About this episode

This episode concludes the exploration of the Dirty Harry Franchise by focusing on its final film, The Dead Pool, released in 1988.

Concluding our look back at the 5-film Dirty Harry Franchise with an exploration of the final entry, 1988's The Dead Pool.

People in this episode

Host: Jeremy Cohen

Topics covered

• Dirty Harry Franchise
• film analysis
• 1980s cinema
• action films
• movie sequels

Keywords

• Dirty Harry
• The Dead Pool
• film franchise
• 1988
• action movies
• Clint Eastwood
• movie review

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Dirty Harry, The Dead Pool

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