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Beam Me Up, Scotty: The line is "Do I feel lucky?", not "Do you feel lucky?".
- Nor is it "Do ya feel lucky, punk?" (although that is what Eastwood said in the second film).
Dawson Casting: It's safe to say the actress playing the (nude) 14 year old girl wasn't really 14.
Dueling Movies: The first film with The French Connection, another 1971 Cowboy Cop movie.
Hey, It's That Guy!:
- For Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fans, Andrew "Garak" Robinson plays Scorpio Killer in the first movie.
- Also, Dean Wormer is apparently the Mayor of San Francisco.
  - And Otter gets killed in Magnum Force.
  - Along with Hutch and Spenser For Hire.
- Jim Carrey is the victim whose death Harry investigates in The Dead Pool.
- Harry's partner Chico in the first movie is "Poppy" the pizza chef who doesn't wash his hands on Seinfeld.
- The most ironic of them all: Sudden Impact 's Ray Parkins becoming a judge.
- Before she paired up with Cagney, Lacey got her training under Dirty Harry.
Real Life Relative: In the first movie, at the quarry scene in the end, Andy Robinson is taking his own stepson Steve Zachs hostage.
The Red Stapler: Sales of Harry's iconic Smith & Wesson Model 29 shot through the roof after the movie's release.
- Specifically, Smith & Wesson stopped producing the Model 29 several years before the film's production. Clint Eastwood himself contacted S&W representative Bob Sauer, who had several assembled from parts at the factory. Smith & Wesson reintroduced the Model 29 shortly after the film's release.
Throw It In: Andy Robinson improvised several of Scorpio's lines, including the "hubba hubba" bit over the telephone and "my, that's a big one" when Harry pulls his gun in the park. The flip that Scorpio does when he is shot by Harry in the stadium was also Robinson's idea.
What Could Have Been: John Wayne lobbied hard for the role of Harry but the studio felt he was too old for the part.
- Frank Sinatra was intended to play Harry, but he had a broken wrist at the time.
- The screenplay for the first film went through numerous iterations and had several potential endings, including one in which Scorpio gets dispatched by a Marine sniper rather than Harry himself. Eastwood felt that the later drafts were overcomplicating the core premise and opted for one of the earliest screenplays written instead.
- Audie Murphy was initially offered the role of the Scorpio Killer, but declined due to fears of scarring young children.
Working Title: The title of the first film's script was Dead Right.

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+* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: The line is "Do ''I'' feel lucky?", not "Do ''you'' feel lucky?".
-* [[Hey Its That Guy]]:
+** Nor is it "Do ya feel lucky, punk?" (although that is what Eastwood said in the second film).
-** For ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'' fans, Andrew "[[Ensemble Darkhorse|Garak]]" Robinson plays Scorpio Killer in the first movie.
+* [[Dawson Casting]]: It's safe to say the actress playing the (nude) 14 year old girl wasn't really 14.
+* [[Dueling Movies]]: The first film with ''[[The French Connection]]'', another 1971 [[Cowboy Cop]] movie.
+* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]:
+** For ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' fans, Andrew "[[Ensemble Darkhorse|Garak]]" Robinson plays Scorpio Killer in the first movie.
 ** Also, [[Animal House|Dean Wormer]] is apparently the Mayor of San Francisco.
 *** And [[Animal House|Otter]] gets killed in ''Magnum Force''.
-*** Along with [[Starsky and Hutch (TV)|Hutch]] and ''[[Spenser For Hire]]''.
+*** Along with [[Starsky and Hutch (TV series)|Hutch]] and ''[[Spenser For Hire]]''.
 ** [[Jim Carrey]] is the victim whose death Harry investigates in ''The Dead Pool''.
 ** Harry's partner Chico in the first movie is "Poppy" the pizza chef who doesn't wash his hands on ''[[Seinfeld]]''.
 ** The most ironic of them all: ''Sudden Impact'' 's Ray Parkins [[Law and Order SVU|becoming a judge]].
 ** Before she paired up with Cagney, Lacey got her training under Dirty Harry.
+* [[Real Life Relative]]: In the first movie, at the quarry scene in the end, Andy Robinson is taking his own stepson Steve Zachs hostage.
-* [[Retroactive Recognition]]: [[The Practice|Camryn Manheim]] is the girl behind Harry in the elevator when he threatens that punk in ''Sudden Impact''.
+* [[The Red Stapler]]: Sales of Harry's iconic Smith & Wesson Model 29 [[Incredibly Lame Pun|shot through the roof]] after the movie's release.
+** Specifically, Smith & Wesson stopped producing the Model 29 several years before the film's production. [[Clint Eastwood]] himself contacted S&W representative Bob Sauer, who had several assembled from parts at the factory. Smith & Wesson reintroduced the Model 29 shortly after the film's release.
+* [[Throw It In]]: Andy Robinson improvised several of Scorpio's lines, including the "hubba hubba" bit over the telephone and "my, that's a big one" when Harry pulls his gun in the park. The flip that Scorpio does when he is shot by Harry in the stadium was also Robinson's idea.
+* [[What Could Have Been]]: [[John Wayne]] lobbied hard for the role of Harry but the studio felt he was too old for the part.
+** [[Frank Sinatra]] was intended to play Harry, but he had a broken wrist at the time.
+** The screenplay for the first film went through numerous iterations and had several potential endings, including one in which Scorpio gets dispatched by a Marine sniper rather than Harry himself. Eastwood felt that the later drafts were overcomplicating the core premise and opted for one of the earliest screenplays written instead.
+** [[Audie Murphy]] was initially offered the role of the Scorpio Killer, but declined due to fears of scarring young children.
+* [[Working Title]]: The title of the first film's script was ''Dead Right''.
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