richfolkes
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I think it would be in order for Clint Eastwood to produce and direct a prequel for the Dirty Harry saga.
Here is my idea on where it began for Dirty Harry. It starts out with a boy back in the mid 1930's witnessing a mafia execution taking place in the park on his way home from school and is spotted as the victim is shot dead. Later the mob try to eliminate him and police officer on the beat saves the boy's life. The boy's evidence puts not only the mafia hit squad behind bars, but also the boss who ordered the hit. That boy's name is Harry Callahan, who from that moment on has ambitions of joining the Force when he grows up.
In the early 1950's, Harry graduates from the Academy with honors and starts out in the traffic branch as a motorcycle cop. He quickly learns that corruption on the Force is a fact of life and he resists. A proposed scene is where he pulls over a motorist to give him a speeding ticket and the motorist as he usually does, hands a ten dollar bill over with his driver's license expecting Callahan to take the money and move on just as every other motorcycle cop has done in the past.
Callahan retorts "Hey! Who do you think you're trying to bribe with this ten dollar bill?!" The driver replies "Sorry about that officer. I don't know how that ten dollar bill came to be with my license.". "I meant to put in a twenty!" the driver continues. "Step out of the vehicle!" Callahan responds. The driver steps out and Callahan says; "You're under arrest!". The driver says; "What's the charge, officer?". "Attempting to bribe a police officer!" Callahan retorts. As Callahan places the driver in a squad car, the driver says to him; "You got a lot to learn, officer! Every traffic cop in the SFPD takes the money and moves on!". "Well, I'm not every cop, sir!", Callahan replies.
At the station, Callahan hands the driver over to the desk sergeant saying "Book this guy, will you?". The sergeant says "What charge?". "Attempted bribery!", Callahan replies. Later in the locker room, several irate members of his precinct gang up on him and beat him up saying that every cop takes a bribe to keep the peace. Callahan refuses to accept this and he starts training and becoming tough.
He later comes across an honest detective who was involved in fighting bootleggers during the Prohibition era and teaches him the ins and outs of dealing with corruption. That detective gives Callahan a list of people on the Force he can trust and tells him to report to them any cops on the take.
The precinct captain decides that the best way to get rid of him is to recommend him for promotion and have him put on the Homicide Squad. So Callahan is promoted to Inspector and transferred to Homicide, hoping he would be killed in the line of duty. It is Callahan's diligence that causes the Captain's plan to backfire but there is nothing he can do to stop him.
Later, all the crooked cops on Callahan's and other surrounding precincts get their comeuppance. At the end of the story, Callahan passes by a sporting goods shop and sees a .44 magnum revolver in the window. Callahan goes in and buys the gun. And thus, the legend of Dirty Harry begins.
Here is my idea on where it began for Dirty Harry. It starts out with a boy back in the mid 1930's witnessing a mafia execution taking place in the park on his way home from school and is spotted as the victim is shot dead. Later the mob try to eliminate him and police officer on the beat saves the boy's life. The boy's evidence puts not only the mafia hit squad behind bars, but also the boss who ordered the hit. That boy's name is Harry Callahan, who from that moment on has ambitions of joining the Force when he grows up.
In the early 1950's, Harry graduates from the Academy with honors and starts out in the traffic branch as a motorcycle cop. He quickly learns that corruption on the Force is a fact of life and he resists. A proposed scene is where he pulls over a motorist to give him a speeding ticket and the motorist as he usually does, hands a ten dollar bill over with his driver's license expecting Callahan to take the money and move on just as every other motorcycle cop has done in the past.
Callahan retorts "Hey! Who do you think you're trying to bribe with this ten dollar bill?!" The driver replies "Sorry about that officer. I don't know how that ten dollar bill came to be with my license.". "I meant to put in a twenty!" the driver continues. "Step out of the vehicle!" Callahan responds. The driver steps out and Callahan says; "You're under arrest!". The driver says; "What's the charge, officer?". "Attempting to bribe a police officer!" Callahan retorts. As Callahan places the driver in a squad car, the driver says to him; "You got a lot to learn, officer! Every traffic cop in the SFPD takes the money and moves on!". "Well, I'm not every cop, sir!", Callahan replies.
At the station, Callahan hands the driver over to the desk sergeant saying "Book this guy, will you?". The sergeant says "What charge?". "Attempted bribery!", Callahan replies. Later in the locker room, several irate members of his precinct gang up on him and beat him up saying that every cop takes a bribe to keep the peace. Callahan refuses to accept this and he starts training and becoming tough.
He later comes across an honest detective who was involved in fighting bootleggers during the Prohibition era and teaches him the ins and outs of dealing with corruption. That detective gives Callahan a list of people on the Force he can trust and tells him to report to them any cops on the take.
The precinct captain decides that the best way to get rid of him is to recommend him for promotion and have him put on the Homicide Squad. So Callahan is promoted to Inspector and transferred to Homicide, hoping he would be killed in the line of duty. It is Callahan's diligence that causes the Captain's plan to backfire but there is nothing he can do to stop him.
Later, all the crooked cops on Callahan's and other surrounding precincts get their comeuppance. At the end of the story, Callahan passes by a sporting goods shop and sees a .44 magnum revolver in the window. Callahan goes in and buys the gun. And thus, the legend of Dirty Harry begins.
