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The Clothing Store Robbery
Before arriving at the scene of the Ricca murder, Harry and Early are driving around the
city. As Early talks, Harry notices a group of teens carrying a large bundle of
clothes that appear to be brand-new. They approach the group, but are not greeted
very warmly. As Early tries to question the suspects, Harry pulls one aside into an
alley. When Harry returns with the suspect, he is much more willing to admit the
clothes are stolen.
Here we see Harry upholding the law, as
well as his reputation for being "Dirty". It's possible that the scene was
cut to avoid showing Harry taking too many liberties with the law, given the nature of the
villains in the film.
Pigs On Stakeout
While staking out Palancio, Harry and Early exchange
a little small talk. Harry complains about the rats that are making noise while he
tries to rest. Early begins telling him about a guy he knew that kept pigs under his
bed in order to know when they were fat enough to sell. (When the bed started to
rise, it was time to sell.) This is what Early is talking about when he says, "You
know, I knew an old boy once, he used to keep pigs under his bed."
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Davis'
Speech
After leaving Charlie McCoy's family at the airport,
Harry and Davis drive back together. Davis needs cigarettes, so they stop off at a
bowling alley and decide to grab a beer. As they enter, a group of young people
leave and are quickly followed by two guys in work uniforms. Davis suspects
something and follows them around the building. He arrives to find the two guys
beating the lone black kid of the group. As he begins fighting off one of the
attackers, the other charges with him a knife.
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Harry appears, beer in hand, only to smash the charging
attacker's head with the bottle. He then rushes to the young boy's aid and attempts
to revive him, but he is already dead. (The boy's friends have informed them that he
has a heart condition.) Turning his attention back to the struggle, he sees Davis
slam the other man's head into a car fender. When Harry points out that the man was
already unconscious, Davis simply smiles, "I know,". By now,
several onlookers have gathered around the young boy's body.
Davis addresses the crowd, asking them how much longer
they will tolerate this sort of criminal behavior in their city. As his speech
becomes more heated, Harry stands back, taking it all in curiously. One of the
largest scenes to be cut from the series, possibly to avoid another racially motivated
death (after Charlie Russell's death in Dirty Harry), or to
avoid giving Harry another clue that he didn't really need.
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Checking
up on the Rookies
After Harry examines the bullet from Davis'
gun, his suspicions lead him to research the Rookies' backgrounds by taking a peek into
their files. He discovers similarities between their origins as well as some very
pro-law essays written by the Rookies themselves. This scene would have occurred
after Harry declines Early's dinner invitation, opting instead to go to Personnel.
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Harry and Carol
After dinner at Carol McCoy's house, Carol surprises Harry by inquiring why he has
never made a pass at her, then attempts to kiss him. In the film, she is interrupted
by her children arguing, and Harry is saved from an awkward moment. However, an
alternate version of this exchange, with a very comfortable-looking Harry completing the
kiss, exists in stills from the film.
Whether or not this was ever intended for use in the film, or how it would have
fit in, is unclear. If used, it would have significantly affected Harry's sense of
loyalty to Charlie McCoy. Its appearance in the film's press materials (and on
publicity posters for the film's UK release) suggests that it was manufactured for use as
a promotional item, perhaps hoping to portray Harry as more of a ladies' man than the
voyeuristic outcast of the previous film.
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