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The Dead Pool (1988) is the fifth and latest film in the Dirty Harry series. Dirty Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) is assigned to investigate the death of rock singer Johnny Squares (Jim Carrey). He discovers that film director Peter Swan (Liam Neeson) is part of a game in which he has to guess which celebrity will die next. He discovers that he too is on the list. Harry is being targeted by a mob boss named Lou Janero (Anthony Charnota), whom Harry put in prison.

While a critical and financial failure, the film is noteworthy as being one of Jim Carrey's first film roles. The movie also starred Evan C. Kim as Harry's partner Al Quan, Patricia Clarkson as the reporter Samantha Walker, Michael Currie as Captain Donnelly, and all the members of the 1980s rock band Guns N' Roses made a cameo appearance.

In what may be one of the most unusual chase scenes in cinematic history, Callahan is pursued through San Francisco's hilly streets in his Oldsmobile plain clothes squad car by a remote controlled bomb disguised as a radio controlled car. The "bomb" was in fact a highly modified Associated Electrics RC10 competition buggy topped with an off-the-shelf 1963 Chevrolet Corvette body from hobby accessory manufacturer Parma International. It was driven by world-champion radio control driver Jay Halsey and was electrically powered. The sound effects of the "engine" were added in post production.

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