Movie connections for
Magnum Force (1973)

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Follows

Dirty Harry (1971)

Followed by

The Enforcer (1976/I)
Sudden Impact (1983)
The Dead Pool (1988)

Remade as

The Death Squad (1974) (TV)

References

Nora inu (1949)
 -  Magnum Force makes direct use of the ballistics lab sequence, where Eastwood compares a bullet retrieved from the range to one fired by the renegade cops.

Referenced in

Harry Callahan/Clint Eastwood: Something Special in Films (1976)
 -  mentioned once
"Sledge Hammer!: Magnum Farce (#1.9)" (1986)
 -  Similar opening scene and title. Also story is similar.
Blue Steel (1990)
 -  close-ups and different angles of a gun are shown during opening credits/plots of both movies involve a magnum
The Hard Way (1991)
Full Eclipse (1993) (TV)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Revenge of the Creature (#9.1)" (1997)
 -  Clint Eastwood's cameo includes references to this movie
Urban Legend (1998)
Go (1999)
Kurosufaia (2000)
"Friends: The One with Ross's Inappropriate Song (#9.7)" (2002)
 -  It's one of the videos in Richard's apartment.
"The Dead Zone: The Hunt (#2.16)" (2003)
 -  Johnny Smith says: "As a wise philosopher once said, a man's gotta know his limitations." and on the question "Which wise philosopher was that?" he answers "Clint Eastwood, in Magnum Force. Actually, maybe it was Sudden Impact."

Featured in

The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today (1973)
 -  clips shown
The Wild Life (1984)
Eastwood... A Star (1992) (TV)
 -  scenes are shown
A Century of Cinema (1994)
Eastwood on Eastwood (1997) (TV)
Dirty Harry: The Original (2001) (V)
 -  clips shown

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