Magnum Force | |
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Directed by | Ted Post |
Screenplay by | John Milius Michael Cimino |
Story by | John Milius |
Based on | Characters by Harry Julian Fink R.M. Fink |
Produced by | Robert Daley |
Starring | Clint Eastwood Hal Holbrook Mitchell Ryan David Soul Felton Perry Robert Urich |
Cinematography | Frank Stanley |
Edited by | Ferris Webster |
Music by | Lalo Schifrin |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $44.6 million (U.S.A.)[1] |
Magnum Force is a 1973 American neo-noir action thriller film and the second to feature Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Harry Callahan after the 1971 film Dirty Harry. Ted Post, who had previously worked with Eastwood on Rawhide and Hang 'Em High, directed the film. The screenplay was written by John Milius and Michael Cimino (who later worked with Eastwood on Thunderbolt and Lightfoot). The film score was composed by Lalo Schifrin. This film features early appearances by David Soul, Tim Matheson and Robert Urich. At 123 minutes, it is the longest of the five Dirty Harry films.