The Dead Pool is a 1988 American action thriller film directed by Buddy Van Horn written by Steve Sharon and starring Clint Eastwood as Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan. It is the fifth and final film in the Dirty Harry film series and is set in San Francisco, California.
It co-stars Liam Neeson and Patricia Clarkson, with Jim Carrey in his first dramatic role.
In the fifth installment of the Dirty Harry series, gritty cop Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) is fresh off the conviction of a major mob boss. When horror film director Peter Swan (Liam Neeson) develops a "dead pool" betting on celebrity deaths, he is shocked when a serial killer begins targeting those named, including TV reporter Samantha Walker (Patricia Clarkson) and Callahan himself. Action and violence abound as Callahan tracks the killer in an attempt to stop the murders.
Victims[]
- Three Unnamed People - Burned to death in a fire set by an unknown person off-screen, mentioned.
- Edward Barla - Died of leukemia off-screen, mentioned.
- Three Unnamed People - Killed by Hicks off-screen, mentioned.
- Paul Cierla - Killed by Lou Janero off-screen, mentioned.
- Unnamed Mobster - Ran over by Inspector Harry Callahan.
- Three Unnamed Mobsters - Shot by Inspector Harry Callahan with his magnum.
- Johnny Squares - Died of a drug overdose caused by Harlan Rook.
- Dean Madison - Shot by a robber.
- Three Unnamed Robbers - Shot by Inspector Harry Callahan with his magnum.
- Two Unnamed Mobsters - Shot by Inspector Harry Callahan with his magnum.
- Molly Fisher - Stabbed to death by Harlan Rook with a knife.
- Gus Wheeler - Committed suicide by setting himself on fire.
- Nolan Kennard - Blown up by Harlan Rook with a bomb.
- Bob - Stabbed by Harlan Rook with a knife.
- Harlan Rook - Shot by Inspector Harry Callahan with a harpoon.
Deaths[]
- Total - 24
- 17 Men
- 6 Victims of Unknown Gender
- 1 Woman
Kill Counts[]
- Inspector Harold Francis "Dirty Harry" Callahan - 10 (Alive)
- Harlan Rook - 4 (Deceased)
- "Butcher" Hicks - 3 (Imprisoned)
- Lou Janero - 1 (Imprisoned)
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