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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.
Jed Cooper, a ranch hand, is wrongly accused of cattle rustling and lynched by an angry mob. Miraculously surviving the ordeal, he becomes a deputy sheriff and later a judge, relentlessly pursuing the men who tried to kill him and the corrupt sheriff who led the mob. Throughout his quest for justice, Cooper grapples with the blurred lines between vengeance and the law.
Hang 'em High was a commercial success and is considered one of Clint Eastwood's early iconic Westerns. Critics praised its gritty realism, Eastwood's stoic performance, and its exploration of justice and revenge. It established Eastwood as a leading man in Westerns beyond his Spaghetti Western roles.
A brutal and effective revenge Western with a strong performance from Clint Eastwood.
Explores themes of justice and vigilantism in a compelling, albeit violent, manner.
Praised for its gritty atmosphere and straightforward narrative.
Google audience: Audiences appreciated the film's straightforward revenge plot and Clint Eastwood's signature tough-guy persona. Many found it a satisfying Western that delivered on action and thematic elements of justice.
The film's distinctive musical score was composed by Dominic Frontiere, who also scored the popular TV series 'The Outer Limits' and 'The F.B.I.', and was later famously sampled by the hip-hop group N.W.A. for their track 'Appetite for Destruction'.
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When "Cooper" (Clint Eastwood) gets caught up in a case of mistaken identity, he is all but lynched by a group of citizens convinced he has committed murder. Luckily for him, he is snatched from the jaws of death by deputy "Bliss" (Ben John...
<em>'Hang ’em High'</em> is entertaining stuff. I personally think the first half is much stronger than the second half, which loses its way a tad and ends up concluding in a perfectly good but not as great way as what I had wanted - bas...
We all have our ghosts, Marshal. Hang 'Em High is directed by ted Post and written by Leonard Freeman and Mel Goldberg. It stars Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Pat Hingle, Ed Begley, Ben Johnson, Charles McGraw, Ruth White and Bruce Dern...
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