The Dead Pool
1988 · Movie · R · 91 min · ★ 6.3 · 50% critics
A hard-nosed San Francisco cop teams up with a new partner to investigate a string of killings targeting actors and musicians. As the case unfolds, he discovers the murders are tied to a grim celebrity “death pool” game—and his own name may be part of the wager.
Based on characters in Dirty Harry
Also known as Dirty Harry The Dead Pool · Dirty Harry 5: The Dead Pool
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Details
- Years
- 1988
- Release date
- 1988-07-13
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Critic score
- 50/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (947 votes)
- Box office
- $37,903,295
- Budget
- $31,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a late-’80s cop thriller with celebrity-targeted suspense, punchy one-liners, and a few offbeat action moments; Not for you if you want a tight mystery or a gritty tone like The Gauntlet.
Pros: entertaining pace; standout supporting cast; memorable set pieces | Cons: weak mystery; uneven tone; forgettable villain
Themes
- prison
- police
- hitman
- fight
- media
- gun
- gangster
- detective
- chinatown
- stalker
- sequel
- murder
- +4 more
Cast & crew
Clint Eastwood
as Insp. Harry Callahan
Patricia Clarkson
as Samantha Walker
Liam Neeson
as Peter Swan
Evan C. Kim
as Insp. Al Quan
Jim Carrey
as Johnny Squares
David Hunt
as Harlan Rook
Michael Currie
as Capt. Donnelly
Ronnie Claire Edwards
as Molly Fisher
Michael Goodwin
as Lt. Ackerman
- DG
Darwin Gillett
as Patrick Snow
Directed by Buddy Van Horn