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Sudden Impact

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 57m
  • 52

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Producer:

Clint Eastwood, Fritz Manes, Steve Perry

Writer:

Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. Fink, Joseph Stinson

Release Date:

Dec 9, 1983

Runtime:

1hr 57m

Synopsis

When a woman exacts deadly revenge on the aggressors who raped her and her sister ten years earlier, Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to the case.

Cast

  • Clint Eastwood
  • Sondra Locke
  • Pat Hingle
  • Bradford Dillman
  • Paul Drake
  • Audrie Neenan
  • Jack Thibeau
  • Michael Currie
  • Albert Popwell
  • Mark Keyloun

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Metacritic

52
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Based on 13 Critics
6.5

USER SCORE (19)

Generally favorable reviews based on 19 Reviews
75

Sudden Impact is a Dirty Harry movie with only the good parts left in. All the slow stuff, such as character, motivation, atmosphere and plot, has been pared to exactly the minimum necessary to hold together the violence.

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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
30

The screenplay is ridiculous, and Mr. Eastwood's direction of it primitive, which is surprising because he has shown himself capable in such films as ''The Outlaw Josey Wales'' and ''The Gauntlet.''

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Metacritic review by Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
The New York Times
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