Sudden Impact
1983 film by Clint Eastwood / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sudden Impact is a 1983 American neo-noir action thriller film, the fourth in the Dirty Harry series, directed, produced by and starring Clint Eastwood (making it the only Dirty Harry film to be directed by Eastwood himself) and co-starring Sondra Locke.[3] The film tells the story of a gang rape victim (Locke) who decides to seek revenge on her rapists 10 years after the attack by killing them one by one. Inspector Callahan (Eastwood), famous for his unconventional and often brutal crime-fighting tactics, is tasked with tracking down the serial killer.
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Directed by | Clint Eastwood |
Screenplay by | Joseph Stinson |
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Based on | Characters by Harry Julian Fink R.M. Fink |
Produced by | Clint Eastwood |
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Cinematography | Bruce Surtees |
Edited by | Joel Cox |
Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $22 million[1] |
Box office | $150 million[2] |
The film is notable for the catchphrase "Go ahead, make my day", written by John Milius and uttered by Clint Eastwood's gun-wielding character in the beginning of the film as he stares down an armed robber who is holding a hostage. This is the last Dirty Harry film to feature Albert Popwell.