Dirty Harry novels

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Dirty Harry novels include film novelizations and original tie-ins based on the Dirty Harry film franchise. Like the films, the novels portray Inspector "Dirty Harry" Callahan as he ruthlessly fights criminals.

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Novelizations of the first four films, Dirty Harry , Magnum Force , The Enforcer , and Sudden Impact , were published between 1971 and 1983. Additionally, after star Clint Eastwood announced he would make no further Dirty Harry films after The Enforcer, Warner Books published twelve new novels attributed to Dane Hartman, a collective pen name used by at least three authors, between 1981 and 1983.

Novelizations

Warner Bros. licensed novelizations of the four first Dirty Harry films as tie-ins. Author and screenwriter Phillip Rock wrote the novelization of Dirty Harry in 1971, based on an early draft of the script. [1] Mel Valley wrote the sequel, Magnum Force , in 1973. [2] Wesley Morgan novelized The Enforcer in 1976. [3] The Sudden Impact novelization was written by Joseph Stinson, one of the screenwriters. Stinson, who had rewritten the originally independent script as a Dirty Harry vehicle for Eastwood, adapted the novel in 1983. [4]

Original novels

Following The Enforcer, Eastwood announced that he would not make any further Dirty Harry films (he eventually returned to the role in Sudden Impact in 1983 and The Dead Pool in 1988). To continue making money from the franchise, Warner Bros. decided to publish new novels under Warner Books' "Men of Action" series, starting in 1981. The books were attributed to Dane Hartman, a pen name created for the series and used collectively by several different writers employed by Warner. Authors writing as Hartman included martial arts authority Ric Meyers and Leslie Alan Horvitz, who primarily specialized in science fiction and nonfiction. [5] [6] [7]

Warner published twelve novels on a roughly bimonthly basis: Duel for Cannons, Death on the Docks, The Long Death, The Mexico Kill, Family Skeletons, City of Blood, Massacre at Russian River, Hatchet Men, The Killing Connection, The Blood of Strangers, Death in the Air, The Dealer of Death. The series ended in 1983, the same year Sudden Impact was released. [6]

During the 1990s, Jean-Paul Schweighaeuser translated the Dirty Harry novels into French, for publication by Éditions Fleuve Noir as the Collection Supercops. [8]

Bibliography

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Dirty Harry novels by Dane Hartman

  1. Duel For Cannons (August 1981) [9]
  2. Death on the Docks (August 1981) [10]
  3. The Long Death (November 1981) [11]
  4. The Mexico Kill (September 1982) [12]
  5. Family Skeletons (April 1982) [13]
  6. City of Blood (June 1982) [14]
  7. Massacre at Russian River (June 1982) [15]
  8. Hatchet Men (September 1982) [16]
  9. The Killing Connection (September 1982) [17]
  10. Blood of the Strangers (1982) [18]
  11. Death in the Air (January 1983) [19]
  12. The Dealer of Death (March 1983) [20]

Collection Supercops translations by Jean-Paul Schweighaeuser

  1. Duel a mort (1994) [21]
  2. Meurtres sur les quais (1994) [22]
  3. Mort lente (1994) [23]
  4. Massacre au Mexique (1994) [24]
  5. La mort est au rendez-vous (1994) [25]
  6. Panique sur la ville (1994) [26]
  7. Marijuana (1995) [27]
  8. Du sang sur Chinatown (1995) [28]
  9. Tueur de femmes (1995) [29]

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References

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  2. ↑ Hugues, Howard (2009). Aim for the Heart: The Films of Clint Eastwood. New York: I.B. Tauris. pp. 57–58. ISBN   978-1-84511-902-7.
  3. ↑ Hugues, Howard (2009). Aim for the Heart: The Films of Clint Eastwood. New York: I.B. Tauris. p. 62. ISBN   978-1-84511-902-7.
  4. ↑ Hugues, Howard (2009). Aim for the Heart: The Films of Clint Eastwood. New York: I.B. Tauris. pp. 201–202. ISBN   978-1-84511-902-7.
  5. ↑ Hugues, Howard (2009). Aim for the Heart: The Films of Clint Eastwood. New York: I.B. Tauris. p. 62. ISBN   978-1-84511-902-7.
  6. 1 2 Allison, Deborah (September 1, 2007). "Courting the critics/assuring the audiences: The modulation of Dirty Harry in a changing cultural climate". Film International . 5 (5): 17–29. doi:10.1386/fiin.5.5.17.
  7. ↑ Whitehurst, Patrick (February 18, 2011). "Dirty Harry's Pulp Power". Slant Magazine . Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  8. ↑ Used book ad for the French version of The Long Death. Archived October 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ Hartman, Dane (August 1981). Dirty Harry No. 1: Duel for Cannons. Warner Books. ISBN   0-446-90793-6.
  10. ↑ Hartman, DAne (August 1981). Dirty Harry No. 2: Death on the Docks. Warner Books. ISBN   0-450-05420-9.
  11. ↑ Hartman, Dane (November 1981). Dirty Harry No. 3: The Long Death (1st ed.). Warner Books. ISBN   0-446-90848-7.
  12. ↑ Hartman, Dane (September 1982). Dirty Harry No. 4: Mexico Kill (1st ed.). Warner Books. ISBN   0-446-30049-7.
  13. ↑ Hartman, Dane (April 1982). Dirty Harry No. 5: Family Skeletons (1st ed.). Warner Books. ISBN   0-446-90857-6.
  14. ↑ Hartman, Dane (June 1982). Dirty Harry No. 6: City of Blood (1st ed.). Warner Books. ISBN   0-446-30051-9.
  15. ↑ Hartman, Dane (June 1, 1982). Dirty Harry No. 7: Massacre at Russian River. Warner Books. ISBN   0-446-30052-7.
  16. ↑ Hartman, Dane (September 1982). Dirty Harry No. 8: Hatchet Men (1st ed.). Warner Books. ISBN   0-446-30049-7.
  17. ↑ Hartman, Dane (September 1982). Dirty Harry No. 9: The Killing Connection. Warner Books. ISBN   0-446-30050-0.
  18. ↑ Hartman, Dane (1982). Dirty Harry No. 10: Blood of Strangers (1st ed.). Warner Books. ISBN   0-446-30053-5.
  19. ↑ Hartman, Dane (January 1983). Dirty Harry No. 11: Death in the Air (1st ed.). Warner Books. ISBN   0-446-90853-3.
  20. ↑ Hartman, Dane (March 1983). Dirty Harry No. 12: Dealer of Death (1st ed.). Warner Books. ISBN   0-446-30054-3.
  21. ↑ Hartman, Dane (1994). Dirty Harry No. 1: Duel a mort. Collection Supercops. Translator Jean-Paul Schweighaeuser. Editions Fleuve Noir. ISBN   2265004081.
  22. ↑ Hartman, Dane (1994). Dirty Harry No. 2: Meurtres sur les quais. Collection Supercops. Translator Jean-Paul Schweighaeuser. Editions Fleuve Noir. ISBN   2265004111.
  23. ↑ Hartman, Dane (1994). Dirty Harry No. 3: Mort lente. Collection Supercops. Translator Jean-Paul Schweighaeuser. Editions Fleuve Noir. ISBN   226500412X.
  24. ↑ Hartman, Dane (1994). Dirty Harry No. 4: Massacre au Mexique. Collection Supercops. Translator Jean-Paul Schweighaeuser. Editions Fleuve Noir. ISBN   2265004138.
  25. ↑ Hartman, Dane (1994). Dirty Harry No. 5: La mort est au rendez-vous. Collection Supercops. Translator Jean-Paul Schweighaeuser. Editions Fleuve Noir. ISBN   2265004154.
  26. ↑ Hartman, Dane (1994). Dirty Harry No. 6: Panique sur la ville. Collection Supercops. Translator Jean-Paul Schweighaeuser. Editions Fleuve Noir. ISBN   2265004170.
  27. ↑ Hartman, Dane (1995). Dirty Harry No. 7: Marijuana. Collection Supercops. Translator Jean-Paul Schweighaeuser. Editions Fleuve Noir. ISBN   2265050679.
  28. ↑ Hartman, Dane (1995). Dirty Harry No. 8: Du sang sur Chinatown. Collection Supercops. Translator Jean-Paul Schweighaeuser. Editions Fleuve Noir. ISBN   2265051551.
  29. ↑ Hartman, Dane (1995). Dirty Harry No. 9: Tueur de femmes. Collection Supercops. Translator Jean-Paul Schweighaeuser. Editions Fleuve Noir. ISBN   226505156X.
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