IMDb plot summary: When an innocent man barely survives a lynching, he returns as a lawman determined to bring the vigilantes to justice.
Directed by Ted Post. Starring Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Eg Begley, and Pat Hingle.
As far as westerns go, this one is all right. It does some interesting things looking at the ethics of vigilante justice, which is much more interesting to me. And it's kind of a downer of an ending, also an interesting route. As much as I disagree with Clint Eastwood's politics as an older actor, I really respect the way he was often willing to play in (and direct) movies where the vigilante hero isn't automatically the good guy.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Hang 'Em High < A Night to Remember
Hang 'Em High > Gone with the Wind
Hang 'Em High > Ocean's Twelve
Hang 'Em High > Suspiria (1977)
Hang 'Em High > Gattaca
Hang 'Em High < For Your Consideration
Hang 'Em High > The Hangover
Hang 'Em High < Music Within
Hang 'Em High < John Dies at the End
Hang 'Em High > Blackmail Is My Life
Hang 'Em High > The Misfits
Hang 'Em High < Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Final spot: #1598 out of 3062.
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