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Hang 'Em High

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Hang 'Em High (1968)

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Reviews Counted:13

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Rotten:1

Average Rating:6.5/10

Runtime: 2 hrs

Genre: Westerns

Synopsis: The first spaghetti western made in America (sans Sergio Leone) and Clint Eastwood's first star vehicle made outside Europe. Eastwood's innocent cowboy miraculously survives his own hanging and... The first spaghetti western made in America (sans Sergio Leone) and Clint 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 cameos by Bruce Dern, Dennis Hopper, and cowboy veteran Bob Steele as a dungeon prisoner. [More]

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley, Pat Hingle

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley, Pat Hingle, Arlene Golonka, James MacArthur, Ben Johnson, L.Q. Jones

Director: Ted Post

Director: Ted Post
Screenwriter: Leonard Freeman, Mel Goldberg
Producer: Leonard Freeman
Composer: Dominic Frontiere

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07/22/03
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Ted Post's direction is especially adroit at keeping the baroque flurries bubbling under the deceptive surface of old-pro craftsmanship

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09/06/09
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

Though not high-minded debate, Hang 'Em certainly counts as a solid victory lap

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07/16/09
Chris Cabin
Chris Cabin
Filmcritic.com

This is the film that brought Clint Eastwood (and his reefer smoking habit) back from Sergio Leoneland to Hollywood

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05/16/09
Andrew L. Urban
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Cole Smithey
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Move over squeaky clean John Wayne, a new darker western hero by the name of Clint Eastwood has arrived to challenge your title as top cowboy star!

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
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Not one of Eastwood's best, but still a good film.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum
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