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6.3Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of prominent figures. By the time Harry learns that the murders are part of a sick game to predict such deaths, it may be too late.
Cast
- Clint Eastwood as Insp. Harry Callahan
- Patricia Clarkson as Samantha Walker
- Liam Neeson as Peter Swan
- Evan C. Kim as Insp. Al Quan
- Jim Carrey as Johnny Squares
- David Hunt as Harlan Rook
Themes
- prison
- police
- hitman
- fight
- media
- gun
- gangster
- detective
- chinatown
- stalker
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
51,942 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
53%
Metacritic
46/100
- Year
- 1988
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Mystery
- Rated
- R
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Buddy Van Horn
- Screenplay by
- Steve Sharon
- Story by
- Steve Sharon Durk Pearson Sandy Shaw
- Based on
- Characters, by Harry Julian Fink R.M. Fink
- Produced by
- David Valdes
- Starring
- Clint Eastwood Patricia Clarkson Liam Neeson Evan Kim
- Cinematography
- Jack N. Green
- Edited by
- Ron Spang Joel Cox
- Music by
- Lalo Schifrin
- Production company
- Malpaso Productions
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- July 13, 1988 ( 1988-07-13 )
- Running time
- 91 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $30 million
- Box office
- $39 million (US Collection)
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 87
- FilmAffinity ID
- 411509
- Image
- Dirty harry dead pool de.svg
Show 5 more facts
- publication date
- 1988-07-13
- title
- Sala de espera al infierno
- box office
- 37903295
- review score
- 46/100
- capital cost
- 31000000
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The Dead Pool is a 1988 American action-thriller film directed by Buddy Van Horn, written by Steve Sharon, and starring Clint Eastwood as Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan. It is the fifth and final film in the Dirty Harry film series and is set in San Francisco, California.
The story concerns the manipulation of a dead pool game by a serial killer, whose efforts are confronted by the hardened detective Callahan. It co-stars Liam Neeson (in his first action film) and Patricia Clarkson, with Jim Carrey (credited as James Carrey) in his first dramatic role. The film also features an appearance by future Mario voice actor Charles Martinet.