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[Harry, Lt. Donnelly & Capt. Briggs are meeting in the Commissioner's office, after Harry's confrontation with Threlkis the gangster] Captain Briggs:
[shouting]
In more than 30 years of police work, this is the single, most OUTRAGEOUS transgression of authority I ever heard about. What the HELL did you think you were doing? Harry Callahan:
My job. Captain Briggs:
Is it your job, to harass & incite an old man into a heart attack? Harry Callahan:
My job is to investigate homicide. That old man happens to be one of the biggest crime lords on the west coast. How the hell was I supposed to know he was gonna vapor-lock? Captain Briggs:
But you hoped he would? Harry Callahan:
The Doker case is mine. It was at a standstill. I was just trying to break it loose. Captain Briggs:
Sure, with threats and intimidation! Harry Callahan:
Any way possible! Captain Briggs:
Are you aware that you have destroyed MONTHS - of intelligence & surveillance work? We're talking thousands of dollar, hundreds of man-hours? Special investigations has been BUSTING ITS ASS preparing a case against Threlkis. Harry Callahan:
He would have just snaked his way out of it. Maybe we saved the taxpayers a little money. Captain Briggs:
[with contempt]
I ought to bust your ass down to traffic. Or better yet, kick it off the force! You're a dinosaur, Callahan. Your ideas don't fit today. Harry Callahan:
Just what ideas are these? That murder's a crime? That it shouldn't be punished? Captain Briggs:
[sneering]
Hey, don't you lecture me, you son-of-a-bitch. You know who you're talking to, huh? You know MY record? Harry Callahan:
[disgusted]
Yeah. You're a legend in your own mind! Captain Briggs:
[angrily]
Goddamn you, Callahan! Police Commissioner:
Gentlemen, that's enough! Inspector, your methods are unconventional to say the least. Well, you get results. But often your successes are more costly to this department in terms of publicity & physical destruction than most other men's failures! Lt. Donnelly:
Commissioner, now I... Police Commissioner:
[cuts Donnelly off]
Please, Lieutenant! The press will have a field day with this latest escapade. There may be further civil & legal repercussions. As a matter of fact there may even be attempts at retaliation. I think it would be wise if the inspector took some time off. [Briggs nods approvingly]
[shouting]
In more than 30 years of police work, this is the single, most OUTRAGEOUS transgression of authority I ever heard about. What the HELL did you think you were doing? Harry Callahan:
My job. Captain Briggs:
Is it your job, to harass & incite an old man into a heart attack? Harry Callahan:
My job is to investigate homicide. That old man happens to be one of the biggest crime lords on the west coast. How the hell was I supposed to know he was gonna vapor-lock? Captain Briggs:
But you hoped he would? Harry Callahan:
The Doker case is mine. It was at a standstill. I was just trying to break it loose. Captain Briggs:
Sure, with threats and intimidation! Harry Callahan:
Any way possible! Captain Briggs:
Are you aware that you have destroyed MONTHS - of intelligence & surveillance work? We're talking thousands of dollar, hundreds of man-hours? Special investigations has been BUSTING ITS ASS preparing a case against Threlkis. Harry Callahan:
He would have just snaked his way out of it. Maybe we saved the taxpayers a little money. Captain Briggs:
[with contempt]
I ought to bust your ass down to traffic. Or better yet, kick it off the force! You're a dinosaur, Callahan. Your ideas don't fit today. Harry Callahan:
Just what ideas are these? That murder's a crime? That it shouldn't be punished? Captain Briggs:
[sneering]
Hey, don't you lecture me, you son-of-a-bitch. You know who you're talking to, huh? You know MY record? Harry Callahan:
[disgusted]
Yeah. You're a legend in your own mind! Captain Briggs:
[angrily]
Goddamn you, Callahan! Police Commissioner:
Gentlemen, that's enough! Inspector, your methods are unconventional to say the least. Well, you get results. But often your successes are more costly to this department in terms of publicity & physical destruction than most other men's failures! Lt. Donnelly:
Commissioner, now I... Police Commissioner:
[cuts Donnelly off]
Please, Lieutenant! The press will have a field day with this latest escapade. There may be further civil & legal repercussions. As a matter of fact there may even be attempts at retaliation. I think it would be wise if the inspector took some time off. [Briggs nods approvingly]
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Movie Summary
A rape victim is exacting revenge on her aggressors in a small town outside San Francisco. "Dirty" Harry Callahan, on suspension for angering his superiors (again), is assigned to the case.


