finest at the beginning of the movie, and then it's down to business. Mind you there was some stuff that was cut out, and edited in the movie, so it could be shown on t.v., but it was done splendidly. I feel what made this a classic was the fact that it was the first one ever done, and it introduced movies to the homicidal maniac. I know that movies before had stories of homicidal maniacs, but this would be the first one where you actually saw the killings. Well you saw the first one anyway. I know that this equals with the film "The Hitchhiker" as the most intense film ever. I also like the way it was filmed on location in San Francisco, and maybe one of these days I will actually take a trip there. The soundtrack is top notch, and it took me forever to find it on cd. All around one of Clint's classics, and prepped him for his directorial debut in "Play Misty For Me". This didn't win any oscars, and that's a shame because it just has the element of surprise, terrific areial shot of when the maniac goes for the money, and Harry is facing the cross in the park, and dynamite performances by Eastwood, and Andy Robinson as the killer. It's almost 40 years old, but can still run circles around the current police films of today.