The Enforcer

The Enforcer (1976)

Timing: 1:36 (96 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1976-12-16

Country

United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Malpaso Productions

Genre

Crime, Action

Budget

$9 000 000

Revenue

$46 236 000

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Director

James Fargo

Actors

Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman, John Mitchum, DeVeren Bookwalter, John Crawford, Samantha Doane, Robert F. Hoy, Jocelyn Jones
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Scenario

Producer

Robert Daley

Operator

Charles W. Short

Composer

Jerry Fielding

Artist

Audition

Mary Goldberg

Editing

Joel Cox, Ferris Webster
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• The screenplay was initially titled “Moving Target,” then upon launching the film into production it received the title “Dirty Harry 3,” and only later did it become “The Enforcer.” Eastwood stated that he did so as a tribute to his favorite film of the same name from 1951 starring Humphrey Bogart.
• The screenwriters couldn’t manage to get their work to Eastwood, but they managed to catch him in the actor’s hometown, Carmel (where he would later become mayor), at his favorite diner where Clint liked to grab a bite.
• The third Dirty Harry film turned out to be one of the most violent – 13 corpses in ninety minutes of screen time.