Dirty Harry

steveno · Oct 10, 2017

if you watch the uncut version of "Dirty Harry" you know that he fired 5 shots and they only show 4 shots being fired in the tv version. however how many shots did he fired chasing the bad guy through the mill at the end of the show? I have tried counting them several times and by my count he would have come up a couple of rounds short at the dock. by my count I counted either 6 or 7 times before the dock and it never shows him reloading.

Texas Star · Oct 10, 2017

Don't fret about it. Movie guns seldom need reloading.

They remind me of an ancient Greek myth that I learned in school, about a god who gave a peasant couple a jar of milk that never ceased to pour.

vytoland · Oct 10, 2017

steveno said:
if you watch the uncut version of "Dirty Harry" you know that he fired 5 shots and they only show 4 shots being fired in the tv version. .

when he approaches the wounded robber on the ground...and asks his "favorite" question, then starts to walk away....the robber says.."i got to know"...harry turns back, points the revolver at the guy, pulls the trigger.....but the gun doesn't fire.....a misfire or a movie glitch???

Texas Star · Oct 10, 2017

If the gun wasn't still loaded, that was a very dangerous bluff to try.

gman51 · Oct 10, 2017

It would have been cool ending if Dirty Harry said oops I miss counted. Now that would have been perfect Dirty Harry ending.

johngalt · Oct 10, 2017

Seems like I recall he fired 6 shots at the beginning and 5 at the end.

oneounceload · Oct 10, 2017

They have been running his movies on TV and they just finished Magnum Force. When the crooked motorcycle cops were chasing them through the old carrier, it was nice to see that they actually stopped and reloaded after 6 shots each time. Nice Pythons they were using as well.

STCM(SW) · Oct 10, 2017

johngalt said:
Seems like I recall he fired 6 shots at the beginning and 5 at the end.

I have counted the shots in both scenes, 6 shots in the first and only 5 in the last.
Watched this movie too many times...

Roadtrash · Oct 10, 2017

Yeah but he fired once when you weren't looking. He's sneaky that way.

Donn · Oct 11, 2017

Not the worst example of a "Hollywood reload." Watched Open Range the other day, Costner shot a bad guy 12 times in one sequence with his Colt Single-Action Army.

elm_creek_smith · Oct 11, 2017

Costner did it right. The reload was cut in sloppy editing.

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UncleEd · Oct 11, 2017

What's always bugged me about Dirty Harry aka Clint Eastwood is the way he "steadies" his fire, as in Magnum Force, by holding his
wrist with his left hand.

I thought the other actors did a lot better in the two-hand hold
than he did. But then they were but mere mortals.

And in Magnum Force, I always laugh when one of the cops
chasing Harry through the carrier's passageways seems
unaffected by the shots he fires echoing off the steel walls.
I call him, if he'd lived, Officer Huh.

the ringo kid · Oct 11, 2017

johngalt said:
Seems like I recall he fired 6 shots at the beginning and 5 at the end.

^^^^^^^^^^^What he said.^^^^^^^^^^^He knew both times what he'd fired.

steveno · Oct 11, 2017

I will have to watch the uncut version again because still only remember 5 shot

BB57 · Oct 11, 2017

the ringo kid said:
^^^^^^^^^^^What he said.^^^^^^^^^^^He knew both times what he'd fired.

And both times he played it exactly the way he wanted to play it. The first time be wanted to bluff the bad guy into not going for the gun. The second time he used the same line, but with a delivery intended to goad the bad guy into going for the gun just so he could shoot him.

BB57 · Oct 11, 2017

UncleEd said:
What's always bugged me about Dirty Harry aka Clint Eastwood is the way he "steadies" his fire, as in Magnum Force, by holding his
wrist with his left hand.

I thought the other actors did a lot better in the two-hand hold
than he did. But then they were but mere mortals.

And in Magnum Force, I always laugh when one of the cops
chasing Harry through the carrier's passageways seems
unaffected by the shots he fires echoing off the steel walls.
I call him, if he'd lived, Officer Huh.

I worked my way through college as a police officer, which was interesting as I had a criminology professor who's sum total of experience was a six week internship in a prison. He told the class once how you needed to hold your wrist to stabilize a handgun when firing it. I figured his sum total of handgun experience was watching Dirty Harry movies. We disagreed on a lot of things that semester.

the ringo kid · Oct 11, 2017

steveno said:
I will have to watch the uncut version again because still only remember 5 shot

I haven't watched it for a couple a years but, I figured he counted all his shots both times. I know I would.

WardenRoss · Oct 11, 2017

UncleEd said:
What's always bugged me about Dirty Harry aka Clint Eastwood is the way he "steadies" his fire, as in Magnum Force, by holding his
wrist with his left hand...

Believe it or not, I'm old enough to remember when this method was taught.

Steve912 · Oct 11, 2017

vytoland said:
....the robber says.."i got to know"...

"Gots"...to know...

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETN9eNOA6vw[/ame]

jimmyj · Oct 11, 2017

OK !
The real "Scoop" is Dirty Harry carried TWO (2) matched pair of S&W Model 29s !

Jimmy (aka-world's greatest, best looking and sexy Police Officer. I was unable to be an investigator/detective as I could find my rear using both hands and a flashlight)

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