The Dead Pool
The Dead Pool/Dirty Harry V is a 1988 American neo-noir action-thriller film directed by Buddy Van Horn, written by Steve Sharon, and starring Clint Eastwood as Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan. It is the fifth and final film in the Dirty Harry film series and is set in San Francisco, California.
Plot
Inspector Harry Callahan's testimony against crime lord Lou Janero puts the mobster in prison. Now famous, Callahan becomes the target of Janero's men as well as the news media, both of which he dislikes. After Callahan kills four hitmen during an ambush, the SFPD assigns Al Quan as his partner; Callahan advises him to get a bulletproof vest, as his partners often get killed. The pair investigate the fatal heroin overdose of rock singer Johnny Squares, found in his trailer during filming of a music video directed by Peter Swan at the Port of San Francisco. Squares' death was not a typical overdose, but actually murder.
More details
| author | Steve Sharon |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | San Francisco |
| director | Buddy Van Horn |
| editor | Joel Cox Ron Spang |
| genre | action crime thriller |
| keywords | .44 magnum revolver bay area bulletproof vest c4 explosive claim crime lord crime scene dead pool derange deranged fan dirty harry drive film harpoon cannon harry callahan heroin kill murder music video police officer port of san francisco radio-controlled car rat restraining order rock singer san francisco bay area san quentin san quentin state prison schizophrenia sfpd smith & wesson model 29 stalk state prison suffer survive svend foyn toy car trap |
| musicBy | Lalo Schifrin |
| producer | David Valdes |
| productionCompany | Malpaso Productions |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| recordedAt | San Francisco |
| theme | neo-noir sequel serial killer vigilante |