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Don Siegel and Clint Eastwood were quite the director-actor tandem, teaming up for 5 films, but with none leaving more of a mark on society (and the box office) than their 1971 effort "Dirty Harry." While their politics were on opposite ends of the spectrum, they never injected those beliefs into their work, with Siegel telling The New York Times in 1972: "I was telling the story of a hard‐nosed cop and a dangerous killer.

What my liberal friends did not grasp was that the cop is just as evil, in his way, as the sniper."

Eastwood brought a grizzled imperfection to Detective "Dirty Harry" Callahan, as he took a shoot first and (maybe) ask questions later approach to bringing down the Zodiac-inspired Scorpio, a killer who brought San Francisco to its knees.

The film left audiences and critics divided, with some labeling it "fascist," and even had protesters waving "Dirty Harry is a Rotten Pig" placar