High Plains Drifter Details

High Plains Drifter

Clint Eastwood's second film as a director (and his first Western) is a variation on the "man with no name" theme, starring Eastwood as the drifter known only as "the Stranger". He rides into the desert town of Lagos and is quickly attacked by three gunmen. Recovering with the aid of a local dwarf (a memorable role for Billy Curtis), the Stranger is hired by the intimidated townsfolk to fend off a band of violent ex-convicts. After teaching the citizens self-defence and instructing them to paint the entire town red and rename it "Hell", the Stranger vanishes. He reappears when the marauding criminals arrive, and delivers justice and teaches the townsfolk a harsh lesson about moral obligation. Is he a figure from their past or a kind of supernatural avenger? Combining humour with action, High Plains Drifter is both a serious and tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Westerns that made Eastwood a household name. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

Starring	Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, Mitchell Ryan, Jack Ging, Geoffrey Lewis, John Quade, Walter Barnes, Billy Curtis, Stefan Gierasch, Ted Hartley, Dan Vadis, Scott Walker
Director	Clint Eastwood
Studio	UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 41 mins
Certificate
Collections	100 Wild Westerns
Genres	Action/Adventure
Language	English
Dubbed	French, German, Italian, Spanish
Subtitles	Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish
Released	DVD: 18 Sep 2006 Production year: 1973
Format	DVD