Movie Scene: Dirty Harry – My That’s a Big One.

We see Harry from the bad guys POV.  Harry is delivering ransom money and is standing next to a big cement cross.  The bad guy is hidden and gives Harry instructions on what to do.  “One bad move and I’ll kill you and the girl both, understand?”.  Harry follows the instructions.  He is told to put his face up next to the cross. He does and  then things go bad and get real nasty.

 

Don Siegel sets this up perfectly, camera work, music, tension, performances.  What we get here is a great scene.  A slice of one of CB’s favorite good guy/bad guy duos.  Andy Robinson as Scorpio pulls off a beauty of a performance. This guy is nuts!  Believable Nuts!  This scene (and movie) has stayed with me for a long time.  A little visit to the park late at night is never a good idea especially when there’s some guy running around with a red ski mask on.