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When I scoured the films that I’ve picked so far for Cinematical Movie Club, I realized there was a palpable absence of action on the list. Sure, JD likes gun play in Heathers](http://www.cinematical.com/2010/02/26/cinematical-movie-club-heathers/), The Deer Hunter](http://www.cinematical.com/2010/03/12/cinematical-movie-club-the-deer-hunter/) goes to war, and The Godfather](http://www.cinematical.com/2010/03/26/cinematical-movie-club-the-godfather/) digs into the world of organized crime, but for the most part, the action isn’t the main focus. So it was high-time we got into some well-paced thrills.
Though I’m no NRA member and have no personal interest in guns outside of the water variety, my favorite action films always turn the camera on gun-toters – good guys or bad guys, good films or bad films. There’s just something about it that pulls me in as much for Kuffs as for Reservoir Dogs. But I wanted to go back further for tonight’s gun action, to the man instrumental in molding the modern gun-blazing action hero, Clint Eastwood and Dirty Harry](Dirty Harry (1971) - Movie | Moviefone).