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Sudden Impact

Sudden Impact

★ 6,6 /10 (1,045 Votes)
1983 EN 117 min

Overview

When a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it's up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice.

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Release date

08/12/1983

Votes

1,045

Popularity

8.0

Dirty Harry is at it again.

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

117 min

Budget

$22,000,000

Revenue

$150,000,000

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

Insp. Harry Callahan

Sondra Locke

Sondra Locke

Jennifer Spencer

Pat Hingle

Pat Hingle

Chief Jannings

Bradford Dillman

Bradford Dillman

Captain Briggs

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Paul Drake

Mick

Audrie Neenan

Audrie Neenan

Ray Parkins

Jack Thibeau

Jack Thibeau

Kruger

Michael Currie

Michael Currie

Lt. Donnelly

Albert Popwell

Albert Popwell

Horace King

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Mark Keyloun

Officer Bennett

Kevyn Major Howard

Kevyn Major Howard

Hawkins

Bette Ford

Bette Ford

Leah

Nancy Parsons

Nancy Parsons

Mrs. Kruger

Joe Bellan

Joe Bellan

Burly Detective

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Wendell Wellman

Tyrone

Mara Corday

Mara Corday

Loretta - Coffee Shop Waitress

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Russ McCubbin

Eddie

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Robert Sutton

Carl

Nancy Fish

Nancy Fish

Historical Society Woman

Carmen Argenziano

Carmen Argenziano

D'Ambrosia

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Lisa Britt

Elizabeth

Lois de Banzie

Lois de Banzie

Judge

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Matthew Child

Alby

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Mike Johnson

Assassin

Lloyd Nelson

Lloyd Nelson

Desk Sergeant

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Christopher Pray

Detective Jacobs

Lisa London

Lisa London

Young Hooker

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Bill Reddick

Police Commissioner

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Harry Demopoulos

Dr. Barton

Tom Spratley

Tom Spratley

Senior Man

James McEachin

James McEachin

Detective Barnes

Jophery C. Brown

Jophery C. Brown

Young Guy

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Dennis Royston

Young Guy

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Melvin Thompson

Young Guy

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William Upton

Young Guy

Morgan Upton

Morgan Upton

Bartender

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Ken Lee

Loomis

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Nick Dimitri

Assassin

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Michael Maurer

George Wilburn

Pat DuVal

Pat DuVal

Bailiff

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Christian Phillips

Hawkins' Crony

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Steven Kravitz

Hawkins' Crony

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John X. Heart

Uniformed Policemen

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David Gonzales

Gang Member

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Albert Martinez

Gang Member

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Robert Rivers

Gang Member

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Maria Lynch

Hostess

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John Nowak

Bank Robber

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Eileen Wiggins

Hysterical Female Customer

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Andres Gomez

2016-03-21

⭐ 5

Quite forgettable. Eastwood is still good as Harry, OK in the direction and the new thing is to have a woman as the main criminal but that's it. 80's music arrive to wipe out one of the few things that were good about these movies. The plot is really bad. Quite an example of early 80's movies.

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r96sk

r96sk

2022-01-18

⭐ 7

An improvement on <em>'The Enforcer'</em>, if still short of <em>'Dirty Harry'</em> and <em>'Magnum Force'</em>. Clint Eastwood (also dir.) remains the constant high of these films, as the American rattles off a famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_ahead,_make_my_day">catchphrase</a> in this installment. Sondra Locke is very good behind Eastwood, she's arguably the most standout support cast member from the whole series (thus far) to be honest. A deep storyline coupled with all the usual things you get from this set of films and you have with a suitably entertaining flick. In…

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2025-08-31

⭐ 6

This fourth outing from Clint Eastwood’s “Callaghan” is my least favourite. By now we are more than used to this curmudgeonly inspector, and his disdain for just about every aspect of authority he encounters so we are hardly surprised when his latest ruthless example of law enforcement sees carnage all around, the city looking at hefty bills and him with a price on his head. “Capt. Briggs” (Bradford Dillman) decides to get him out of harm’s way just as, coincidentally, a serial killer is terrorising a small town. Now equipped with an even more power-packing Magnum, he sets about investigating …

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