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Dirty Harry Trivia
Callahan's nickname, "Dirty Harry," is a reference to his reputation
for taking on the "dirtiest" cases and resolving them even if it
involves the violation of criminals' rights. It is commented on twice,
once by Harry himself:
Now you know why they call me 'Dirty' Harry; every dirty job that
comes along.
The original draft for the script was titled "Dead Right" by Julian
and Rita Fink. It was to star Frank Sinatra, directed by Irvin
Kershner, and set in New York City, not San Francisco. Sinatra pulled
out of the role for undisclosed reasons, some citing problems with his
hand, which he broke whilst filming The Manchurian Candidate although
it's also been suggested that the death of his father prompted him to
seek lighter material. Still, the Nov. 9th 1970 issue of Box Office
magazine was one trade-paper that touted the pre-production Dirty
Harry starring Frank Sinatra.
The memorial shown in the very first scene of the filmThe first scene
of the film includes a memorial, which is located in the Hall of
Justice in San Francisco.
The final scene, in which Callahan throws his badge in the river, is a
homage to a similar scene from 1952's High Noon.
Callahan's badge number is 2211 and his police dispatch call ID is
"Inspector 71".
Eastwood himself directed the jumper scene.
In one early scene when Callahan walks across the street we see a
cinema board advertising Play Misty for Me, Clint Eastwood's
directorial debut.
Eastwood performed the stunt in which he jumps on to the roof of a
speeding school bus himself, without a stunt double. His face is
clearly visible throughout the shot.
Don Siegel told Andrew Robinson that he cast him in the role of the
Scorpio killer because he wanted someone "with a face like a
choirboy."
Eastwood has claimed that he took the role of Harry Callahan because
of the character's obsessive concern with the victims of violent
crime. Eastwood felt that the issue of victims' rights was being
neglected in the political atmosphere of the time.
The gun used by Clint Eastwood in the filming of the movie was
reportedly not a .44 Magnum. According to a story related by a member
of the studio's prop department, Smith & Wesson did not have a Model
29 in stock at the time one was requested for filming. Instead, they
used a Smith & Wesson Model 57 in .41 Magnum. The Model 29 and Model
57 are identical except for minute differences in bore size, chamber
dimensions, and exterior markings, none of which are visible in the
film.
Another version of the Dirty Harry gun story: In the scene where we
see Inspector Callahan drawing his oversized revolver for the first
time, the gun used was a Smith and Wesson Model 29 in .44 Magnum with
an 8 3/8" barrel, but subsequent shooting (both with the cameras and
the gun) was conducted using a Smith and Wesson Model 25 in .45 Long
Colt with a 6" barrel. The choice of .45LC over .44 Magnum was to use
the standard "Four-In-One" blank cartridges, which were widely used in
filming cowboy movies, and thus readily available (unlike blanks for a
.44 Magnum, which the prop department would have had to fabricate from
scratch.) As in the story above, the Model 25 and Model 29 are so
similar that it would be impossible to distinguish them at a glance.
The .44 Magnum has since been eclipsed as "the most powerful handgun
in the world." Factory-produced examples include the .454 Casull, the
.475 Wildey Magnum, the .50 Action Express, and the .500 S&W Magnum.
Some gunsmiths also offer custom-built or limited-production handguns
chambered for proprietary calibers or high-velocity rifle cartridges.
Perhaps the most powerful handgun ever made was an experimental
single-shot pistol chambered in the .50 BMG (Browning Machine Gun)
caliber.
The line "My, that's a big one" which is said by Scorpio when Callahan
removes his gun was an ad-lib by Andrew Robinson. The crew broke down
in laughter as a result of the double entendre and the scene had to be
re-shot, but the line stayed.
The gun Scorpio steals from the liquor store owner is a Walther P38.
A section of the Philippine police force ordered a print of the movie
for use as a training film.
In 1972 soon after the release of the film in Australia, in an
apparent copycat crime, two men kidnapped a teacher and six pupils at
gunpoint, and forced them into a red delivery van, demanding a $1
million ransom, which the state government agreed to pay. The children
escaped with their teacher, the ransom was not paid and the kidnappers
were jailed. Coincidentally, one of the kidnappers was named Eastwood.
He escaped from prison and again tried kidnapping school children for
ransom.
Albert Popwell in the famous "Do I feel lucky?" scene in Dirty Harry.
He also appeared in other Dirty Harry films in various rolesThe name
"Dirty Harry" has also inspired an alcoholic beverage. This drink
consists of 2 parts Southern Comfort, 1 part Kahlua, and 3/4 part of
Creme de Cacao. The drink is served over ice in a tumbler glass.
The character Dirty Harry is allegedly based on real life San
Francisco police inspector David Toschi, one of the investigators of
the Zodiac murders.
In the Dirty Harry video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System,
the secret code for infinite lives is "Clyde," a reference to
Eastwood's orangutan pal in the films Every Which Way But Loose and
Any Which Way You Can
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