Hang 'Em High (1968) | |
| Director(s) | Ted Post |
| Producer(s) | Leonard Freeman, Irving L. Leonard (associate), Robert Stambler (supervising) |
| Top Genres | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller/Suspense, Western |
| Top Topics | Wild West |
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Hang 'Em High Overview:
Hang 'Em High (1968) was a Western - Crime Film directed by Ted Post and produced by Leonard Freeman, Irving L. Leonard and Robert Stambler.
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Clint Eastwood in Hang 'Em High
By Rick29 on Aug 24, 2020 From Classic Film & TV CafeClint Eastwood's first American film after achieving international stardom in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy was predictably a Western. What is surprising is that Eastwood chose to ignore the qualities that made Leone's Western pictures unique. I wouldn't call Hang 'Em High (1968) conventional--it's... Read full article
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Quotes from
Jennifer, the Prostitute:
I wanna see the hangin'!
[as Cooper drags her off to bed]
[Repeated Line]
The Prophet: They've come to kill the Prophet.
[last lines]
Judge Adam Fenton: Cooper, Charlie Blackfoot was seen in the town of Ridgeway. I got two unfilled warrants here for Blackfoot and Maddow. The law still wants 'em.
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[as Cooper drags her off to bed]
[Repeated Line]
The Prophet: They've come to kill the Prophet.
[last lines]
Judge Adam Fenton: Cooper, Charlie Blackfoot was seen in the town of Ridgeway. I got two unfilled warrants here for Blackfoot and Maddow. The law still wants 'em.
read more quotes from Hang 'Em High...
Facts about
United Artists executives suggested experienced action film directors like John Sturges and Robert Aldrich, but Clint Eastwood gave the director's reins to Ted Post, who had directed twenty-four episodes of Rawhide and was very good at dialogue. Co-stars Charles McGraw, Ed Begley, Bruce Dern and Pat Hingle had all appeared in "Rawhide" episodes directed by Post.
Reportedly, producer Leonard Freeman clashed with director Ted Post during production. One day Freeman showed up on the set, issuing orders and taking charge. Post wanted to confront him, but Clint Eastwood intervened. Eastwood spoke to Freeman, and Freeman left the set and didn't return. What he said was, "If you show up on this set again, there won't be a set ... won't be a cast, won't be a crew."
Sergio Leone was approached to direct this film, but he turned it down since he was working on C'era una volta il West at the time.
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Reportedly, producer Leonard Freeman clashed with director Ted Post during production. One day Freeman showed up on the set, issuing orders and taking charge. Post wanted to confront him, but Clint Eastwood intervened. Eastwood spoke to Freeman, and Freeman left the set and didn't return. What he said was, "If you show up on this set again, there won't be a set ... won't be a cast, won't be a crew."
Sergio Leone was approached to direct this film, but he turned it down since he was working on C'era una volta il West at the time.
read more facts about Hang 'Em High...
