Duke as the "dirty, play by my own rules" cop

eaglesfan152000

I remember seeing this movie when I was young and always thought this was one of John Wayne's better roles.  Let's face it, even according to his own admission, he had some stinkers.  The role of this film was originally offered to Clint Eastwood as the role of Dirty Harry was originally offered to John Wayne.  The Duke even did some of his own driving in the car chase scenes.  True, he might seem somewhat out of place playing a "dirty", play by my own rules cop, based solely on the fact that he made so many Westerns, but all a cop drama is is a western on wheels.

One of my favorite scenes is where Waynes character beats up Al Lettieri in the bathroom and leaves him lying in the urinal.  The music is great and the ending is a classic.

score 9/10

eaglesfan152000 16 September 2003

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