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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Salesrank: 4452
Released: November 19, 1997 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
They riddled him with bullets. They strung him up. They left him to die. But they made two fatal mistakes: they hanged the wrong man...and they didn't finish the job. In his first American-made western, Clint Eastwood indelibly carves his niche as the quintessential tough guycool-headed, iron-willed and unrelenting in his pursuit of revenge. Oklahoma, 1873. Jed Cooper (Eastwood), mistaken for a rustler and killer, is lynched on the spot by crooked lawman Captain Wilson (Ed Begley) and a rampaging band of vigilantes. But as Wilson and his gang flee the scene, there's one very important detail they've overlooked: Cooper is still alive! Out for justiceand vengeanceCooper takes on the job of deputy marshal...and, one by one, tracks down the nine men who "done him wrong."
Description of Hang 'Em High:
After starring in the now-legendary trilogy of spaghetti Westerns for Italian director Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood became a box-office star and imported the style of those classic shoot-'em-ups for this 1967 Western directed by Ted Post, with whom Eastwood had worked during their days on the television series Rawhide. Eastwood plays an innocent rancher who is mistaken for a cattle rustler and sentenced to hang by an angry mob. When he is saved from the noose by a passing lawman, he embarks on a renegade campaign of vengeance against the men who attempted to lynch him. Hang 'Em High offers a number of memorable moments and stylistic flourishes, and features a superb supporting cast of Western veterans, including Ben Johnson, Ed Begley, Pat Hingle, Dennis Hopper, Bruce Dern, L.Q. Jones, and the "Skipper" himself, Alan Hale Jr. Made just three years before Dirty Harry, the film marked a turning point for Eastwood, who would soon move into a prolific period of contemporary thrillers. --Jeff Shannon
Hang 'Em High Reviews:
Better as a study than as a film 
2009-08-16 - The Bottom Line:
The Western genre is inextricably linked to the nature of justice and in this regard Hang 'Em High, the story of a wrongfully-lynched man who survives and seeks to avenge the crime of his hanging, is a complete success; however, in terms of sheer enjoyment it falls considerably behind movies like The Good the Bad and the Ugly or The Outlaw Josey Wales, so if you don't dig the justice themes and just want more action look elsewhere.
3/4
Typical Eastwood
2009-07-09 - This was a typical Clint Eastwood film. I liked it better than his spaghetti westerns.
Best Eastwood Western 
2009-05-14 - Hang 'em High is the best Eastwood Western in my opinion. He get's revenage on his enemies one by one. After being hanged and left for dead he comes back and each one of the men that was involved in his hanging get picked off one by one. If you have not seen this movie then you are missing out on a good one. The story line is great and of course Clint Eastwood never fails to give us his best.
Hang 'Em High 
2009-04-05 - the vhs "Hang 'Em High" was not in good condition. After the beginning there was no picture. Very dissapointed. It did'nt even rate 1 star. The company was fair in returning my money.
Classic Clint Eastwood
2009-04-01 - Interesting story, the plot line isn't the usual build up and then kapow! this one has lots of twists and turns.
If you like The Outlaw Josey Wales you'll probably like this one.
I wish you can choose different languages though (I'm learning French, German, Spanish and Italian at the moment and would love to watch this in another language as well) and subtitles to choose from would be wonderful!
