Article: From Dirty Harry to gritty realism, Eastwood's direction just gets better.

Byline: Jay Boyar

"Go ahead: Make my day."

When Dirty Harry Callahan says _ or, rather, hisses _ his signature line in "Sudden Impact," he isn't really ordering a gunman to surrender.

Everyone _ the gunman, the hostage, the audience _ immediately understands what Harry wants: a plausible excuse to blow the punk away.

Those five little words became instantly famous in 1983 because they so crisply encapsulate the rage in Harry's iconic heart.

Sure, he wants law and order. But even more, he wants blood.

Clint Eastwood retired Dirty Harry in the late '80s, after playing the rogue cop in five films. Since then Eastwood has ...

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