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Magnum Force
Magnum Force is a 1973 American action thriller and the second to feature Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Harry Callahan, after the 1971 film "Dirty Harry". Ted Post, who also directed Eastwood in the television series "Rawhide" and the feature film "Hang 'Em High", directed this second installment in the "Dirty Harry" film series. The screenplay was written by John Milius (who provided an uncredited rewrite for the original film) and Michael Cimino. The film score was once again composed
despite the 1971 film's perceived politics, Harry was not a complete vigilante. David Soul, Tim Matheson, Robert Urich and Kip Niven were cast as the young vigilante cops. Milius was a gun aficionado and political conservative and the film would extensively feature gun shooting in practice, competition, and on the job. Given this strong theme in the film, the title was soon changed from "Vigilance" to "Magnum Force" in deference to the .44 Magnum that Harry liked to use. Milius thought it was important to