Magnum Force is a 1973 American police thriller film and the second to feature Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Harry Callahan after the 1971 film Dirty Harry. Ted Post, who also directed Eastwood in TV's Rawhide and the feature film Hang 'Em High, directed the second film in the Dirty Harry series. The screenplay was written by John Milius and Michael Cimino. This film features early appearances by David Soul, Tim Matheson and Robert Urich as the primary antagonists, the vigilante traffic cops. At 124 minutes, it is also the longest Dirty Harry film. In 1972, mobster Carmine Ricca drives... away from court after being acquitted on a technicality. An unseen SFPD motorcycle cop stops Ricca’s limo for a traffic violation. Suddenly, the patrolman pulls his service revolver—a .357 Magnum Colt Python—shoots all four men in the car, then rides away. Inspector Harry Callahan and his partner Earlington "Early" Smith visit the crime scene. Callahan is controversial within the department.
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| Release date: | December 25, 1973 |
| Directed by: | Ted Post |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 124 Minutes |
| Producer: | Robert Daley |
| Editor: | Ferris Webster |
| Music by: | Lalo Schifrin |
| Cinematography: | Frank Stanley |
| Screenplay by: | John Milius, Michael Cimino |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action |