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High Plains Drifter

1973

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, Mitchell Ryan ...

7.0

10,326

Western Year 1870. The story begins as a mysterious stranger (Eastwood) materializes out of the desert heat. He rides into the small town of Lago, where his presence is considered a threat by the mean but cowardly populace. Desperate to seek help against three recently released prisoners, the town's leaders cautiously approach Eastwood and plead with him to save their town from the criminals. Eastwood agrees to help them, while turning the town ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"Part ghost story, part revenge Western, more than a little silly, and often quite entertaining in a way that may make you wonder if you have lost your good sense."	POS
United Kingdom	Telegraph	"A gothic horror story and a revenge thriller, it's one of the darkest Western going."	POS
United States	Richard Schickel Time	"As a director, Eastwood is not as good as he seems to think he is. As an actor, he is probably better than he allows himself to be."	NEG
United Kingdom	Derek Adams Time Out	"This was supposed to be Eastwood's fond adieu to the worlds of Sergio Leone and Don Siegel; and indeed he cuts the operatic excess of the former with the punchy economy of the latter."	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Hutchinson Radio Times	"Eastwood seems (...) to be paying off debts to his former mentor Sergio Leone (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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