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Hang 'Em High (1968)
Released By: MGM Home Entertainment   Rating: Not Rated   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: MGM Home Entertainment
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Director: Ted Post
Language: English
Official Website: http://www.mgm.com/title_title.do?title_star=HANGEMHI
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Ed Begley, Inger Stevens
Published ID: 621
UPC: 027616673022,
Plot: Ex-lawman turned rancher Jed Cooper (Clint Eastwood) is moving a small herd of cattle when a group of nine men on horseback, led by Captain Wilson (Ed Begley Sr.), ride up and accuse him of having stolen the cattle and killed their owner. Refusing to believe his account, they string him up by the neck and leave him for dead, but they don't do the job right. Cooper is dangling there, barely alive, a few minutes later when Deputy U.S. Marshal Bliss (Ben Johnson) spots him and cuts him down. He survives the next few days in Bliss' tumbleweed wagon with the other prisoners, and is later cleared of any wrongdoing and released by Judge Fenton (Pat Hingle), just in time to witness the hanging of the man who really murdered the owner of the cattle and took Cooper's money. Cooper still wants revenge on the nine men who tried to hang him, but Fenton insists that he leave the bringing of them to justice to his deputy marshals. As it happens, Fenton is in desperate need of deputy marshals for the territory that he oversees, and he also knows that Cooper was a good lawman. Cooper, in turn, is now broke and in need of a job, and does want to see justice done. They strike an uneasy bargain, Cooper agreeing to wear a badge and bring in the men he's looking for -- alive -- for trial. The latter proves easier said than done, however, when the first of them that he spots tries to draw on him when he makes the arrest. One of the hanging party, Jenkins (Bob Steele), soon turns himself in and provides the names of the others. Cooper takes Stone (Alan Hale Jr.) alive, but the hapless blacksmith is later shot by the local sheriff (Charles McGraw) while trying to escape. The other men, led by Wilson, have no intention of dying, or even being brought to trial, without a fight. Two of them go on the run out of the territory, while Wilson and two of the others decide to take the law into their own hands once again. Meanwhile, Cooper becomes a hero when he single-handedly brings back a trio of rustlers who are also guilty of murder. This leads to Cooper's first confrontation with Judge Fenton, who, in a gripping scene, explains why it is essential that he be as seemingly quick to hang a man as he is. Unless the people are convinced that the law will do its job -- including hanging men who deserve it -- they will keep taking the law into their own hands and there will be more lynch mobs like the one that tried to kill Cooper. In the course of his quest for justice, Cooper also makes the acquaintance of Rachel (Inger Stevens), a young woman with her own search for justice, haunted by her own ghosts, and the two of them are drawn together, no more so than when Wilson and two of the others try to gun Cooper down in cold blood. The final confrontation between Cooper and Wilson escalates in violence to its savage, irony-laced conclusion. ~ Bruce Eder, All Movie Guide
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Better as a study than as a film
Added 8/16/2009
The Bottom Line:

The Western genre is inextricably linked to the nature of justice and in this regard Hang 'Em High, the story of a wrongfully-lynched man who survives and seeks to avenge the crime of his hanging, is a complete success; however, in terms of sheer enjoyment it falls considerably behind movies like The Good the Bad and the Ugly or The Outlaw Josey Wales, so if you don't dig the justice themes and just want more action look elsewhere.

3/4
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Typical Eastwood
Added 7/9/2009
This was a typical Clint Eastwood film. I liked it better than his spaghetti westerns.
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Best Eastwood Western
Added 5/14/2009
Hang 'em High is the best Eastwood Western in my opinion. He get's revenage on his enemies one by one. After being hanged and left for dead he comes back and each one of the men that was involved in his hanging get picked off one by one. If you have not seen this movie then you are missing out on a good one. The story line is great and of course Clint Eastwood never fails to give us his best.
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Hang 'Em High
Added 4/5/2009
the vhs "Hang 'Em High" was not in good condition. After the beginning there was no picture. Very dissapointed. It did'nt even rate 1 star. The company was fair in returning my money.
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Classic Clint Eastwood
Added 4/1/2009
Interesting story, the plot line isn't the usual build up and then kapow! this one has lots of twists and turns.

If you like The Outlaw Josey Wales you'll probably like this one.

I wish you can choose different languages though (I'm learning French, German, Spanish and Italian at the moment and would love to watch this in another language as well) and subtitles to choose from would be wonderful!
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Better as a study than as a film
Added 8/16/2009
The Bottom Line:

The Western genre is inextricably linked to the nature of justice and in this regard Hang 'Em High, the story of a wrongfully-lynched man who survives and seeks to avenge the crime of his hanging, is a complete success; however, in terms of sheer enjoyment it falls considerably behind movies like The Good the Bad and the Ugly or The Outlaw Josey Wales, so if you don't dig the justice themes and just want more action look elsewhere.

3/4
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Typical Eastwood
Added 7/9/2009
This was a typical Clint Eastwood film. I liked it better than his spaghetti westerns.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Best Eastwood Western
Added 5/14/2009
Hang 'em High is the best Eastwood Western in my opinion. He get's revenage on his enemies one by one. After being hanged and left for dead he comes back and each one of the men that was involved in his hanging get picked off one by one. If you have not seen this movie then you are missing out on a good one. The story line is great and of course Clint Eastwood never fails to give us his best.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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