Magnum Force

Magnum Force
Theatrical release poster by Bill Gold
Directed byTed Post
Screenplay byJohn Milius
Michael Cimino
Story byJohn Milius
Based onCharacters
by Harry Julian Fink
R.M. Fink
Produced byRobert Daley
StarringClint Eastwood
Hal Holbrook
Mitchell Ryan
David Soul
Felton Perry
Robert Urich
CinematographyFrank Stanley
Edited byFerris Webster
Music byLalo Schifrin
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • December 25, 1973 (1973-12-25)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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.

  1. ^ "Magnum Force (1973)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on May 28, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2014.