Clint Eastwood Photo Opportunity #26

Clint Eastwood Photo Opportunity #26 

Clint and Don on San Francisco Street, Universal Studios Hollywood during the Bank Robbery scene in Dirty Harry. I say ‘San Francisco Street’ here, although it has also been called ‘New York street’ In fact, when I was there back in the 1990’s I’m sure the Universal tour guide referred to it as ‘anytime street’ as the backlot location could be dressed to fit most periods or indeed most cities. But it was certainly Universal where this most famous of sequences was filmed – actually many will know that this sequence also reveals a cinema marquee in the background as Harry walks into the diner for a hot dog lunch before spotting the Bank Robbery ‘in progress’ across the street. And naturally, the film being shown on that mock theatre marquee… Universal’s Play Misty for Me.  

This shot of director Don Siegel and Clint is a new one to us! It recently surfaced and was spotted by our own Davy Triumph. The photo catches star and director in discussion in between shots and is a really nice image.  

We can support that accuracy of this shot, location and sequence by use of the Dirty Harry Lobby card (No 8) (below) where in the image and to the right of Clint, the same planter pot can be seen on the sidewalk of the set.