The 1983 movie "Sudden Impact" was a continuation of the "Dirt Harry" franchise character played by Clint Eastwood. Harry Callahan was a cop who always did it his way. He said a catch phrase so popular that it was imitated throughout the 1980's. Harry said, "Go ahead. Make my day" which had made the film a box office smash.
Harry was investigating the murder of a man who used to be part of a gang. Sondra Locke (Jennifer Spencer) killed that man out of revenge. Him and his friends had raped her and her younger sister years before. Jennifer set out to knock everyone of them off. She was a smooth operator throughout and deathly beautiful. One of Locke's best performances in one of several Eastwood films, she appeared in.
The CBS made-for-TV-movie "The Rosemary Clooney Story" 1982. It was based on the 1977 autobiography of Clooney's life, "This for Remembrance." Sondra Locke portrayed Clooney who was a popular 1950's singer and actress. Locke aged many years and went through a mental breakdown to emerge as a great singer of songs. A searing performance by Locke who had impressed the real Clooney. (Actor, George Clooney is Rosemary's nephew in real life). The TV movie is on DVD. Check it out.
Sondra Locke turned to directing and by 1990 helmed a movie thriller called, "Impulse." It starred Theresa Russell (Lottie Mason) as an undercover cop who takes her job home with her one night. She witnesses a mob hit and scrambles to clear her name and save her job. The film earned rave reviews for its' direction by Locke and for Russell's performance. It stands up today as a really good thriller. Check it out if you can. -- RIP Sondra Locke.
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