and setting the template for a legion similar cop movies.

Dirty Harrybegins with one of the coolest opening sequences in any thriller.

In a sense, Scorpio is Callahans worst nightmare made flesh, and an inversion of everything he is.

Its worth noting just how little screen time Andy Robinson actually gets until the second half of the movie.

In many ways, Dirty Harry is a deliberately manipulative movie.

Its important to note how much of Scorpios character came directly from Robinson.

I didnt get the character, Robinson said.

And the character was, of course, described differently.

He was like this balding guy in a T-shirt with a paunch that hangs around bus stations.

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