Clint Eastwood Almost Ruined The Original Dirty Harry's Iconic Ending

The ending of Dirty Harry is a perfect note to close on - but Clint Eastwood himself very nearly ruined it. Eastwood made his name with Westerns such as the Dollars trilogy or Hang 'Em High, but by the end of the '60s, it was clear the genre was dying. After stars like Paul Newman, Frank Sinatra and John Wayne passed on Dirty Harry, Eastwood signed on as the titular character. Not only was it a huge success upon release in 1971, it essentially underlined that cop movies had replaced the Western for audiences.

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