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High Plains Drifter (1973)
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Clint Eastwood's second film as a director (and his first Western) is a variation on the "man with no name" theme, starring Eastwood as the drifter known only as "the Stranger." He rides into the desert town of Lagos and is quickly attacked by three gunmen. Recovering with the aid of a local dwarf (a memorable role for Billy Curtis), the Stranger is hired by the intimidated townsfolk to fend off a band of violent ex-convicts. After teaching the citizens self-defense and instructing them to paint the entire town red and rename it "Hell," the Stranger vanishes. He reappears when the marauding criminals arrive, and delivers justice and teaches...
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High Plains Drifter Movie Review by B Movie Ben  (5/31/2007) |
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Clint's first movie was revenge of the Creature in 1955. He became popular a few years later with Rawhide and Per un pugno di dollari. As much as I like almost anything he has done, this move stands on top as my favorite Eastwood Western.
It was the second film he directed, and the first western. He returns as The Man...
(complete High Plains Drifter review by B Movie Ben)
| High Plains Drifter Movie Review by BillyBob (12/27/2007) |
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Once upon a time in the good,ol' days of the Wild,Wild West a stranger rode into town one fine,sunny day. This was the town of 'LAGO' and it was a quiet,peaceful,little place that seemed to be hiding from the rest of the world. And what it was hiding from the world was a deep,dark secret that each bumpkin living there had...
(complete High Plains Drifter review by BillyBob)
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