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Hang 'Em High [1968]


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Amazon.co.uk Review

After starring in the now-legendary Dollars trilogy of spaghetti Westerns for Italian director Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood became a box-office star and imported the style of those classic shoot-em-ups for this 1967 Western directed by Ted Post, with whom Eastwood had worked during their days on the television series Rawhide. Eastwood plays an innocent rancher who is mistaken for a cattle rustler and sentenced to hang by an angry mob. When he is saved from the noose by a passing lawman, he embarks on a renegade campaign of vengeance against the men who attempted to lynch him. Hang 'Em High offers a number of memorable moments and stylistic flourishes, and features a superb supporting cast of Western veterans, including Ben Johnson, Ed Begley, Pat Hingle, Dennis Hopper, Bruce Dern, LQ Jones, and the "Skipper" himself, Alan Hale Jr Made just three years before Dirty Harry, the film marked a turning point for Eastwood, who would soon move into a prolific period of contemporary thrillers. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

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Special Features

16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
French\German\Italian\Spanish
English\German
English
Region 2
Mono English French German Italian Spanish
Mono
Making Of Booklet
Original Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Menu
Chapter Access
Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\Norwegian\Polish\Portuguese\Swedish

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Synopsis

The first spaghetti western made in America (sans Leone) and Eastwood's first star vehicle made outside Europe. Eastwood's innocent cowboy miraculously survives his own hanging and then treks across the frontier to bring his hangmen to justice. Highly entertaining, featuring in small parts Dern, Hopper, and cowboy veteran Bob Steele as a dungeon prisoner.
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From the Back Cover

They riddled him with bullets. They strung him up. They left him to die. But they made two fatal mistakes: they hanged the wrong man...and they didn't finish the job. In his first American-made western, Clint Eastwood indelibly carves his niche as the quintessential tough guy - cool-headed, iron-willed and unrelenting in his pursuit of revenge.
Oklahoma, 1873. Jed Cooper (Eastwood) mistaken for a rustler and killer, is lynched on the spot by crooked lawman Captain Wilson (Ed Begley) and a rampaging band of vigilantes. But as Wilson and his gang flee the scene, there's one very important detail they've overlooked: Cooper is still alive! Saved in the nick of time by a sheriff, Cooper takes on the job of deputy marshal in order to bring hard-handed justice to the Oklahoma territory...and to the nine men who "done him wrong".
Co-starring Inger Stevens as a beautiful widow, Pat Hingle as an unforgiving judge and veteran film cowboy Bob Steele as an ageing prison inmate, Hang 'Em High is "as savage as it is well-made" (Los Angeles Times) - an action-packed, pulse-pounding western adventure!

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Classic western.... with Clint
Review date: 2005-10-31 Rating: 8 out of 10

I decided to put up a review of this film after purchasing it from Amazon, at just under 7.00GBP.
To be honest, their cannot be many people who have not seen the movie before, although, perhaps like me, it has been quite a while. DVD special features (or lack of them) don't really concern me, and this review concentrates on the film.
Basically, Eastwood is hung in error by a posse in search of a murdering cattle rustler. Eastwood is found by a passing Marshal, while still alive. After being cleared, he takes a position as a Marshal himself. While "vengeance" is to some degree in the film, Cooper (Eastwood's character) does not actively go in search if this for most of the film.
Anyway, to the main question: satisfaction and value for money. At around the price I paid, 7.00GBP, the film is worth every penny, although I would be less inclined to pay more. For the viewer, the film is a very good watch indeed, save perhaps for the conclusion of the story, which, although told clearly, may leave some wanting more. Of course, judging it by more modern "revenge" movies may be a factor, but in it's genre, it certainly delivers.

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HANG`S
Review date: 2004-01-27 Rating: 8 out of 10

This movie for the first American Western for Eastwood. When I compare for the dolar trilogy this movie different, there is not any name for the trilogy they are call monco and blondie. But picture and sound quality below the dvd quality.

Great start
Review date: 2001-04-15 Rating: 6 out of 10

This was Clint's first 'All American' Western, which saw the debut of some of Hollywood's finest actors, Pat Hingle and Dennis Hopper alike. This set the pace for other westerns of its era, and soon became recognised as a classic in its own right.

Product Details/Specifications


Actor(s):
Inger Stevens
Ben Johnson
Pat Hingle
Clint Eastwood
Ed Begley

Creators:
Clint Eastwood (Primary Contributor)
Inger Stevens (Primary Contributor)

Director(s):

Recording label: MGM Entertainment
Manufacturer: MGM Entertainment
EAN: 5050070004038
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL,
Release date: 2000-06-12
Number of discs: 1
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 110 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1968-08-03
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: German (Original Language)
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: Finnish (Subtitled)
Language: Portuguese (Subtitled)
Language: Swedish (Subtitled)
Language: Danish (Subtitled)
Language: Polish (Subtitled)
Language: Dutch (Subtitled)

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