The Enforcer

Name: The Enforcer
Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
Released: December 22, 1976
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 58
Cast: Bob Hoy, Bradford Dillman, Clint Eastwood, DeVeren Bookwalter, Harry Guardino

1976

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Warner Bros. | Release Date: December 22, 1976 | R

Starring: Bob Hoy, Bradford Dillman, Clint Eastwood, DeVeren Bookwalter, Harry Guardino, Jocelyn Jones, John Crawford, John Mitchum, Samantha Doane, Tyne Daly

Summary: Dirty Harry must foil a terrorist organization made up of disgruntled Vietnam veterans. But this time, he's teamed with a rookie female partner that he's not too excited to be working with.

Director: James Fargo

Genre(s): Action, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 96 min

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This is a good move because while I and many others believe in civil liberties, no one likes a cop who goes by the book. Besides, Harry seems to have realized that if you kill the criminals then you never have to bother with prosecuting them. It’s only when people live that Harry gets hassled. Read full review

Roger Ebert

The Enforcer is the best of the Dirty Harry movies at striking a balance between the action and the humor. Sometimes in the previous films we felt uneasy laughing in between the bloodshed, but this time the movie's more thoughtfully constructed and paced. Read full review

William Thomas

Same old sequel squanderings. Read full review

Pauline Kael

Directed by James Fargo, this third in the series doesn't have the savvy to be as sadistic as its predecessors; it's just limp.

Richard Eder

The action is reasonably fast and competently photographed. The picture doesn't exactly drag. But it is maggoty with non‐ideas. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

The spitball script [from a story by Gail Morgan Hickman and S.W. Schurr] lurches along, stopping periodically for the blood-lettings and assorted running and jumping and chasing stuff. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Improbable as are all the Dirty Harry films, The Enforcer is crammed with action and spilling over with violence. The photography is fine, but the gore is as repugnant as Daly's overacting. Read full review

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OriginalDanger

Jun 29, 2020

Clint Eastwood returns as Dirty Harry or Inspector Callahan in THE ENFORCER..... Directed by James Fargo in 1976 we see Clint Eastwood carrying his big 44 magnum with him as usual blowing the badguys away... There's one scene where some gunmen are holding up a store and have at least twoClint Eastwood returns as Dirty Harry or Inspector Callahan in THE ENFORCER..... Directed by James Fargo in 1976 we see Clint Eastwood carrying his big 44 magnum with him as usual blowing the badguys away... There's one scene where some gunmen are holding up a store and have at least two women hostage and say they want a car or the women get their brains blown out so Clint Eastwood drives a car at them and blows them away..... The Enforcer is my favourite sequel to Dirty Harry because a lot of aspects in the film keep true to the original but few parts don't like the use of the rocket launcher or bazooka at the end to blow the badguy up who's holding the mayor hostage. The badguys name is Bobby Maxwell and we see Clint Eastwood teamed up with a female cop who seems clumsy and a bit out of place but that adds to the silliness and it works well in the movie but sadly she dies at the end but after the badguys are killed Clint Eastwood is still alive as usual. There are some funny lines and good quotes in The Enforcer and a few good moments, I liked all the characters but some were a bit dopey. As far as I'm concerned as a whole it's not overlong and is the best sequel to the original Dirty Harry film but after The Enforcer the sequels got worse and worse. If you liked the original Dirty Harry film you might like The Enforcer as some elements are salvaged from the original and adapted into The Enforcer but a warning to you that The Enforcer is not as good as the original. All in all it's fairly violent with possible bad language and a good solid cast and fairly decent acting by most.... Tyne Daly also stars in The Enforcer and as far as sequels go you can get a lot worse so I recommend this to everyone because it's a fairly good film.… Expand

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Robwinz

Dec 11, 2020

The Enforcer isn't as good as the previous two Dirty Harry movie's. The movie's got an alright story, some weak acting apart from Mr. Eastwood, decent dialogue, brilliant and clever action sequences, a few plot holes and a few funny scenes.

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Tyranian

Dec 17, 2019

Not the worst Dirty Harry film but a long way from the best, okay acting, poor writing.

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