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Sudden Impact

Sudden Impact is a 1983 American neo-noir action-thriller film, the fourth in the Dirty Harry series. Clint Eastwood reprises his starring role as Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan and also produced and directed the film; it is his sole directorial effort in the series. The film co-stars Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Albert Popwell and Bradford Dillman (the…

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Based on
Harry Julian Fink · R.M. Fink
Box office
$150 million
Budget
$22 million
Cinematography
Bruce Surtees
Country
United States
Directed by
Clint Eastwood

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Avg. degree1.98
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related to Production · 33
Sudden Impact → Acorn Cafe, At, Audrie Neenan, Burger Island, California, Charles, Dirty Harry, Earl, Eastwood, Estimates, Filming, Footage, Harry, It, Joseph Stinson, Locke, Locke's, Loma Prieta, Many, McDonald's
related to Critical response · 28
Sudden Impact → Albert Popwell, Among, Because, Callahan's, Chicago Tribune, Dirty Harry, Eastwood, Eastwood's, Gene Siskel, Harry, Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times, Mr, Pauline Kael, Review, Roger Ebert, Rotten Tomatoes, Scorpio, Sometimes, That
related to Legacy · 14
Sudden Impact → California, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Eastwood, Excerpts, French-dubbed, Go, Go Ahead, Harry's, La Haine, Make Me Mayor, March, Reagan, United States President Ronald, When
related to External links · 4
Sudden Impact → AFI Catalog, Feature Films, IMDbSudden Impact, TCM Movie Database
Based on · 2
Sudden Impact → Harry Julian Fink, R.M. Fink
Starring · 2
Sudden Impact → Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke
Story by · 2
Sudden Impact → Charles B. Pierce, Earl E. Smith
is a · 2
Sudden Impact → 1983 American neo-noir action-thriller film, third film of the series to be scored by Lalo Schifrin
Box office · 1
Sudden Impact → $150 million
Budget · 1
Sudden Impact → $22 million

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Sudden ImpactBased onHarry Julian Fink1.00infobox
Sudden ImpactBased onR.M. Fink1.00infobox
Sudden ImpactBox office$150 million1.00infobox
Sudden ImpactBudget$22 million1.00infobox
Sudden ImpactCinematographyBruce Surtees1.00infobox
Sudden ImpactCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Sudden ImpactDirected byClint Eastwood1.00infobox
Sudden ImpactDistributed byWarner Bros.1.00infobox
Sudden ImpactEdited byJoel Cox1.00infobox
Sudden ImpactLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Sudden ImpactMusic byLalo Schifrin1.00infobox
Sudden ImpactProduced byClint Eastwood1.00infobox
Sudden ImpactProduction companyThe Malpaso Company1.00infobox
Sudden ImpactRelease dateDecember 9, 1983 (1983-12-09)1.00infobox
Sudden ImpactRunning time117 minutes1.00infobox
Sudden ImpactScreenplay byJoseph Stinson1.00infobox
Sudden ImpactStarringClint Eastwood1.00infobox
Sudden ImpactStarringSondra Locke1.00infobox
Sudden ImpactStory byEarl E. Smith1.00infobox
Sudden ImpactStory byCharles B. Pierce1.00infobox
Sudden Impactis a1983 American neo-noir action-thriller film0.90text
Sudden Impactis athird film of the series to be scored by Lalo Schifrin0.90text

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