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| Hang 'Em High [1968] | ![Hang 'Em High [1968]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518MH33XGZL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Ted Post
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Pat Hingle, Ed Begley, Ben Johnson
Studio: MGM Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: £12.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 6966
Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, Pal
Languages: English (Original Language), German (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Polish (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled)
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Running Time: 110 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5050070004038
ASIN: B00004U3XO
Theatrical Release Date: August 3, 1968
Release Date: June 12, 2000
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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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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 This is much more of a traditional Western than a spaghetti Western November 4, 2008
Despite the title, Hang 'Em High, starring Clint Eastwood, is not a particularly violent movie; in fact, it contains some moral scenarios that seek to capture the pioneering spirit (and the pioneering justice system) of the old Wild West.
The basis of the plot is that Jed (Clint) is hanged by an enthusiastic lynch mob of vigilantes who mistake him for a murderer and cattle rustler. Miraculously, he survives and is cleared of all charges when brought before a proper court of law. The poacher then turns gamekeeper as Jed becomes a Marshall and sets out for vengeance.
As well as being hanged, he is also gunned down at one point and is even attacked by an alsation dog - so, it's quite unusual to see Big Clint as vulnerable (and human) as he is here compared to many of his other offerings.
This is not a gritty tale. Hang 'Em High is actually rather wholesome (it includes romance, honour and a disillusionment with violence). This makes the film much more of a traditional type of Western rather than an alternative, or spaghetti, Western.
Moral undertones permeate this film (capital punishment, prison conditions, summary justice) and neither the acting or the soundtrack is particularly memorable.
Still, it's watchable, and if you're an Eastwood fan you'll find it to be a mildly amusing 110 minutes.
 Classic western.... with Clint October 30, 2005
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
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.
HANG`S January 27, 2004
2 out of 30 found this review helpful
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 April 15, 2001
8 out of 17 found this review helpful
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.
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