Few films have defined an actor the way the ‘Dirty Harry’ franchise has done for Clint Eastwood. He was a major success in western television with ‘Rawhide’ and went on to a career in the so called ‘Spaghetti’ westerns. Currently he is one of the most talented and lauded directors of our time. He is a true renaissance whose considerable abilities also include musician, composer and politician. Even after more successful careers than most of us can imagine he will forever be known as Inspector ‘Dirty’ Harry Callahan of the San Francisco police force. He has stared in over six dozen films and directed over thirty but the five ‘Dirty Harry’ flicks will be a major part of his legacy. There is no denying that Eastwood is one of the greatest multitalented men in cinema and these five films did more than their share to make him a household name. These movies connected with the audience. They had all the elements that make for a true people’s hero. Harry was tough, unyielding when he was sure he was right which was most of the time. He was deadly dispensing a bullet to those breaking the law. This made this character into someone that women wanted to be with and men wanted to be. He also had a couple of lines of dialogue that have become part of our culture; ‘Do you feel lucky today’ and the ever popular ‘Make my day’. These films may represent only a small part of this incredible man’s resume but they forever changed the face of film and our culture.

Now, Warner Brothers has the DVD box set that ‘Dirty Harry’ fans have been hoping and waiting for. This seven disc set has all five films each with new features and extras as well as a disc devoted to even more additional material. It is aptly called the ‘Dirty Harry: Ultimate Collector's Edition’. Many DVD sets fling around terms such as ‘ultimate’ and ‘collector’ and they really don’t live up to their own hype. This is not the case there. Warner Brothers is giving some choices to the public. They have new special editions of each of the five films on an individual basis but the true fans out there will certainly want the ultimate pack. All of the releases are available in DVD and Blu-ray adding a little more choice to the mix. The ultimate set is a combination of the five separate film editions plus a special look at Clint Eastwood. As far as the price goes the ultimate edition is about $5 less than they five individual sets in mot retail outlets. Warner Brothers not only gives the most bang for the buck they realize that most fans will want them all. Each of the separate DVDs are one disc each with the exception of the first film, ‘Dirty Harry’, that is a two disc set. This puts the ultimate edition at seven discs full of Harry.

Inspector ‘Dirty; Harry Callahan is pitted against the insane serial killer who goes by the name Scorpio (Andrew Robinson). The police brass isn’t happy with the decision but Harry is the only man up to the challenge. Harry is given a new partner, Inspector Chico Gonzalez (Reni Santoni) who is not happy with the track record for those detectives partnered with Harry. They tend to wind up in the hospital or the morgue. The film was directed by Don Siegel.