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High Plains Drifter (1973)

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Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood
The Stranger
Verna Bloom Verna Bloom
Sarah Belding
Marianna Hill Marianna Hill
Callie Travers
Mitch Ryan Mitch Ryan
Dave Drake
Jack Ging Jack Ging
Morgan Allen
Stefan Gierasch Stefan Gierasch
Mayor Jason Hobart
Ted Hartley Ted Hartley
Lewis Belding
Billy Curtis Billy Curtis
Mordecai


Written by
Ernest Tidyman Ernest Tidyman
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A good movie

11 years, 9 months ago at Aug 17 7:29
Since I’m huge fan of Clint Eastwood’s work, I was really eager to check this flick. First of all, it was not surprising that for his sophomore directing effort Clint Eastwood decided to direct a Western. Back in those days, it was the genre he was the most associated with and it was pretty much compulsory that Eastwood would star in all his directing effort otherwise the studio wouldn’t bac... read more

HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER

11 years, 6 months ago at Nov 28 4:23
HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER, Universal, 1973.
Dir. Clint Eastwood, Perf. Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Mariana Hill, and Mitch Ryan.
Review by Dominic

In the opening scene of Clint Eastwood’s High Plains Drifter, a stranger (Eastwood) rides out of the desert toward the isolated town of Lago, wherein he butts heads with a few townsfolk, and tentatively sides with a few others.... read more
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A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago and is hired to bring the townsfolk together in an attempt to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.
Release date: 7 April 1973
UPC: 025192015229
Tags: Western (14), Rape (7), 1973 (7), Revenge (6), Murder (6), Corruption (5), Betrayal (5), 1970s (5), Ghost (5), Paint (4), Barbershop (4), Showdown (4), Small Town (4), Shootout (4), Tombstone (3), Fire (3), Hell (3), Vengeance (3), Saloon (3)
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