The Dead Pool
IMDB Rating: 5.90, 7817 votes
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Taglines
- Dirty Harry Just Learned A New Game
Storyline
After Harry's arrest of a gambling kingpin results in a conviction for murder, a group of thugs shoot up Harry's car and try to kill him. Harry overpowers them and is paired with a new partner, Insp. Al Quan (Evan Kim). Within days of this assignment Harry and Al find themselves working on a mysterious death of a rock star, who was on location filming a movie directed by Peter Swan (Liam Neeson). After one of Swan's crew is killed in a Chinatown robbery that is foiled by Al & Harry, Al discovers a list of celebrities on the dead man that includes the dead rock star and one Inspector Harry Callahan. They soon discover that this is part of a strange game called the Dead Pool, and it isn't long before other people on the list turn up dead...and someone starts making attempts on Harry's life...
Actors
| Insp. 'Dirty' Harry Callahan | Clint Eastwood |
| Peter Swan | Liam Neeson |
| Insp. Al Quan | Evan C. Kim |
| Harlan Rook/Ed Butler | David Hunt |
| Capt. Donnelly | Michael Currie |
| Lt. Ackerman | Michael Goodwin |
| Patrick Snow | Darwin Gillett |
| Lou Janero | Anthony Charnota |
| Dist. Atty. Thomas McSherry | Christopher P. Beale |
| Lt. Ruskowski | John Allen Vick |
| Freeway Reporter #1 | Jeff Richmond |
| Freeway Reporter #2 | Patrick Van Horn |
| Johnny Squares | Jim Carrey |
| Jeff Howser | Nicholas Love |
| Bob | John X. Heart |
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Posted in: 1988, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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