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Magnum Force is a 1973 American 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.
Magnum Force (1973) was directed by Ted Post. The main theme of this film is vigilante justice, and the plot revolves around a group of renegade traffic cops who are executing criminals who have avoided conviction in court. Despite Harry's penchant for strong-arm methods, he does not tolerate coldblooded murder of the accused and resolves to ...
In addition to his work in television, Urich also co starred in several feature films, including Magnum Force (1973), The Ice Pirates (1984) and Turk 182 (1985). From 1985 to 1988, he portrayed the title role in the detective television series Spenser: For Hire, based on Robert B. Parker's series of mystery novels.
It was followed by four sequels: Magnum Force in 1973, The Enforcer in 1976, Sudden Impact in 1983, and The Dead Pool in 1988. In 2012, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant". [4] [5] [6]
Inspector Harold Francis "Dirty Harry" Callahan (born October 3, 1930) is a fictional character and protagonist of the Dirty Harry film series, which consists of Dirty Harry (1971), Magnum Force (1973), The Enforcer (1976), Sudden Impact (1983), and The Dead Pool (1988). Callahan is portrayed by Clint Eastwood in each film.
This page covers significant events of the year 1973 in film. ... Magnum Force: Warner Bros. $20,100,000 [2] 7 Last Tango in Paris: United Artists $16,711,000 [2] 8
Opening Title Production company Cast and crew Ref. J A N U A R Y: 5 Sweet Kill: New World Pictures / Curtis Lee Hanson Tamaroc Productions: Curtis Hanson (director/screenplay); Tab Hunter, Isabel Jewell, Roberta Collins, John Aprea, Rory Guy, John Pearce, Cherie Latimer, Nadyne Turney, Linda Leider
He was a murderous pimp in Magnum Force (1973), [2] appeared as militant Big Ed Mustapha in The Enforcer (1976) [2] and as Harry's detective colleague Horace King in Sudden Impact (1983). [1] In 1988, Popwell was offered a role in The Dead Pool, the last film in the series, but could not appear due to a scheduling conflict.