Reacting to HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (1973) | Movie Reaction

[@jamesgreenhow108]

YOU DIDN'T SEE HIM DISAPPEAR AT THE VERY END ???????!!!!!!!!!???????? Best ghost western EVER !!!!

[@dan_hitchman007]

To be fair, Dawn kept dropping her cigar. LOL!

[@ice-iu3vv]

clint himself has explained that it was the dead marshall's brother, not his ghost. but that so many people seeing it that way gave him the idea to do "Pale rider", which actually is about a ghost.

[@kimdisaturd1409]

Exactly, he was a ghost.

[@KayQue-s3r]

She never responds here. I'd be surprised if she even cares what people think.

[@robertwilson2007]

In the beginning he just appears out of nowhere and in the end he vanishes into nothing. He is a ghost

[@toodlescae]

The eerie music is to create the idea that Clint is the vengeful spirit of the the Marshal that came back to punish the people who killed him as well as those who put them up to it.

[@petercofrancesco9812]

I always thought the Marshal had a twin brother who was keen on eerie music. 😀

[@starman6280]

She totally missed that.

[@kcfortes]

YES! Thank you. Somebody gets it...!

[@ice-iu3vv]

no. clint explained on "inside the actor's studio" that it was the dead marshall's brother, not his ghost. but since so many audience members interpreted it the way that you have, (as i once saw it myself) it gave him the idea to do "pale rider", which actually is about a ghost.

[@toodlescae]

@@ice-iu3vv 1. I said it creates the idea because I had no idea who he actually was and still not sure they didn't create that impression on purpose. 2. How would the brother know who all was involved...unless Mordecai wrote him and told him everything? I can see Mordecai picking up all the info because no one involved noticed or paid attention to him listening. 3. That would also be another explanation of why no one recognized him.

[@Dromio]

"And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him."

[@chipsdad5861]

Tombstone

[@mckrackin5324]

@@chipsdad5861 Revelation 6-8 King James Bible

[@Joe-hh8gd]

Not Tombstone. From the Eastwood film Pale Rider

[@interroga-omnia]

@@Joe-hh8gd Actually, it is from Revelation 6:8...And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. Thus, the Preacher in Pale Rider.

[@Joe-hh8gd]

​@@interroga-omnia I'm aware of the biblical source. I was keeping it within cinematic references

[@waterbeauty85]

I never imagined that a young Scottish woman would be one of the best KZbin reactors to classic western movies, but here we are.

[@Anon54387]

She has a good sense of humor.

[@cog4life]

Go FIGURE!!! Me either!! But I’ve been proven wrong! Great reactions! 😊❤

[@chipsdad5861]

He was the ghost of Marshal Duncan. They did not recognize him because as a spirit he made sure they saw him as an alternative image. He was harsh on the villagers because they betrayed him. Some villagers like the Inn Keeper wife and Mortique wanted to help but redeemed themselves in the end.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

Mordecai

[@JMB86]

I think Mordecai knew who he was, he just didn't let on that he did.

[@kingbeauregard]

@@JMB86 Mordecai's look of surprise at the end ... I don't think he knew either. But he was a good friend to Jim Duncan both times, because he's a good man.

[@ghostkage]

Most people don't register that he took at least 2 bullets in the tub haha

[@ghostkage]

Most people don't register that he took at least 2 bullets in the tub haha

[@dunringill1747]

The eerie music is the clue. He is the spirit of vengeance. He was there to punish everyone in town except the two who were innocent. So glad to hear you plan to watch a lot more Clint Eastwood! "Heartbreak Ridge" (1986) is a great Clint Eastwood war drama directed by Clint.

[@WaterFaucet24]

I have been to the town of Lagos. It is on the shores of Mono Lake, Eastern Sierras of California. All that is left of the town are a few piles of red painted, burned wood and some scattered broken “fake Hollywood glass”. Pretty cool.

[@kevinmoore2929]

Sugar glass is what Hollywood used back then and sometimes now.

[@tomyoung9049]

Finally, someone watching my favorite Eastwood western. 😊 They don't say, but he IS dead. He came back for revenge on his killers and to punish all the town who made it happen and watched.

[@Mac1968ish]

The eerie music symbolized he was a ghost coming back for justice

[@lurdasramos]

I miss Angel eyes 👀. 😁

[@johnruddick686]

This is definitely one of the darker movies from clint. I really enjoy watching your reactions Dawn they always make me smile. xxx

[@Joe-hh8gd]

Not as dark as Tightrope.

[@Alix777.]

My favorite with Josey Wales, even they are completely different.

[@zvimur]

For an underrated Eastwood Western "Two mules for Sister Sarah". Featuring music by Ennio Morricone!🎉

[@veot.2869]

YES!!!!! I NEED DAWN TO DO THIS ONE!!!!

[@Escapee5931]

Did you know young Clint starred and sang in a Western Musical? "Paint Your Wagon" with Lee Marvin.

[@bobmcfadden1111]

Saw it in a theater when I was in high school. Just as goofy as I expected, but couldn’t look away.

[@002DrEvil]

Best thing about that was the gorgeous set design. Worst thing was them hitting each other over the head with frying pans!

[@rayalevesque]

The Simpsons did a parody based on Clint Eastwood singing in Paint Your Wagon. "Oil based paint because the wood is pine"

[@michael-1680]

And his experience with the production was so bad that it drove him to start his own production company - Malpaso Productions - Spanish for "Bad Idea"!

[@michael-1680]

@@bobmcfadden1111 My high school put on the play. I played Rotten Luck Willie.

[@BudhagRizzo]

Clint Eastwood was a vengeful ghost. That's why the music was so creepy. In the end he got everything he came for: Killed all his enemies, abused the hell out of everybody else, burnt the town to the ground, and got his grave properly marked. Somebody already suggested these, but the "Dirty Harry" and "Every Which Way But Loose" movies are great too! There's also "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" which he did with Jeff Bridges.

[@lurdasramos]

"**WHO ARE YOU ???? 👈. 😳

[@John_Locke_108]

This is my favorite Eastwood movie. First saw it back in late 80s when I was a kid and I've seen it countless times since.

[@Sandman60077]

Oh

[@hk43xx]

I never thought I'd ever get to see anyone review this movie. This made my day.

[@nahkohese555]

You have to watch the opening and closing carefully (when the creepy music is playing). Though I will admit it was easier to see it on the giant theater screens (I saw this when it first came out), you still can see it on a TV size screen if you watch carefully. At the beginning, he shimmers in, in the distance, riding into town. And at the end, riding out of town, he shimmers out in the same spot. Some people say that's just an optical illusion made by the heat waves from the desert. But, having seen it on the big screen, I can say it's not. He actually fades away.

[@jono8884]

Clint's character is an avenging spirit. He was the marshall in a prior life and the town cowardly let him die.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

He made a pact with the devil to get his revenge. After he got it, the devil collected on his end of the bargain by making him his agent. He became the Ghost Rider and changed into Sam Elliott so no one would recognize him.

[@Stogie2112]

I highly recommend "Where Eagles Dare" (1969) - A great WWII action film, starring Clint Eastwood and Richard Burton. Don't go near that cable car! 😱

[@gregoryjenkins8645]

"Broadsword calling Danny Boy."

[@Stogie2112]

"Not so hasty, Lieutenant. We mustn't cheat the hangman."

[@hesch-tag]

Excellent suggestion

[@MicahBell_1860]

Kelly's Heroes

[@billbryant9995]

The marshal died. Clint was his ghost. Oh, opening scene, careful what you approve too quickly! lol.

[@BusyBadger]

I love watching the expressions of first time watchers when they figure this out and then replay the movie in their head.

[@lurdasramos]

Who are you !!? 👈😶

[@kingbeauregard]

About Clint saying that what makes people scared is what they know about themselves ... look at all those timid townspeople, they know what wretches they are and what they've done. It's made them scared.

[@skaterdave03]

'Any Which Way But Loose'!!! 'Any Which Way You Can'! (They have an orangutan in it!!) 'Firefox'! I do love your commentaries so much! Flippin' hilarious lol.

[@johnwatson3948]

Of the two female leads - Marianna Hill had been Captain Kirks love interest in Star Trek “Dagger of the Mind” 1967 - Verna Bloom would later play the Deans wife in “Animal House” 1978.

[@MarcDuncan-vd3bp]

When you were a little confused in the scene when he sleeps with the inn keeper's wife and tells her "It's what inside that makes people afraid.", he's talking about their own conscience and living with what happened to the bullwhipping of the marshal. Great reaction to one of my favorite westerns of his. I personally would recommend Dirty Harry where Clint plays a very tough San Francisco police inspector who pretty does things his way and his rules. Hope you're doing well, lass!!

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

Yes! This is mine and my father's favourite Eastwood film. It's going to be strange watching this as my father died only a few weeks back.

[@WeaselSuper]

Condolances

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

@@WeaselSuper Thanks, buddy.✌

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

@kekibannmi6054 Yeah, it definitely hits different. It's good to have those memories though, eh.

[@petejackson4460]

Do not upset this lady!!! 🤣Clint Eastwood comedies "Every Which Way but Loose" and "Every Which Way You Can".

[@owen1213]

Yes that's what we want. right turn clyde.

[@JasonRule-1]

15:32 "Snappy duds...." aka "fancy or sharp-lookin' clothes."

[@jameshitt3263]

You were watching a ghost story for heaven's sake! The ghostly howling music was exactly on point. Bloodwork is a good under-the-radar Clint film from the later era. Also, Absolute Power where he stars opposite the outstanding Gene Hackman again. Wait, did you not watch Unforgiven? Definitely add that one.

[@independenceltd.]

Probably my third favorite Clint western after "Unforgiven" and "...Josey Wales".

[@scottf2558]

Unforgiven is my favorite, it all started out nice and innocent and then...

[@1MahaDas]

Now you are ready for 'Pale Rider!'

[@futuregenerationz]

Another great Clint Eastwood movie is Kelly's Heroes.

[@michaelbarrett8273]

My favorite movie of all time. There is an obvious supernatural aspect even though it's never explicitly stated that he was a ghost or at the very least a spirit sent to avenge sheriff Duncan. Also explains the spooky music/singing music.

[@spencerbookman2523]

There's definitely an avenging spirit vibe in High Plains Drifter, but I like to think it skews more towards divine retribution. The Drifter's extreme contempt for the Church and writing "HELL" on the sign indicate to me that he was smiting the town. If I could narrow down all the good westerns into a top five list, High Plain Drifter would be on it I'm sure. 😉

[@beannathrach2417]

It's refreshing to hear from such a prim and proper young lady, so full of generosity, gentleness, and so demure. He did die. That's his body in the unmarked grave. He couldn't rest in peace until shorty made his tombstone. They didn't recognize him because his avenging spirit looked different. It's Crow without the harlequin makeup. Or the Wraith without a Turbo Interceptor. A different kind of Clint Eastwood role is Paint Your Wagon.

[@Stogie2112]

"Pale Rider" (1985) had a magnificent cast: Clint Eastwood as The Preacher Michael Moriarty as Hull Barret Carrie Snodgress as Sarah Wheeler Sydney Penny as Megan Wheeler Special Guest Star: Richard "Jaws" Kiel as "Club"

[@williamquinlan6153]

Besides being an extension of this movie it's also a retelling of Shane.

[@gatekeeperboxing5898]

@@williamquinlan6153 It has some elements of this movie thats true, but alot more similarities to Shane.

[@happymethehappyone8300]

Another MUST SEE Classic Spaghetti Western is,, "Once Upon A Time In The West" (1968)..Starring many iconic actors,, Including some you already know.

[@rg20322]

I grew up with the Spaghetti Westerns and they were awesome!! Clint is a beast of an actor and love his productions as well.

[@rg20322]

You have the best reactions! 😀

[@justonjenkins1589]

Pale Rider is an awesome movie by Clint it's one of my personal favorites

[@davidmacias741]

Hi Dawn, I met Clint Eastwood on New years day in 2000 at his resort in beautiful Carmel California. He was in his 70s then. It was funny because I was going into one of the bathrooms on his property and he was coming out and instead of saying how are you Mr. Eastwood I said Clint! Felt like I knew him. He looked and me kind of funny and said he was doing OK. Then I went to see what it cost to stay there and he came out and asked me if he could help me. It was so cool!

[@davidkennedy6227]

It was tough to tell but it wasn't Eastwood playing as the Marshall, it was actually Eastwoods stunt double playing the part of the Marshall, looked very similar but that's why they didn't recognize him, cause it actually wasn't him.Very close in looks though

[@MatthewSmith-fy5hk]

Best line in the film is when the lady tells him to be careful because he makes people afraid. He says, "Its what people know about themselves that make them afraid."

[@socalpaul487]

Marshall Jim Duncan is buried in the grave. It's generally believed that Clint plays an avenging angel or ghost.

[@John_Locke_108]

Next up, if you haven't seen it yet, has to be Pale Rider. Amazing film.

[@bethdealmeida6789]

And don't forget The Outlaw Josey Wales and Two Mules For Sister Sara

[@independenceltd.]

@@bethdealmeida6789 she did Josey Wales recently

[@cthulhucollector]

@@independenceltd. She spent a good part of that movie looking for a woman named Josey

[@independenceltd.]

@@cthulhucollector yep😆

[@drunkbuzzard3237]

The expression don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater comes from a time when the whole family took a bath on Saturday night starting with the father and working down to the baby and by time the baby got a bath the water was so dark. We all use the same hot water tub because it was hard to heat a lot of hot water back then.

[@mucksmith3569]

And my older brothers peed in it. I’m not bitter.

[@stupidsmart-phone6911]

They also had extra smelling soaps and powders to "improve" used water, if you could afford it, or find it. Also, hot springs were popular just for the reason the earth does all the heating.

[@thomast8539]

Regardless of economy, it is still disgusting.

[@GetMeThere1]

This is the third movie Clint directed. First was Play Misty for Me, and the second was The Beguiled. I think you would like them -- they're both about women going crazy for him, lol.

[@somthingbrutal]

based off his real life then ;)

[@michaelbryan1882]

Don Siegel directed The Beguiled.

[@GetMeThere1]

@@michaelbryan1882 Yes. So says IMDb. On Clint's page it shows him directing Dirty Harry too -- and in that case I was well aware that Clint had only directed the "jumper" scene, and that Siegel had directed the rest. It also lists The Beguiled (after Dirty Harry), so I figured that one practice run with Siegel was enough, and didn't bother to look at The Beguiled directly. I guess Clint is a "credit hog," lol.

[@gregb1216]

His second film is breezy

[@chuckskulltob]

he was a ghost getting revenge

[@nataliestclair6176]

No he wasn't. Eastwood explained in an interview on the Actors Studio that he was the brother of the marshall who was beaten and killed. You can even see in the 1st scene where it shows the marshall being whipped it was not Clint Eastwood but a different person

[@chuckskulltob]

thr director stated that it was a ghost story @@nataliestclair6176

[@socalpaul487]

One of my favorite westerns! I recommend "Pale Rider" & "Unforgiven" for Eastwood westerns. I also recommend the "Dirty Harry" movies.

[@V7avalon]

Beguiled is another Eastwood classic set during the civil war and not a western but more of a drama. if Lago was hell then he must of been the ghost of jim duncan 👻

[@megavideopowermegavideopow8657]

He road up out of HELL for revenge that’s why you heard the creepy music and he didn’t look exactly the same as he did before he was killed the first time and PALE RIDER is the opposite he came down from Heaven as a Avenging Angel pretending to to be a preacher to help the families against the crooked sheriff and hit men(where did he go at the end of the movie High Plains Drifter back to HELL) this is like the movie THE CROW it’s a Supernatural Western

[@f1ghtman]

When Clint Eastwood was talking about this film. Marshall Jim Duncan was his brother. Clint came to the town to avenge his brothers death.

[@lloydonlead]

Clint Eastwood has since redacted that statement. If you watch and listen there are many elements that point to him being a revenant. Even the ending explains that Mordechai should know his name which was Marshall Duncan. There are religious elements spoken throughout the film. He punished the wicked and saved the innocent.

[@f1ghtman]

@lloydonlead That's very interesting that. Thanks for letting me know. It would of worked both ways though. What a great film it is. Thanks again for that. Glenn.

[@MichaelSimmons.]

No. What Clint said was, in the book, the drifter was the Marshal's brother. But it was changed to be the spirit of the dead Marshal, for the movie.

[@bobschenkel7921]

Not sure if you noticed, but Clint Eastwood Directed this movie. I think it was the first Western he Directed. The first movie he Directed was "Play Misty For Me", a mystery set in the present day, at the time. Clint learned from his two main Directors, Sergio Leone, the Spaghetti Westerns, and Don Seigel, the "Dirty Harry" movies, and "Two Mules For Sister Sara", another fun movie you may enjoy. Great reaction, as usual Dawn Marie, keep up the great work.

[@AndrewGivens]

Ahh! Now 'Two Mules' is a great romp. The western equivalent of Kelly's Heroes - Clint didn't do too many light-hearted movies, but when he did, they could be a lot of fun. If HPD was a brain-warp for Dawn, then Where Eagles Dare would break her.

[@normlee6566]

He was the vengeful spirit of the dead marshall. The initial flashback of the fatal whipping swapped images of Eastwood and the marshall. However, the final, complete flashback showed only the marshall's face. The brunette who left town was the only person who tried to intercede, but she was forced back inside the hotel by her husband. That is one reason she was spared. Most of the others, who never helped the marshall who pled with them, were punished. Or as the dying Marshall said, "damn you." And they were.

[@freespirit5466]

Buddy Van Horn, Eastwood's stunt double for the flashback scenes, asked him "So, am I your brother or are you my ghost?" Eastwood told him and all cast and crew to leave it vague if asked. "Audiences are smarter than the studios give them credit for being" he said, "they don't need everything explained, and I respect them enough not to"

[@petetavera3782]

I like that he used some of the Drifter cast for Any Which Way But Loose (1978) and Skinny for the Unforgiven (1992). Any Which Way But Loose is a fun urban western of sorts. Fight Club before Fight Club. Great reaction! The cigar was a nice touch. Cheers.

[@George-kv6gm]

They leave a lot to your imagination. Yours is very active, and creative. So whatever you think, Dawn, will be excellent! Thanks for the reaction! God bless you!

[@MrGpschmidt]

*Fancy duds = sharp threads (expensive clothes). One of Eastwood's greatest films (and one of his best directed). The mix of supernatural undertones and revenge are well balanced and Eastwood is in fine form overall. Nice job Dawn - I knew you'd enjoy it. You may want to check other Clint oaters like HANG 'EM HIGH & PALE RIDER (the latter is very close in theme to this film as well as SHANE).

[@terryd757]

I believe he actually said "snappy duds" but it means the same.

[@denniskawa4412]

I live 10 miles away from where Clint got all his cigars made, for all his movies

[@KrazyKat007]

You should send her a pack.

[@kingbeauregard]

I'm going to talk about a detail. Near the climax, one of the gunmen says he was in the "territorial prison". Also, Jim Duncan was a marshal. The way the United States worked was, first the country would buy a chunk of land -- a territory -- and then eventually it would become a state once there were enough people and there were plans for a state government. But in that interim period, that land was just a territory, and the lawmen in territories were marshals, not sheriffs.

[@TheWebcrafter]

18:18 - SHERIFF'S GHOST. The spirit of a man returns to the town where the locals witnessed his murder and did nothing to help.

[@magnificenthonky]

They orchestrated his death. That's why they did nothing to help.

[@cryogenixoldskool5803]

The moment you said "I Approve" i started laughing, if only you had waited 5 more seconds

[@KrazyKat007]

😂

[@happymethehappyone8300]

BOTH MUST SEE Clint Eastwood Classics,, "Kelly's Heroes" (1970) & "The Beguiled" (1971) An often overlooked/forgotten classic.

[@angusbellingan9286]

Oh yay another best actor ever western 😊

[@Darkstar72SR]

2:58 That’s what she said!

[@Philistine47]

My favorite Clint Eastwood movie is "Unforgiven" (1992). It's another Western, this time with a significantly older Eastwood playing an ex-gunfighter. The film also won several Academy Awards including Best Picture, and is generally considered one of the best (if not THE best) modern Westerns. I really thought you'd already watched it on the channel, but I didn't see it on either your 1990s or Westerns playlist.

[@BrianPhetterplace]

When a man's grave has no marker, his soul can never rest.

[@70selvisfan]

Many people have already answered why no one knew who Clint was. He said in an interview that the source material for this movie, it was Marshal Duncan's brother who came back for revenge. But he purposely left the potential "supernatural" tone in just to sort of shake things up and make the avenging angel seem possible as well.

[@mygametheory]

So the Marshall's brother also had a scar on his neck from a hanging?

[@Dularr]

​@@mygametheorylikely the shooting script follow the family revenge trop.

[@raymondmoore5476]

His Ghost version didn't look like his Living version. That's why no one knew who he was til the end, when he told little man that he in fact did know who he is.

[@manservantchris]

He was the vengeful spirit of the murdered Marshal who could know no peace until his grave had a name. The town buried him in an unmarked grave to hide their crime.

[@wyldhowl2821]

As Marshal Duncan died, he cursed the townsfolk, who were evil hypocrites and had arranged his murder to prevent him being a whistleblower. Lago is a miserable corrupt town that puts on a very moral face, but it is all hypocrisy. Therefore because of Duncan's curse, the Stranger who appears is a vengeful ghost or demon sent to judge the town (he is NOT a hero). He appears out of the heat shimmer, and immediately takes to committing acts of evil against the town because deep down he knows their sins - even though they think he is helping them, it is more like judgement being passed upon the town. Those who are weaklings, deceivers, hypocrites, thieves, murderers all suffer, and some of them die, but it's always a result of their own flaws or past actions. Only those like the hotel man's wife, or Mordechai, who had been against Duncan's murder in the first place escape any sort of wrath. In the end, Duncan's murder is avenged, but the town is half destroyed, and the Stranger rides back out into the desert heat from whence he came.

[@chefskiss6179]

This was a joy to watch with you, but that's obvious as usual. I was trying to figure out other flicks, and Pale Rider seems to be so obvious (with Silverado as a fun double bill would be awesome, massive fun cast (John Cleese, ahem))... but then you were like "what else?", so... I think you'd love Two Mules for Sister Sarah (with Shirley MacLaine from The Apartment). But some non westerns are Any Which Way But Loose, In the Line of Fire, Absolute Power (just a personal fave)...

[@jedlogan392]

This was essentially a ghost story Clint Eastwood's character was the spirit of the sheriff who was whipped to death. The spirit disguised as Eastwood's character returned for revenge against members of the town as well as the men who killed him. Dawn Marie is Amazing

[@bobtedeman5975]

Someone said Clint was the Marshall's ghost. I thought they were brothers.

[@tarmaque]

The original script made him the Marshall's brother. Director Clint Eastwood removed all the references from the script that would make the clear and shot it as if The Stranger was the ghost of the Marshall. Hence the movie is ambiguous, and better for it. Another interpretation is that The Stranger is Satan, inflicting penance on the wicked people of Lago. This rises from the early Hebrew interpretation that Satan is Jehovah's most trusted lieutenant and advisor. The only angel, in fact, whom God trusts to administer his justice.

[@independenceltd.]

he has the marshal's scars

[@timmooney7528]

Beer was a drink normally found in bigger cities. Back then beer wasn't pasteurized, and would go skunky without refrigeration. The time in transit would reduce it's shelf life. Beer was the reason the refrigeration train cars were put into use. Whiskey was more common due to it didn't go bad like beer.

[@mikealvarez2322]

Clint Eastwood smoked chariot cigars in his movies. I hate to be critical but your cigar looks more like a hotdog 🌭. Love your reaction to a very entertaining Western.😊❤

[@creech54]

I think you mean cheroot cigars.

[@mikealvarez2322]

​@@creech54I hate autocorrect. 9 times out of 10 it screws up what I'm typing. Thanks for the correction. Yes, I meant cheroot (damn it, it did it again) cigars, although I would love to see Eastwood smoke a chariot.😂

[@creech54]

@@mikealvarez2322 Ah, I see! Yes, you gotta watch out for autoincorrect. 😁

[@Anon54387]

@@creech54 Autocorrect leads to comical results at times. The problem for me is that I correct autocorrect often before I make note of the funny aspects of it.

[@keithmeiklejohn2834]

I love watching Dawn reacting to movies. You never know what she'll come out and it cracks you up.

[@ice-iu3vv]

so many incorrect people commenting that it was marshall duncan's ghost. i saw it that way myself until the late 90s, when clint said on "inside the actor's studio" that it was marshall duncan's brother , not his ghost. he would know, he co-wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the film. if it was his ghost, then clint would be who we see in the whipping scenes. thats a stuntman who looks like clint. the fact that so many people saw it that way gave him the idea to do "pale rider" which actually is about a ghost.

[@drgoremd]

The end of the film would seem to confirm the ghost theory when he tells Mordecai that he knows his name and immediately cut to the name on the tombstone. Mordecai wouldn't have known the name of his brother.

[@steveellis7174]

two things say it's a ghost-disappearing at the end, and when Mordecai says he doesn't know his name, Eastwood's character says yes you do, then the camera pans to the headstone with Duncan's name on it. If it was his brother, how would Mordecai know who he was. The spirit came back in a different appearance just so the town wouldn't know who he was. So Eastwood can say one thing but the movie speaks for itself.

[@ice-iu3vv]

we can be quite sure his name was duncan. and dont need to know his first name. there is nothing to dispute since clint knows what was in the script, and had no reason to lie. its easy to see the film in the ghost way, and therefore the brother motif was kept too nebulous. but if clint was surprised at the audiences reaction? and it gave him the idea for a different movie? its not in doubt there is nothing to persuade.@@drgoremd

[@drgoremd]

@@ice-iu3vv It wouldn't say in the script whether it was his brother or not otherwise they would have said it in the movie.

[@ice-iu3vv]

you may look these things up if you wish. you may believe what you wish. you will not become correct though. "eastwood intentionally kept the identity of the stranger vague in his directing choices, giving no clear indication that it was marshall duncan's brother" is one quote i just found. why exactly would eastwood lie on inside the actors studio? and why do you think you know better than he does what his movie was about?@@drgoremd

[@JK-of6bq]

Lol at the Poncho and Cigar!! Lol!! One of my ALL TIME FAVORITE MOVIES!!

[@Bradford659]

Although Clint is usually a badass in the westerns in general & the Dirty Harry movies he is the most badass in this imo

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

No, he isn't, he's terrible and all he does is atrocious things... another idiot unable to understand the movie

[@maggiespeaks8555]

Outlaw Josey Wales. “All I got is a piece of hard rock candy. But it’s not for eating, it’s just for looking through” Clints younger confederate friend in the movie, Timothy bottoms, is the same actor who played Lance in Apocalypse now a couple years later

[@theylied1776]

He was dead, he is what they call (Wraith or a Crow). When a person is violently murdered their Spirit can't rest, and it comes back seeking revenge as a Wraith or a Crow.

[@ronp1903]

You're going to enjoy the Clint Eastwood western 'Pale Rider'. Always a great reaction Dawn! 🎥🍿❤️

[@zackgallardo]

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[@harpergras]

My favorite Eastwood western...Thanks for reacting.

[@COYO-T]

He was the spirit of Jim Duncan making things right.

[@BoxerRick]

Clint was Marshal Duncans spirit coming back for revenge on the whole town. Love your reactions. God bless ya, girl.

[@trhansen3244]

He didn't look anything like Duncan, though.

[@Stogie2112]

Eastwood has said that the Stranger's identity is up to interpretation, but I'd say it's pretty clear: The Stranger is the ghost of Marshall Jim Duncan, and he's come back to settle things. Right at the very beginning, the Stranger appears out of nowhere, emerging from the heat waves coming off the ground.

[@kingbeauregard]

Honestly, it has frustrated me for decades that people even debate the matter. What the hell do they think is the point of whatshername saying that the dead can't rest in an unmarked grave? Or that Mordecai is marking Jim Duncan's grave and Clint is saying that Mordecai did indeed know his name? Or the fact that Clint knows who are the good people in town and who participated in Jim Duncan's murder? Good God, everyone's allowed their own interpretations, but you also ought to be able to say that the work supports your interpretations.

[@Stogie2112]

@@kingbeauregard ... Good points. Sadly, all the uncertainty is caused by people not paying full attention to the film and the dialogue. That happens in every film. Some people just don't listen!

[@sintruder]

The man who played the marshal was in real life Clint Eastwood's stunt double. The bar tender was Wishbone on Rawhide. The man who'd look silly with the knife sticking out of his ass was the leader of The Black Widows Biker club from the Any which way movies

[@andre647]

And the nerveus barber is also from the black widow s,and the one name stacy bridges alo,

[@sintruder]

@@andre647 the leader of the gang coming back to town was Orville, Philo (Clint Eastwood) brother in Any Which Way But Loose

[@andre647]

Yeah thats right,his real name is Geofrey Lewis the father from Juliyet Lewis@@sintruder

[@tapoemt3995]

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, High Plains Drifter, The Outlaw Josey Wales and Pale Rider are my all time favorites of Clint Eastwood's Westerns. I hope you watch Pale Rider at some point, really love that one. Also Dawn, before you go deducting points on that music, I think they used it for the effect of him being a ghost. When he entered, it was used, like he came back from the dead for revenge. Then when you hear it again, he's leaving, his soul can now rest. That's how I always took it.

[@brianwashines2645]

I always thought that Eastwood's Will Munny character in "Unforgiven" was an older take on this type of Western antihero. A man who was without conscience and acted brutish and antisocial in his younger years. This was Eastwood's first Western as a director and it was an homage to Sergio Leone and the Spaghetti Western genre.

[@Echo4Bravo]

The head on the beer. I remembered a movie! Young Einstein 1988. He invented carbonated beer. It's a comedy. All remember, him handing his dad the beer. And his dad immediately says It's got a nice head." The kid's name was Yahoo Serious.

[@JasonRule-1]

In reference to the similarities between this movie and the "dollars trilogy..." The three original films were directed by Sergio Leone. This movie was directed by Clint Eastwood himself.

[@jackmessick2869]

From Wikipedia: The character of Marshal Duncan was played by Buddy Van Horn, Eastwood's long-time stunt double, to suggest that he and the Stranger could be the same person. In an interview, Eastwood said that earlier versions of the script made the Stranger the dead marshal's brother. He favored a less explicit and more supernatural interpretation, and excised the reference. "It's just an allegory," Eastwood said, "a speculation on what happens when they go ahead and kill the sheriff, and somebody comes back and calls the town's conscience to bear. There's always retribution for your deeds." The 'ghost story' interpretation of the film favoured by Eastwood is hinted at strongly throughout the movie, suggesting that the Stranger may be the ghost of slain Federal Marshall Jim Duncan, returning for vengeance and justice.

[@namesameasu]

This Western is almost as crazy as a Marx Brothers movie! I believe he came back from the grave just for revenge, and perhaps justice. The Beguiled is an interesting Eastwood movie to watch. It has an all female cast except for Clint.

[@CoffeeConnected]

Dawn, did you watch the film right until the end where the end credits rolled? Because if you did it would answer your questions at the end of your video. Did you stop the film too early? What you were watching was quite possibly a supernatural story. Or at least it strongly hints that it is. Looks like you may have missed the final sting of the entire film. You asked who the townsfolk think they buried when they buried the marshal Jim Duncan. That actually is Jim Duncan's body. There is no need to say "When he died" in air quotes. He literally died. Right at the end where he rode off into the distance you see him vanish into the desert haze. I don't mean simply vanish into the distance, I mean disappeared into thin air. It's a callback to the start where we see him appear from the haze. As far as we're concerned the Clint Eastwood character only ever appears to exist during the time we see him in the film. Which would mean that there would be no training for the years inbetween. The dark music you noticed. We hear it when Clint Eastwood first appears and we hear it again when he leaves town. That music in itself is supposed to make you ask questions about the character. It's not simply generic filler music. That creepy music is very fitting for what could be an angel of death from the undead whose mission it is to seek vengeance.

[@bruceschultz3121]

Clint was exacting revenge on both the town and the "whippers." He was the spirit of his former self that the town watched get whipped to death without helping.

[@RandomDudeOne]

Love how twisted Dawn Marie is!!

[@chetstevensq]

In the Line of Fire has Clint as a secret service agent. Also with John Malovich who is another actor you should get to know.

[@joefaber1381]

Eastwood was Marshal Jim Duncans ghost.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

If you haven't reacted to Clint Eastwood in "Pale Rider" (1985) you have to because there really is nothing like a nice piece of hickory.

[@davidkennedy6227]

Clint was actually very good friends with the main bad guy in this movie, when he passed away in real life it really upset Eastwood

[@bullpup33]

Pale rider, high plains drifter and of course Unforgiven.