A con man fakes a heart attack in a crowded restaurant. Free meal. Free ambulance ride. Perfect scam. Until Harry Callahan walks in. π¨π΄ Harry and his partner Frank DiGiorgio are called to the scene. A man lies on the floor. Groaning. Clutching his chest. He seems helpless, pitiful. The waiter begs for help. Harry looks down at the "victim." He does not call an ambulance. He does not bend over in concern. He starts kicking the man in the ribs. π€―π’ "Get up. Get up! Get up!" The con man is yanked to his feet by his tie. Harry drags him out of the restaurant. The scam is exposed. The faker complains, "I always enjoy that ride in the ambulance." Harry shoves him away, "Get out of here." πͺπ This scene from The Enforcer (1976) is peak Dirty Harry . No negotiation. No sympathy. Just pure, hilarious, aggressive justice. The film was the third installment in the Dirty Harry series and is notable for having more comedic dialogue than other entries . Director James Fargo took the helm while Eastwood handled post-production on The Outlaw Josey Wales . Tyne Daly was cast as Harry's new partner Kate Moore but had to read script drafts before accepting the role . The "Freddie the Fainter" scene may be comic relief, but it still proves Harry's methods work. He sees through the lies, exposes the fraud, and gets the job done without wasting a single bullet. π―π Let us discuss in the comments Is the fake heart attack scene the funniest moment in Dirty Harry history π Would you kick a "heart attack" victim if you suspected a fake π Does this scene show Harry's intuition or just his cruelty π€ Subscribe for more Dirty Harry breakdowns and classic action comedy analysis π Relevant Hashtags #TheEnforcer #DirtyHarry #ClintEastwood #1976Movies #TheEnforcer1976 #ActionComedy #FakeHeartAttack #DirtyHarrySeries #ClassicAction #TyneDaly #FrankDiGiorgio #HarryCallahan #WarnerBros #UltimateJustice #MovieSceneBreakdown
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I used to be a Paramedic. There really are people like that.
How you deal with free loaders
"Ambulance? No, today it's a police car"
Classic Dirty Harry. One of the absolute greatest actors ever..!!
He should have kicked him between the legs, he would have woke up real quick then, it would have been like a miracle ππ
People really do that! At big box retailers, they'll lay on the ground until you offer to show them camera surveilance!
If this was nowadays everybody would have the camera phones out and the police officer would be sacked true story
Ah yes. The trusted first-aid for heart attacks. Vigorous rubbing of the hand.
'Enjoy the ride in the ambulance'? The US doesn't have UHC, that would cost $1,000's
I fell in.love ..with Clint Eastwood in Magnum Force..Dirty Harry..of course the spaghetti Westerns. A beautiful person. Behind thr dcenes..n off. I miss him. We have his films. One I specially like is the..car..titled film. With Asians. Thank you!
'Get up, get up, get up, get up' ππ
INSTEAD OF DINE N, DASH π€π€πππIT,Z THE OLE DINE N, LAY DOWN ππππ΄π΄π΄π€£π€£
I know itβs not the same actor but at the beginning of this clip I could hear βplease state the nature of the medical emergencyβ in my headβ¦
Harry would say heart attack my ass!ππ
That's Robert Mitchum's younger brother John that he left in the car.
If you eat it, you pay for it.
The ride in the ambulance would make it the most expensive meal in history, donβt believe me? Price one out.
Oh harryπ
If only Harry had been a football referee
I do that while eating my wife's cooking! Just so I won't have to eat the rest! π