RIALTO CHATTER: 'Go Ahead, Make My...Show', Dirty Harry Heading to Broadway?

UK's The Guardian is reporting that Magnum Force, the 1973 sequel to Dirty Harry, in which Clint Eastwood hunts down a group of vigilante cops with a penchant for murdering gangsters, is being planned as musical for a future Broadway bow. 

British singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock, is the man behind the inspiration to take Dirty Harry to the Great White Way. Hitchcock plans to produce the show alongside MTV executive Bill Flanagan.

There is no date set for when Magnum Force might "hit" the Broadway stage, but Hitchcock is at work on the score. To read the entire Guardian article click here.

Magnum Force is the first in a series of sequels to the 1971 film Dirty Harry, starring Clint Eastwood returning as maverick cop Harry Callahan. The film was released in 1973 and directed by Ted Post, who also directed Eastwood in TV's Rawhide and the feature film Hang 'Em High. The screenplay was written by John Milius (who provided an uncredited rewrite for the original film) and Michael Cimino. This film features early appearances by David Soul, Tim Matheson and Robert Urich as the vigilante traffic cops.