High Plains Drifter (1973)

High Plains Drifter (1973)

  • 7.5
  • 1h 45min
  • Drama, Mystery, Western
  • 1973-04-07 (USA)

Storyline

A Stranger (Clint Eastwood) rides into in the dusty mining town of Lago, where the townspeople are living in the shadow of a dark secret. After a shoot-out 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.



Short Review

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.


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