Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle

A rape victim is exacting revenge on her agressors in a small town outside San Francisco. Dirty Harry, on suspension for angering his superiors (again), is assigned to the case.

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R, 117 min.

Directed by: Clint Eastwood

Release Date: January 1, 1983

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DVD Release Date: November 20, 2001

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  • November 14, 2009
    the only one clint eastwood directed and you can tell because it's good again! there needed to be some re-inforcing after the weak enforcer! here harry has to deal with a bunch of brutal country bumpkins while avoiding mob hitmen
  • September 30, 2009
    This is quite bad. Dirty Harry is not the same person at all in this film. The core of the story is sound, it just has stupidisms all the way through like the farting dog. Is it a Dirty Harry film or Turner & Hooch, thank God Clint recovered from this. It probably has the worst s...( read more)cript and the worst acting from a supporting cast ever filmed. I guess what I'm trying to say is ....... I didn't like it very much!
  • November 20, 2008
    Nice story line!. . . And a good plot twist. . .
  • September 2, 2008
    The fourth installment in the Dirty Harry franchise, but this one goes beyond the anti-hero story and teaches us, at the end, that killing for revenge is okay. Especially if it's done because of sexual assault and is actually encouraged if your sister is left a mute and practical...( read more)ly braindead because of it. Not great, but at least it's not the fifth one.
  • June 10, 2008
    Sudden Impact is Dirty Harry's forth adventure through the streets of San Francisco (though over half the movie takes place outside San Francisco). This time Insp. Callahan is after someone that's shooting people in the balls while dodging attacks from punks and the mafia.
    Eastw...( read more)ood stepped back and directed this episode of the Dirty Harry saga and it shows- able direction and not as much screen time for Eastwood. The main focal point of the film is Sondra Locke, the avenging rape victim blowing these guys away. When eastwood is on screen he's still Harry, though around the edges he seems to be getting tired of the role (a feeling that is fully expressed in the final installment The Dead Pool).
    Overall this is an OK Dirty Harry movie, but a superior crime drama compared to some of the other titles we were being bombarded with during this era.
  • November 23, 2009
    It was pretty gritty, and yet it was still slow paced.
  • October 30, 2009
    Eastwood at his best!!
  • October 28, 2009
    I do have a soft spot for both Dirty Harry and San Francisco.
  • October 4, 2009
    flixster, made my day... good movie
  • September 16, 2009
    "Go ahead punk,make my day!"
    I will talk about the Dirty Harry character because other than him.There is nothing interesting in this sequel.I only watched this for Clint Eastwood.Because he had created a different character.And if another actor had created a character like his.H...( read more)is acting would be overrated.Clint Eastwood just found the mix.And he is on the edge with his gun.You are getting high when he is standing there with his gun.And rare characters can make that effect.
    Other than Harry Callahan,there is classic Eastwood direction and not an interesting story.But worth for watching for Dirty Harry.

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