So you've got to ask yourself, do you feel lucky? Well? Do you, punk?

Gritty, straight shooting 70s crime thriller. Eastwood was great, he does his 'take no bullshit' style quite well here. He plays by his own rules and has his own sense of justice, it may not be what society sees as the 'real law' but there is always a sense that it is far more practical at times.

Despite how queasy the loose morals make me feel, it's the movie that inspired the cliche of "gritty action flick."

Harry isn't so much a fascist as he is someone who has a deep belief in justice. Criminals lose the rights of civilians when needed and the rules, regulations and laws that don't work are tossed out for Harry. Frankly it works great as an entertaining movie and you can see the massive influence Clint Eastwood's hard-ass western character tossed into a modern police role has. But, with that said, I'd certainly not want cops like Harry in the streets. Great movie and Eastwood rules, either way.

Not a fantastic film but a great example of gritty 70's cop dramas, going on to inspire the bucking-authority, whatever-it-takes-to-get-the-job-done policing now witnessed so frequently in the likes of The Wire and The Shield, not to mention countless other feature-length efforts over the past 40 years. Eastwood is good but Siegel's direction is better, with some fantastic cinematography really making San Francisco a character in this story.

Probably one my favorite cop movies of all time. The film that made me love Clint Eastwood.

Why won't those damn dirty liberals (aka, friends of murderers) let Harry do his job, fer chrissakes?! He's got a killer to catch! Ok ok, for real. Definite mixed bag here. Clint really had all of his pitches working at this stage in his career and he makes the character work. His presence elevates the material. But I can't get past this: Why did his superiors ask 'ole Dirty, knowing full well that he could not possibly help himself from "going rogue", to deliver the ransom money twice? TWICE!

Unabashedly authoritarian cop-porn, legitimized by a couple of unrealistic "ticking time-bomb" scenarios which force the audience to side with the "lesser of two sociopaths" i.e. Harry Callahan. A more honest film would have seen Callahan shredding the U.S. Constitution, blending the fragments, freezing them into a bullet, and putting it through the head of a black guy without reading him his Miranda rights, all while singing the Star Spangled Banner off-key.

Entertaining as hell, punk. A lot of errors in continuity but it really didn't matter, it's a fun time. Plus, I'm not watching a damn cop movie that's made to entertain for a political message, and you shouldn't be either. Thought the villain was way too weak of a character compared to Clint. Would've been cooler if they had a guy that was a little more menacing, I just didn't feel a sense of danger from some guy who looked like he was about to go march in a gay pride parade. Excellent film.

A pleasant surprise. Besides being a "cop" movie, it ends up playing out as a psychothriller.

A classic from Clint Eastwood!

better than the book.