High Plains Drifter

High Plains Drifter
7.3

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Directed by: Clint Eastwood

Overview

A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.

High Plains Drifter
High Plains Drifter
High Plains Drifter

Reviews (4)

  • John Chard (Rated: 9)

    Supernatural Western?

    A lone gunman with no name and seemingly with no past, rides into the dusky town of Lago. The residents of Lago at first view the stranger with suspicion, but when news that some outlaws that are out for blood are on their way to town, they ask the stranger for his help.

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  • r96sk (Rated: 7)

    I don't have much to say about 'High Plains Drifter'. It didn't thrill me or anything, but it did keep my attention from start-to-finish so it's evidently a good film.

    Clint Eastwood is the only cast member worth talking about, he gives a commanding performance in the lead role. Geoffrey...

  • drystyx (Rated: 2)

    Another Hollywood (spaghetti) formula Western where homicidal maniacs abound. Here, Clint plays a homicidal maniac who obviously comes back from the dead after being killed by three bad guys and betrayed by an entire town of people. So, the first thing he does is murder the only three men who were...

  • Wuchak (Rated: 7)

    Clint paints the Western town red, like Gehenna

    A mysterious Stranger (Eastwood) trots into a remote town in west-central California, a dozen miles from the Nevada border. The townspeople desperately need his help to prepare for the release of three vengeful men from the territorial prison....

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