Magnum Force
Magnum Force is a 1973 American neo-noir vigilante 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. The screenplay was written by John Milius and Michael Cimino (who later worked with Eastwood on Thunderbolt and Lightfoot). The film score was composed by Lalo Schifrin. This film features early appearances by David Soul, Tim Matheson and Robert Urich. At 124 minutes, it is the longest of the five Dirty Harry films.
Plot
In 1972, after being acquitted of a mass murder on a legal technicality, mobster Carmine Ricca drives away from court in his limousine. While traveling on a city road, the driver is pulled over by a San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) motorcycle cop, who calmly guns down every man in the car. Inspector Harry Callahan visits the crime scene with his new partner, Earlington "Early" Smith, despite the fact that the two are supposed to be on stakeout duty. Their superior, Lieutenant Neil Briggs, seems eager to keep him out of the murder investigation.
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author | John Milius Michael Cimino |
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contentLocation | San Francisco |
director | Ted Post |
editor | Ferris Webster |
events | aviation serial killer terrorism |
genre | action thriller |
keywords | acquit acquittal aircraft carrier being followed between ships claim crime scene death squad drive firing range follow kill legal system legal technicality mass murder motorcycle cop murder investigation old aircraft carrier old friend parking garage phone call pimp police department police officer pool party procure run san francisco bay san francisco police department ship breaking shipbreaker\'s yard shoot stakeout travel ultimatum united states army ranger uss badoeng strait uss rabaul vietnam veteran vigilantism wait |
musicBy | Lalo Schifrin |
producer | Robert Daley |
productionCompany | The Malpaso Company |
publisher | Warner Bros. |
recordedAt | San Francisco |
theme | neo-noir sequel serial killer terrorism vigilante |