The Enforcer (1976)
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Theatrical release poster by Bill Gold
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| Directed by | James Fargo |
| Produced by | Robert Daley |
| Screenplay by |
Stirling Silliphant Dean Riesner |
| Story by |
Gail Morgan Hickman S.W. Schurr |
| Based on | characters created by Harry Julian Fink R.M. Fink |
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| Music by | Jerry Fielding |
| Cinematography | Charles W. Short |
| Edited by |
Joel Cox Ferris Webster |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9 million |
| Box office | $46,236,000 |
The Enforcer is a 1976 American action thriller and the third in the Dirty Harry film series. Directed by James Fargo, it stars Clint Eastwood as Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan, Tyne Daly as Inspector Kate Moore and DeVeren Bookwalter as terrorist leader/main antagonist Bobby Maxwell. It was also the last film in the series to feature John Mitchum as Inspector Frank DiGiorgio.
In Marin County, two gas company men are lured by a scantily-clad woman (Jocelyn Jones) to a remote spot in Mill Valley and killed by Bobby Maxwell (DeVeren Bookwalter). Maxwell's gang, the People's Revolutionary Strike Force (PRSF), plans to use the gas men's uniforms and van as part of an ambitious series of crimes that will make them rich.
Inspector Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) and his partner Frank DiGiorgio (John Mitchum), after dealing with a chronic fainter, arrive at a liquor store where robbers have taken hostages. The robbers demand a car with a police radio; the inspector provides one by driving his squad car into the store and shooting the robbers.
His superior Captain McKay (Bradford Dillman) reprimands Callahan for "excessive use of force", injuring the hostages, and causing $14,379 of damage to the store, and temporarily transfers him out of the Homicide unit. While assigned to Personnel, Callahan participates in the interview process for promotions, and learns that affirmative action means that three of the new inspectors will be female including Kate Moore (Tyne Daly), despite her very limited field experience.
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