Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley

When an innocent man barely survives a lynching, he returns as a lawman determined to bring the vigilantes to justice.

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PG-13, 1 hr. 54 min.

Directed by: Ted Post

Release Date: July 31, 1968

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DVD Release Date: June 19, 2001

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  • November 22, 2009
    A good old fashioned western where vigilante justice goes awry by hanging the wrong man (see also: The Ox-Bow Incident), and Bruce Dern is an unlikable a-hole (see also: The Cowboys, The War Wagon, four episodes of Gunsmoke, five episodes of The Big...( read more) Valley, etc., etc., etc...).
  • June 4, 2009
    so far i've only ever seen clint eastwood acting well in films he's directed himself. this is the exception to the rule. it's directed by ted post but maybe clint shines because it's his type of movie, the sort he likes to act in. the scene with the hangings of the two young lads...( read more) is almost unwatchable (in the sense that it's so wrong for it to be happening) but such an effective scene
  • April 5, 2009
    clint's a beast
  • February 21, 2009
    quite easily one of the greatest westerns of all time. eastwood was iconic in many westerns but this might be his best, and the story was captivating from the first moment. great dialogue and an epic feel make this a classic not to be missed.
  • July 28, 2008
    An innocent rancher is strung up by a lynch mob but recovers and becomes a lawman set on tracking down the would-be killers. Made directly after Clint's successful collaborations with Sergio Leone, this is Hollywood's attempt to cash in on his newfound fame. Unfortunately it fall...( read more)s short of aping the spaghetti western classics thanks to efficient but artless direction and a less than stellar supporting cast. There's a memorable appearance by Dennis Hopper in an early role but his character is all too quickly disposed of, and the film stalls at exactly the wrong moment because of a rather pointless and logic-free romantic interlude. Clint's steely eyed charisma does manage to carry it though, and there are a couple of decent sequences, but the ending felt like a TV pilot and it comes across as exactly what it is; a pale imitation of a Leone western.
  • November 18, 2009
    I like this movie. It's pretty clear that this is one of those to start a different way to make Westerns. More drama than just "Shoot Em Dead"!!
  • October 29, 2009
    An interesting 1960s revenge western with Clint trying to track down members of a lynch mob who tried to kill him.
  • October 18, 2009
    The best Clint Eastwood western Ive seen
  • July 14, 2009
    clint getting revenge on people who tried to hang him so you know what you are in for
  • July 7, 2009
    Another great movie!

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