High Plains Drifter

– A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tr..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.60 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 45 Minutes
Release Year:
1973
High Plains Drifter (1973)

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.

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Producing Country:
USA
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High Plains Drifter (1973) - Trailer

Release Date:

07 Apr 1973

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Writer:

Ernest Tidyman

Main Actors:

Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, Mitchell Ryan

Plot:

A Stranger rides into in the dusty mining town of Lago, where the townspeople are living in the shadow of a dark secret. After a shootout leaves the town's hired-gun protectors dead, the town's leaders petition the Stranger to stay and protect them from three ruthless outlaws who are soon to be released from prison. The three have their sights set on returning to Lago to wreak havoc and take care of some unfinished business. A series of events soon has the townspeople questioning whether siding with the Stranger was a wise idea as they quickly learn the price that they each must pay for his services. As the outlaws make their way back into Lago, they discover that the town is not exactly as they had left it, and waiting in the shadows is the Stranger, ready to expose the town's secret and serve up his own brand of justice.

Production:

Universal Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
Metacritic:
69%