<P> The film supposedly inspired a real - life crime, the Faraday School kidnapping . In October 1972, soon after the release of the movie in Australia, two armed men (one of whom coincidentally had the last name' Eastwood') kidnapped a teacher and six school children in Victoria . They demanded a $1 million ransom . The state government agreed to pay, but the children managed to escape and the kidnappers were subsequently jailed . </P> <P> In September 1981 a case occurred in Germany, under circumstances quite similar to the Barbara Jane Mackle case: A ten - year - old girl, Ursula Hermann, was buried alive in a box fitted with ventilation, lighting and sanitary systems to be held for ransom . The girl suffocated in her prison within 48 hours of her abduction because autumn leaves had clogged up the ventilation duct . Twenty - seven years later, a couple was arrested and tried for kidnapping and murder on circumstantial evidence . According to the Daily Mail, the couple were inspired by the film Dirty Harry, in which Scorpio kidnaps a girl and places her in an underground box . This case was also dealt with in the German TV series Aktenzeichen XY...ungelöst . </P> <P> Eastwood's iconic portrayal of the blunt, cynical, unorthodox detective, who is seemingly in perpetual trouble with his incompetent bosses, set the style for a number of his later roles and, indeed, a whole genre of "loose - cannon" cop films . The film resonated with an American public that had become weary and frustrated with the increasing violent urban crime that was characteristic of the time . The film was released at a time when there were frequent reports of local and federal police committing offences and overstepping their authority by entrapment and obstruction of justice . Author McGilligan, argued that America needed a hero, a winner at a time when the authorities were losing the battle against crime . The box - office success of Dirty Harry led to the production of four sequels . </P> <P> The Fred Williamson blaxploitation film Black Cobra, mimicked the famous' Do You Feel Lucky, Punk?' scene from Dirty Harry . The same scene was parodied in The Mask (1994), and in Bean and The Man Who Knew Too Little (both 1997). The British virtual band Gorillaz also entitled a song "Dirty Harry" on their album Demon Days . The film can also be counted as the chief influence on the Italian tough - cop films, Poliziotteschi, which dominated the 1970s and that were critically praised in Europe and the U.S. as well . </P>

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