The Dead Pool
- IMDb link: 0094963
- IMDb rating: 6.3 (52,323 votes)
- Genres: Action, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
- Director: Clint Eastwood, Buddy Van Horn
- Cast: Liam Neeson, Patricia Clarkson, Evan C. Kim and others
- Release date: 13 Jul 1988
- Release year: 1988
- Runtime: 91 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: pantyhose, funeral, neo western, modern western, cowboy cop, final battle, final showdown, manly man, dirty harry scenario, hit list
Plot:
After Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan's (Clint Eastwood's) arrest of a gambling kingpin results in a conviction for murder, a group of thugs shoot up Harry's car and try to kill him. Harry overpowers them and is paired with a new partner, Inspector Al Quan (Evan C. Kim). Within a few days of this assignment, Harry and Al find themselves working on the mysterious death of rock star Johnny Squares (Jim Carrey), who was on-location filming a movie directed by Peter Swan (Liam Neeson). After one of Swan's crew is killed in a Chinatown robbery that is foiled by Al and Harry, Al discovers a list of celebrities on the dead man that includes the dead rock star and one Inspector Harry Callahan. They soon discover that this is part of a strange game called "The Dead Pool", and it isn't long before other people on the list turn up dead, and someone starts making attempts on Harry's life.