Daily Dialogue — March 31, 2019

“Uh uh. I know what you’re thinking. “Did he fire six shots or only five?” Well to tell you the truth in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and would blow your head clean off, you’ve gotta ask yourself one question: “Do I feel lucky?” Well, do ya, punk?”

— Dirty Harry (1971), screenplay by Harry Julian Fink & Rita M. Fink and Dean Riesner, story by Harry Julian Fink & Rita M. Fink

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Police.

Trivia: After Clint Eastwood and Don Siegel came on board the project, they hired writer Dean Riesner to work on the script. In his first rewrite, the bank robbery scene ends with Harry not pointing the gun at the robber, but placing it against his own temple. He pulls the trigger, laughs and then walks away. Eastwood and Siegel both felt this was too extreme, even for Harry Callahan.

Dialogue On Dialogue: One of the most memorable sides of dialogue uttered by a police character in movie history.