The Dead Pool (1988)

Directed by

Buddy Van Horn

Genre

action film, crime film, thriller film, detective film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 956 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A hardened San Francisco detective investigates a series of murders linked to a dead pool gambling game where people bet on celebrity deaths. The killer targets the celebrities to win the bets. The detective has to stop them before he becomes the next target.

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What happens

The Dead Pool is a 1988 American action-thriller film directed by Buddy Van Horn, written by Steve Sharon, and starring Clint Eastwood as Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan. It is the fifth and final film in the Dirty Harry film series and is set in San Francisco, California. The story concerns the manipulation of a dead pool game by a serial killer, whose efforts are confronted by the hardened detective Callahan. It co-stars Liam Neeson (in his first action film) and Patricia Clarkson, with Jim Carrey (credited as James Carrey) in his first dramatic role. The film also features an appearance by future Mario voice actor Charles Martinet. For the second time, Michael Currie reprises his role as Donnelly, introduced in Sudden Impact (1983) as a Police Lieutenant, and now with the rank of Captain. It is the only film in the series not to feature Albert Popwell, an actor who had played a different character in each of the previous four films, as well as the only one to be recorded in Dolby Stereo. At 91 minutes, it is the shortest of the five Dirty Harry films. Like those films, The Dead Pool is notable for coining catchphrases uttered by Clint Eastwood's gun-wielding character. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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