Dirty Harry (1971)
Clint
Eastwood starred as Inspector Harry Callahan, a San Francisco
supercop who stops at nothing to bring in a a madman who strikes
at random and demands a huge ransom to prevent him from killing
again.
Callahan corners the killer but (after torturing him during the
arrest) sees him set free because of legal niceties.
 The killer goes on another rampage and the gripping climax sees
Callahan execute him without benefit of judge or jury.
His SFPD
badge then follows the corpse of the deceased child-slayer into
the murky waters of the quarry lake, thrown in disgust at the job
and the conditions under which he is supposed to perform it.
Eastwood is at his steely-eyed best, and whether or not you
agree with the notions of vigilante justice put forth here, you
have to admire the force with which they're presented.
Director Don Siegel's lightning-fast pace makes this first
Harry Callahan film superior to sequels Magnum Force, The
Enforcer, and Sudden Impact.
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