Sunday 26 July 2026 21:30
languages : intertitres anglais stFR locations : Place Guillaume II - Knuedler
synopsis
If the San Francisco police do not immediately hand over $200,000 to a man who has just committed a crime, he will strike again, killing one person each day. But Inspector Harry Callahan is hot on his trail…
The pleasures of this movie are abundant. The pacing is as swift as a speeding bullet. There are wonderfully evoked lived-in San Francisco locations. And there are splendid set pieces that showcase the perpetually-underrated Don Siegel's great skill a director. This film is efficient, unpretentious and much wittier and more stylish than your average cop movie.
New York Times
It's been referenced in everything from Ferris Bueller's Day Off to Die Hard With A Vengeance. It's been spoofed well in The Naked Gun, and not in Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot. And it marked the continuation of a beautiful mentor/protege friendship between Siegel and Eastwood. A friendship which saw them work together a total of seven times, and one which would finally be commemorated in 1992 when Eastwood dedicated Unforgiven to his lifelong compadre.
Time Out
