Rare Advance 60 sec Teaser for The Enforcer
Every now and then, something still manages to come along that really catches us by surprise. I have to thank our friend Davy Triumph for discovering this little gem. It’s a very curious, advance 60 second Warner Bros Trailer for Clint’s third Dirty Harry outing, The Enforcer (1976). I initially wondered if it was an early TV spot – but the scope frame would seem to suggest otherwise.
On first viewing, I was left a little confused, as the trailer doesn’t contain a single frame from the film? Instead, we get a very cool, edited montage consisting of clips from both Dirty Harry and Magnum Force – supported by an equally cool voice over. What puzzled me further is the fact that I have a full set of 5 TV Spots for The Enforcer on 16mm (as Warner Home Video failed to include any on the Blu-ray release) and this one is certainly not included on that reel – and added additional weight to it more likely being a cinema teaser.
Of course, we know it’s an advance teaser – with the ‘coming soon’ opening logo, and the fact that a Christmas date is also mentioned (it was released stateside on December 22nd 1976) – but it would be interesting to know how far ahead of its release this was actually shown? It’s still very strange that nothing is featured from The Enforcer – yet ‘The Dirtiest Harry of them all’ tagline is already in place and mentioned in the voiceover. The Enforcer was shot during the summer of 1976, and by the fall it was in post-production, so I would guess it was around this time, possibly October or November that this teaser may had been screened.
Aside from it being a quirky mystery, one thing’s beyond any doubt – it’s a real thing of beauty!
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