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
[Repeated Line]
The Prophet: They've come to kill the Prophet.
Schmidt, the Hangman: You haff last request?
Prisoner: Sure would like me a chaw of tobacco. Whats the matter, hangman; afraid I'll choke to death and you'll lose your hangin' fee?
[Schmidt gives him a chew]
Prisoner: Umm! Put it in my pocket
[Schmidt complies and starts to put the hood over the prisoner's head]
Prisoner: Umm! Umm!
[spits out tobacco juice and then nods]
Judge Adam Fenton: Nineteen marshals and one court to commandeer 70,000 square miles. A happy hunting ground filled with bushwackers, horse thieves, whiskey peddlers, counterfeiters, hide peelers, marauders - they'd kill you for a hat band. Now that's why there's a badge in my desk, Cooper, itching to sit on somebody's chest... and no takers!
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The Prophet: They've come to kill the Prophet.
Schmidt, the Hangman: You haff last request?
Prisoner: Sure would like me a chaw of tobacco. Whats the matter, hangman; afraid I'll choke to death and you'll lose your hangin' fee?
[Schmidt gives him a chew]
Prisoner: Umm! Put it in my pocket
[Schmidt complies and starts to put the hood over the prisoner's head]
Prisoner: Umm! Umm!
[spits out tobacco juice and then nods]
Judge Adam Fenton: Nineteen marshals and one court to commandeer 70,000 square miles. A happy hunting ground filled with bushwackers, horse thieves, whiskey peddlers, counterfeiters, hide peelers, marauders - they'd kill you for a hat band. Now that's why there's a badge in my desk, Cooper, itching to sit on somebody's chest... and no takers!
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Facts about
The character of Judge Adam Fenton was based in part on Judge Isaac Parker whose federal court in Fort Smith, Arkansas had jurisdiction over the Oklahoma and Indian Territories.
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.
CASTLE THUNDER: Heard several times during the rain after Jed and Rachel's picnic.
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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.
CASTLE THUNDER: Heard several times during the rain after Jed and Rachel's picnic.
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