- Release Date: 1983
- Runtime: 117 min
- Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Starring: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Bradford Dillman ... see all
- Director: Clint Eastwood
- Plot: A vicious serial-killer is on the loose in San Francisco and the police trace a link to a small town further down the coast. When Harry Callahan upsets the press... Read more
User Reviews
Dirty Harry is still keepin' it real!
Jun 17, 2008
jordanpowell2003 - yahoo.com
Jun 17, 2008jordanpowell2003 - yahoo.com
The tough Harry Callahan is back in action! After ten years, a woman is killing all who raped her and her sister. Harry tries to find who is doing the killings. I thought it was awesome when this gang is beating... Full review
No Impact
Sep 08, 2007
edlic - yahoo.com
Sep 08, 2007edlic - yahoo.com
at all... that's right folks... what a snore... I feel like asking my money back... worst Clint movie ... simply boring... low on action... etc.... Full review
I love Eastwood.
Sep 08, 2007
Punchout - yahoo.com
Sep 08, 2007Punchout - yahoo.com
And I like this movie and all the Dirty Harry movies. Although it is old school, it is cool. It has plenty of Eastwood ass kick'n and everyone should own this movie just for that reason.... Full review
"Go Ahead.Make My Day."
May 07, 2006
kilminster - yahoo.com
May 07, 2006kilminster - yahoo.com
In this film Det.Harry Callahan(Clint Eastwood)takes on some gang members and organize crime.Jennifer Spencer(Sondra Locke)is an artist with some scores to settle.She and her sister are gang rape.Chief Lester Jannings(Pat Hingle)of San Paulo is where the crime took place.The director Clint... Full review
Harry Meets The Worst Woman Since Ann Savage
Apr 05, 2006
ccthemovieman-1 - imdb.com
Apr 05, 2006ccthemovieman-1 - imdb.com
The fourth in the "Dirty Harry" series, this film features one of the most despicable, ugliest, unlikable, profane, disgusting females I have ever seen on film: "Ray Perkins," played by Audrie Neenan. She is the modern nasty low-life version of... Full review
Sudden Impact
Jan 02, 2006
hemispheredancerus - yahoo.com
Jan 02, 2006hemispheredancerus - yahoo.com
Dirty Harry is at it again, this time in San Paulo (a fictional town that looks a lot like Carmel). The mob is after Callahan and he is after a serial killer. This is not just a serial killer, this killer... Full review
Harry is finally Dirty again.
Dec 07, 2005
S.C. Skafte - imdb.com
Dec 07, 2005S.C. Skafte - imdb.com
The Dirty Harry series began with very gritty cop action, and was almost immediately lightened up for "Magnum Force". By the time that "The Enforcer" rolled around, Dirty Harry was little more than a television cop show (saved only by... Full review
lacking in some ways and stronger in others, it's a good- if mixed- Eastwood bag
Sep 08, 2005
Filmjack3 - imdb.com
Sep 08, 2005Filmjack3 - imdb.com
It's a strange thing to see a film where some scenes work rather weakly (if only in comparison to other films in its legacy), and others in a 'sub-plot' or supporting story are surprisingly provocative and strong. Sudden Impact is... Full review
He's baaaack
Aug 01, 2005
rwum14 - yahoo.com
Aug 01, 2005rwum14 - yahoo.com
"Go ahead, make my day." This was the famous line delivered by who else, Eastwood, in the 4th installment of the 'Dirty Harry' series. Inspector Callahan returns in what is by far the best of the four sequels, although many insist... Full review
Go Ahead - Make My Day.
Jun 18, 2005
jimmyb242 - yahoo.com
Jun 18, 2005jimmyb242 - yahoo.com
Yes. This is the film where Dirty Harry Callahan utters those famous words.Besides the first, this is my next favorite Dirty Harry picture.It's loaded with violence and suspense as well as a memorable story to keep things moving.Ironically Clint is tracking... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Jan 03, 2001Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie V
Still, watching Sondra Locke lecture Harry Callahan about the ineffectiveness of the modern judicial system is pretty funny.... ... Full Review
| Dec 12, 1983Chicago Sun-Times
As a result, it's a great audience picture.....If the movie has a weakness, it's the plot..... ... Full Review
| Dec 12, 1983Chicago Sun-Times
As a result, it's a great audience picture.....If the movie has a weakness, it's the plot..... ... Full Review
| Jan 01, 1983Variety
The fourth entry in the lucrative Directorty Harry series, Sudden Impact is a brutally hard-hitting policier which casts Clint Eastwood as audiences like to see him, as the toughest guy in town.
While there, he bumps into Sondra Locke, who is extracting her own brand of vengeance on a group of individuals who, some years back, savagely raped both her and her younger sister.
... Full Review
Qwipster's Movie Reviews
Sudden Impact isn't the best of the series, but it is probably the most accessible for those that are not huge fans. ... Full Review
News
Sudden Impact
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2009-04-01
Before 1971, Clint Eastwood was known primarily for the long-running TV show Rawhide and his role as The Man With No Name in Sergio Leone's so-called "Spaghetti Westerns." ... Full Article
Sudden Impact: Deluxe Edition (1983)
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2008-07-29
The Top Ten Movies of 1983
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2008-06-25
In 1983 I was a one year old, so obviously my liking of any film's from that year came from later viewing. Unless of course I did happen to see any of them as a one year old at the... ... Full Article
Sudden Impact (Deluxe Edition) (DVD)
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2008-06-03
LALO SCHIFRIN (May, 2008)
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2008-05-01
From BULLIT speeding over the hills of San Francisco to the men from U.N.C.L.E. taking down THRUSH , crime-fighting jazz and Lalo Schifrin have gone together like a man and his magnum. ... Full Article

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