Hang 'Em High
1968 · Movie · PG-13 · 114 min · ★ 6.8 · 77% critics
After surviving a wrongful lynching, a man takes a badge in a rough frontier territory and sets out to bring the vigilantes who tried to kill him to justice. As he tracks them down, his drive for payback clashes with the demands of due process, forcing hard choices about what justice should look like in a lawless land.
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Details
- Original title
- Hang 'em High
- Years
- 1968
- Release date
- 1968-04-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Critic score
- 77/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (850 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a revenge-turned-justice Western with a darker edge and debates about law versus vigilantism, similar in spirit to High Plains Drifter; Not for you if you dislike slower stretches or predictable outcomes.
Pros: strong opening; moral questions on justice; memorable supporting roles | Cons: pacing sags later; predictable story beats; heavy-handed message
Themes
- prison
- death penalty
- judge
- widow
- falsely accused
- marshal
- oklahoma
- cattle drive
- hanging
- law man
- lynching
- search party
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Clint Eastwood
as Marshal Jed Cooper
Inger Stevens
as Rachel Warren
Ed Begley
as Captain Wilson
Pat Hingle
as Judge Adam Fenton
Ben Johnson
as Marshal Dave Bliss
Charles McGraw
as Sheriff Ray Calhoun
Ruth White
as Madame Sophie
Bruce Dern
as Miller
Alan Hale Jr.
as Matt Stone
Arlene Golonka
as Jennifer
Directed by Ted Post