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Sudden Impact

1983 • 1h 57m •
Thriller Crime Action Drama
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★ 6.6/10
1,043 reviews
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Sudden Impact

When a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it's up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice.

"Dirty Harry is at it again."

Top Billed Cast

Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Insp. Harry Callahan
Sondra Locke
Sondra Locke
Jennifer Spencer
Pat Hingle
Pat Hingle
Chief Jannings
Bradford Dillman
Bradford Dillman
Captain Briggs
Paul Drake
Paul Drake
Mick
Audrie Neenan
Audrie Neenan
Ray Parkins
Jack Thibeau
Jack Thibeau
Kruger
Michael Currie
Michael Currie
Lt. Donnelly

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

A Andres Gomez Verified TMDB Critic
2016-03-21

Quite forgettable.

Eastwood is still good as Harry, OK in the direction and the new thing is to have a woman as the main criminal but that's it.

80's music arrive to wipe out one of the few things that were good about these movies. The plot is really bad. Quite an example of early 80's movies....

R r96sk Verified TMDB Critic
2022-01-18

An improvement on <em>'The Enforcer'</em>, if still short of <em>'Dirty Harry'</em> and <em>'Magnum Force'</em>.

Clint Eastwood (also dir.) remains the constant high of these films, as the American rattles off a famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_ahead,_make_my_day">catchphrase</a> in this installment. Sondra Locke is very good behind Eastwood, she's arguably the most standout support cast member from the whole series (thus far) to be honest.

A deep storyline coupled with all the usual things you get from this set of films and you have with a suitably entertaining flick. In...

C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic
2025-08-31

This fourth outing from Clint Eastwood’s “Callaghan” is my least favourite. By now we are more than used to this curmudgeonly inspector, and his disdain for just about every aspect of authority he encounters so we are hardly surprised when his latest ruthless example of law enforcement sees carnage all around, the city looking at hefty bills and him with a price on his head. “Capt. Briggs” (Bradford Dillman) decides to get him out of harm’s way just as, coincidentally, a serial killer is terrorising a small town. Now equipped with an even more power-packing Magnum, he sets about in...