Continuity mistake: During the scene on the football pitch where Callahan is torturing Scorpio to force him to say where the kidnapped girl is, there are several shots as if from Callahan's viewpoint. As the camera switches between the two characters, the white painted lines on the pitch mysteriously move or even vanish underneath Scorpio. (01:06:50)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Don Siegel
Starring: Clint Eastwood, John Vernon, Andrew Robinson, Reni Santoni
After attempting to hunt Scorpio several times, each time with varying amounts of disregard for standard police rules, and each time a complete failure, Scorpio hijacks a school bus, and Harry goes 100% vigilante. Harry chases him down, shoots him in the shoulder, points the gun at him, and gives him the famous "Do ya feel lucky, punk?" threat. Scorpio think's he's bluffing, and tries to retrieve his gun, but Harry executes him with the last bullet in the chamber.
JJ Lison
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Trivia: Frank Sinatra was going to play Harry Callahan, but had to pull out due to illness.
Question: What happened to the kid who was fishing at the end who the guy Harry was after took hostage? I don't think Harry shot through him, but I didn't see him when the camera pans out for the credits, is he dead?
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Answer: If you watch closely, you see the killer throw him to the side and then take aim at Harry, at which point Harry shoots him. Since we don't see the kid again, we can assume he ran away as soon as the killer let him go.
Not true. Actually, Harry sees the boy, and appears to be lowering his weapon, and then blasts Scorpio... and when the bullet hits him, he is still holding the boy hostage... It is only after Harry shoots him, and he falls to the ground, that we see the boy running away.