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Hang 'Em High (Clint Eastwood)

Directed by
Ted Post

Writing credits
Leonard Freeman
Mel Goldberg

Genre: Western

Tagline: The hanging was the best in town. But they made two mistakes. They hung the wrong man and they didn't finish the job.

Plot Outline: A band of vigilantes catch Jed Cooper and, incorrectly believing him guilty of cattle rustling and murder, hang him and leave him for dead. But he doesn't die. He returns to his former profession of lawman to hunt down his lynchers and bring them to justice.

User Comments: Worth watching and not to be ignored

User Rating: 6.7/10 (2,964 votes)

Cast overview, first billed only:
Clint Eastwood	....	Marshal Jed Cooper
Inger Stevens	....	Rachel Warren
Ed Begley	....	Captain Wilson, Cooper Hanging Party
Pat Hingle	....	Judge Adam Fenton
Ben Johnson	....	Marshal Dave Bliss
Charles McGraw	....	Sheriff Ray Calhoun, Red Creek
Ruth White	....	Madame 'Peaches' Sophie
Bruce Dern	....	Miller, Cooper Hanging Party
Alan Hale Jr.	....	Matt Stone, Cooper Hanging Party
Arlene Golonka	....	Jennifer, the Prostitute
James Westerfield	....	Prisoner
Dennis Hopper	....	The Prophet
L.Q. Jones	....	Loomis, Cooper Hanging Party
Michael O'Sullivan	....	Francis Elroy Duffy, Prisoner
Joseph Sirola

Runtime: 114 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color (DeLuxe)
Sound Mix: Mono
Certification: Australia:M / Finland:K-16 / Norway:16 / South Korea:15 / Sweden:15 / UK:18 / USA:Approved (Suggested for Mature Audiences) / USA:M (original rating) / USA:PG-13 (re-rating) (1997) / West Germany:16

Trivia: Sergio Leone was approached to direct this film, but he turned it down since he was working on C'era una volta il West (1968) at the time.

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