There’s one movie trope that somehow never gets old, that of the renegade cop.

America, circa 1970, was a tumultuous time, and that only barely describes it.

The end result is irrelevant, though.

Clint East Wood as Harry Callahan looking at a person offscreen in Dirty Harry (1971)

Image via Warner Bros.

The evidence wasn’t obtained legally, and won’t be admissible in court.

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Dirty Harry

Clint Eastwood