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The Dead Pool

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The Dead Pool
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R,1hr 32min
Genre:
Action
Released:
July 13, 1988
Director:
Buddy Van Horn
Distributor:
Warner Bros. Pictures
Starring:
Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Evan Kim  ...more
Synopsis: The Dead Pool is the fifth and (thus far) the last of Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry movies. A sports pool is placing bets on which famous person will die next. Suddenly a serial killer who preys upon celebrities enters the scene, radically (and perhaps deliberately) changing the odds in the pool. As a celebrity of sorts, maverick cop Dirty Harry Callahan becomes a target of the killer, as does high-profile TV journalist Patricia Clarkson. Surprises are at a minimum in The Dead Pool; the film gets ... Full Synopsis
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Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
The film is smart, quick, and made with real wit. It's never just a crude action movie, bludgeoning us with violence. It's self-aware, it knows who Dirty Harry is and how we react to him, and it has fun with its intelligence. Also, of course, it bludgeons us with violence. Full Review
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46
Mixed or Average Reviews
out of 100
Based on 15 critic reviews
Featured Cast
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Clint Eastwood
Harry Callahan
Patricia Clarkson
Samantha Walker
Evan Kim
Al Quan
Liam Neeson
Peter Swan
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