Hang ‘Em High (1968)
Storyline
Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his former job as a lawman. Before long, he's caught up with the nine men on his hit list and starts dispensing his own brand of Wild West justice.
Directors
Cast
Clint Eastwood, Bruce Dern, Dennis Hopper, Bob Steele, Pat Hingle, L.Q. Jones, Ben Johnson, Charles McGraw, Mark Lenard, James MacArthur, Ruth White, Bert Freed, James Westerfield, Ned Romero, Arlene Golonka, Ed Begley, Robert Williams, Alan Hale Jr., Inger Stevens, Michael O'Sullivan, Richard Gates, Bruce Scott, Joseph Sirola, Russell Thorson
Trailer
Reviews
75
Begley and Stevens add tone to the cast, and Hingle comes over like an especially earnest Karl Malden. The moral of the story is vaguely against capital punishment, and there's a lot of that thin, windblown guitar twanging for you thin, wind-blown guitar twanging fans.
60
More interesting as a way station in Eastwood's career than for anything intrinsic to its lawman/vigilante scenario, this was his first American Western after the spaghettis.
50
Hang 'em High comes across as a poor-made imitation of a poor Italian-made imitation of an American western.
50
Though the material is nothing special and relies on the avenging angel mystique that had been established for Eastwood in the Leone films, director Post squeezes out some fine and memorable moments in the film
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