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Hang 'Em High

1968

Ted Post

Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley, Arlene Golonka ...

6.6

7,325

Western A band of vigilantes catch Jed Cooper and believing him guilty of cattle rustling and murder, hang him and leave him for dead. But he doesn't die. He returns to his former profession of lawman to hunt down his lynchers and bring them to justice.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Leone does a pretty good job. Begley and Stevens add tone to the cast, and Hingle comes over like an especially earnest Karl Malden (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Variety	"'Hang 'em High' comes across as a poor-made imitation of a poor Italian-made imitation of an American western. An episodic, rambling tale which glorifies personal justice, and mocks orderly justice"	NEG
United States	Charles Cassady Jr. Common Sense Media	"High-minded Eastwood Western weighs mercy vs. justice (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Time Out	"More interesting as a way station in Eastwood's career than for anything intrinsic to its lawman/vigilante scenario"	NEU
United States	TV Guide	"Though the material is nothing special and relies on the avenging angel mystique that had been established for Eastwood in the Leone films, director Post squeezes out some fine and memorable moments in the film"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Freedman Radio Times	"It's perhaps more memorable as a staging post in Eastwood's career than as a landmark in the history of the Hollywood western (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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