The Dead Pool

(1988)

91 minutes

Action / Crime / Drama

Directed by Buddy Van Horn

Cast:

Clint Eastwood as Inspector Harry Callahan
Patricia Clarkson as Samantha Walker
Evan C. Kim as Inspector Al Quan
Liam Neeson as Peter Swan
David Hunt as Harlan Rook
Michael Currie as Captain Donnelly
Jim Carrey as Johnny Squares
Nicholas Love as Jeff Howser
Glenn Wright as Detective Hindmark
Shawn Elliott as Chester Docksteder
Ronnie Claire Edwards as Molly Fisher
Louis Giambalvo as Gus Wheeler
George Orrison as Embarcadero Bodyguard
Marc Alaimo as Embarcadero Bodyguard
Justin Whalin as Jason

The Dead Pool trailer

The fifth and final "Dirty Harry" movie.  Inspector Harry Callahan has no tolerance for the famous and celebrity lifestyle. He finds himself in the limelight after sending one of San Francisco’s crime bosses to jail. They end up writing him up for a game called ‘The Dead Pool’, where he is surrounded with other famous people that end up dying for reasons unknown. Callahan is surrounded with attention from the press and an infuriated hit man and new murderer, who is trying to follow the dead pool game. It is up to Callahan to find the murderer and what is the connection with the game.