High Plains Drifter | Clint Eastwood vs. the Town Outlaws

[@Likedeeler1399]

I' m a 60 years old German and i grew up with Charles Bronson and Clint Eastwood. My heros in my childhood...

[@scottknode898]

I am 37 years old but I am a fan of Clint Eastwood’s westerns and cop films as grew up on Eastwood with my Dad who is 64 years old

[@alanlane3670]

And Rambo !!!!!

[@fastdude2002]

57 and same for me. The Dirty Harry movies are probably why I became a law enforcement officer as an adult even though it wasn’t close to as exciting as Dirty Harry on the streets of San Francisco…

[@mq-r3apz291]

Come to realize clint eastwood is basically chuck norrise's dad

[@evangelinasanchez1450]

Párese que yuotbe me bloqueo por que no me dejan comprar nada.

[@ek2156]

Gotta love how Clint Eastwood was loyal to his actor friends! How many of these actors are in his other movies.... Too many to count! It is good to have friends like Mr. Eastwood.

[@JonathanReynolds1]

Like Albert Popwell who was in 5 Eastwood movies (including the first 4 of the 5 Dirty Harry movies).

[@daveroche6522]

Hell yeah. Himself and Albert Popwell for exaple got on very well by all accounts. Hence Albert appearing in various guises in the Dirty Harry series (Bankrobber/Pimp/Big Ed/Horace). "Hey - I gots to know...."

[@leejee88]

Easier to work with people your familar with Everytime than the ones you're not

[@daveroche6522]

@@leejee88 I'd have said easier to work with people you get on with, instead of a bunch of moronic a-holes (go ahead, try 9 years in a brainmorgue of an office with creative & imaginative sorry, overpaid & incompetent civil servants....).

[@jamsheadaziz3999]

Especially in Every which way but loose

[@toddandangelbrowning2920]

I remember as a kid watching all these old westerns with my dad. I never knew then how today, they would help me recall those memories now that he has passed on. Miss you dad.

[@oldsaerotech1167]

Our family, our friends,remain in our hearts FOREVER, through memories as such. Peace.

[@that_thing_I_do]

😉 I remember watching all these new westerns as a kid

[@muttinchops3708]

Yes I a great memory s of my dad getting drunk and hitting me the good old days smfh.

[@leejee88]

I remember they used to play them on tbs passed my bedtime... My uncle would let me stay up late to watch it ..

[@Kitiwake]

It's good to be loyal to your father.

[@gandanek]

Geofrey Lewis is the star of this scene. His facial expression when Eastwood throws the whip into the bar is awesome. Truly a criminally underrated actor.

[@earlmcpherson6913]

Him and Clint were best friends, so I read.

[@kevinmalone3210]

Eastwood had some good actors in his movies over the years. Geoffrey Lewis was one of them.

[@curtisbryce5096]

He was very underrated as an actor.

[@namoi45]

"Orville"

[@theman2017inc]

He enjoyed later roles, as the vampirsed craftsman in Salem’s Lot then the father figure to Jean Claude Van Damme in DOUBLE IMPACT

[@PG_FISHING]

Clint Eastwood will never be replaced!

[@joethekinghawk7514]

Never.

[@eddionrodanronnie]

No good actor could & unfortunately I don’t think anyone is coming soon

[@maxmurphy7306]

Absolutely.

[@t.l.robinson2162]

Agreed, wholeheartedly.

[@LegoVideoMaker8]

@@joethekinghawk7514 and he was a good boy cow

[@namelesswarrior4760]

Clint Eastwood was and always will be the "BADDEST MAN" in the wild wild west. THE MAN THE MYTH THE LEGEND

[@pilot8602]

Lee Van Cleef?

[@pilot8602]

@Troy Hooker what?

[@shanegaffey9257]

✌️👇🤙👉✍️💯

[@davea4245]

The boogeyman check his closet before bed to make sure Chuck Norris is hiding in there, but Chuck Norris checks his closet to make sure Clint Eastwood isn't in there!

[@johnhipp8267]

@@davea4245 And they are all afraid of John Wick.

[@Stormstallion]

One of the greatest ghost stories ever filmed.

[@jerryjustice8026]

Ive never read the book, but i was told least by the book it was his brother

[@timburns4880]

@@jerryjustice8026, then explain how "The Stranger" comes out of the desert from nothing at the beginning and goes back into nothing at the end? He was the ghost of Jim Duncan.

[@jerryjustice8026]

@@timburns4880 I get the movie yeah I think he was a ghost too. I mean at the end when the little guy said I never knew your name he replied yes you do, but I was referring to the book

[@scotthvac417]

@@jerryjustice8026 there is a video interview of eastwood talking about leaving the brother angle out of the movie. it`s on youtube somewhere

[@jerryjustice8026]

@@scotthvac417 I perfer the angle he took even the erie music in the movie

[@HerrinSchadenfreude]

My favorite Western by anyone ever. That moment when everyone relives the whipping and several people suddenly realize as a result who The Stranger is. Priceless.

[@haylobos8261]

He dies and borns again. As a range bum.

[@neoanderson4006]

In that case, I recommend that you watch Unforgiven.

[@bibberp4036]

@@neoanderson4006 That is by far my favorite Eastwood movie. Agree. Ten thumbs up!

[@paulbenedetti7839]

❤❤❤4444

[@endicotto]

No way. Unforgiven, Pale Rider, outlaw Josef Wales all better

[@protorhinocerator142]

This is easily one of my favorite Clint Eastwood movies ever. He's a cold, calculated, vengeful force and he doesn't afraid of anyone.

[@emmitmeyer1368]

Definitely a great, But I'd have to choose "The Outlaw Josey Wales".

[@donjohn2695]

He is a avenging angel

[@mottthehoople693]

@@donjohn2695 or a ghost..same in pale rider

[@touchofgrey5372]

"...doesn't..."??? How about isn't afraid!

[@Yonder27]

🎭 The wrong choice of words is a KZbin trademark.

[@kevinbedard27]

I love how The Stranger not only punishes the bad guys, but he also punishes the entire town for hiring them!

[@Jonno2summit]

Clint often punished those in his movies who were simple cowards who said or did nothing while others commited crimes. I like that theme. As Edmund Burke is often quoted, "All it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing".

[@vancouver4sure]

He punished the town for doing nothing when he was hung

[@mythsislittlefarie7635]

@@vancouver4sure the sheriff character was whipped to death, not hung thats a different Eastwood movie. The character made a deal with heaven and hell to punish all the wicked, towns people for their cowardice and the outlaws for his death.

[@LordZontar]

The town got punished not for hiring these goons in the first place and not even only for their cowardice in letting Jim Duncan die, but for all of them assenting in one form or another to the Marshal's murder because he was about to bring evidence that Lago didn't have proper title to the land on which the gold mine was located. The people who ran the mining company had Stacy Bridges and his cousins do the killing (and then betrayed and set them up on the robbery charge) but the whole town allowed the murder to protect their community interest in the mine and thus became wholly corrupted. That was the hidden crime of Lago, the sin for which the whole town was held for judgment. The very few who tried to object or even intervene, like Sarah Belling, or were too terrified to act like Mordecai, were suppressed and ended up having to live with the guilt along with everyone else because they had nowhere else to go.

[@paoloc3318]

@@vancouver4sure he wasn't hung . He was whipped man

[@philiphatfield5666]

My Dad and I went to see this movie in a tiny second run cinema, and we both loved it. Clint Eastwood's directing work on "High Plains Drifter" was impressive. The climax sequence set at night with all of the great action and fires was masterfully done. With this great western, Clint Eastwood had become a top class director.

[@murrismiller2312]

Quigley Down Under almost went to the same place as this movie...

[@philiphatfield5666]

"Quigley Down Under" simply didn't work because Tom Selleck was too 'likeable' in the role; the movie had no edge. Selleck was excellent, however, in several great TV made westerns.

[@CraigGrant-sh3in]

Clint is known for shooting shadowy movies. He likes the mood and the partial hiding of faces and figures . You see it in "The Outlaw Josie Wales " when he kills the guys in the traders post. He also likes filming in the fall because of the low lighting

[@OroborusFMA]

None of what you said passed my giggle test. It's ham-fisted incoherence - and that's being generous.

[@spookynightthelegendofclar4049]

So, you saw this movie? Well, maybe you can tell me why Clint Eastwood ordered everyone to paint the town RED? I don't get it

[@PaulJohnson-vn7eh]

The fire makes him look demonic, and it looks amazing. Clint was definitely on his game with this one.

[@chuckyanus3563]

After his success with the spaghetti westerns, Eastwood's best westerns IMO were High Plains Drifter, The Outlaw Josey Wales, and Unforgiven. All have to be at the top of the lists of the best ever. Phenomenal actor and director. A shame his time with us probably isn't a whole lot longer.

[@robertmoore2527]

and Pale Rider.

[@chuckyanus3563]

@@robertmoore2527 - yep, also good.

[@chrisreed3929]

It will be a sad day indeed when we lose Clint. But he will have left an amazing legacy that people will enjoy for years to come.

[@james_ford86]

@@chrisreed3929 What dafuq are you talking about? Death is afraid of Clint Eastwood. He'll go when he's good and ready, and not a second before then. You got that!? lol

[@chuckselvage3157]

@@robertmoore2527 I saw that at the flicks. Underrated.

[@FerretJohn]

The looks on everyones faces as the whip came down was pure Gold. They finally knew.

[@adarshprabhat6521]

How much for gold?

[@beatleman69]

Malachi knew.

[@giraffesareselfish9563]

@@beatleman69 "I never did know your name" "Yes you did"

[@FerretJohn]

@@beatleman69 They all knew, Malachi was the only one feeling good about it

[@oldsaerotech1167]

It MADE MY DAY.

[@exnihilo2601]

Wow. This never gets old. Clint is the master.

[@frankrizzo5710]

Truly a master

[@ericriffel8954]

Despite what critics say, this will always be my favorite Clint Eastwood western.

[@davidrubinlang8301]

Everyone can count on Clint Eastwood every time. He never failed; he killed them all.

[@akizeta]

Just don't be Harry Callahan's partner.

[@donjohn2695]

Nobody beats clint

[@zelphx]

And no dramatic stalling, either.

[@zelphx]

@@akizeta TRUE.

[@darthwiizius]

@@akizeta To paraphrase the Mayor, you have a point.

[@georgerizo9285]

Clint Eastwood is simply the best,a American Legend unmatched.

[@haylobos8261]

Made in Italy. It was the dollar movies that put him on the map.

[@andynieuwenhuis7833]

He got His start in the TV series called RawHide. It was a western about a wagon train going west.

[@donjohn2695]

Arguably the greatest American that's ever lived

[@Lunacyk]

Clint was leagues and leagues beyond Wayne in EVERYTHING!

[@joescheller6680]

my feelings ewactly.

[@91prostreetstang]

They were completely different actor styles..... both great in their own arena.....

[@Chipchase780]

The characters, acting and direction are sublime. Clint places the bar very high for the quality he demands for one of his movies. Seeing the tough bad guys wetting their knickers when the realisation dawns is a very satisfying climax to this film.

[@SirManfly]

Clint dealing out justice as only he can!! 👍🏻😄⚰️

[@koro287]

True,i love the blood immediately after the gunshot !

[@kevinnobody3052]

My all time favorite Clint movie. It still gives me chills to this day when he rides off into the desert at the end......... And disappears........

[@joethekinghawk7514]

He didn't just disappear, he just faded away, very spooky and supernatural. I guess Mordechai (midget) carving his name on his tombstone Gave his soul final rest.

[@andynieuwenhuis7833]

@@joethekinghawk7514 This--This is EXACTLY why his Ghost came back. He KNEW the 3 men who killed him, where to be let out from jail. He Also came back, to get his REVENGE on the town's people who DIDN'T do ANYTHING to stop his death.

[@jamsheadaziz3999]

And at the start of the film he appears out of the dusty plains with the eerie music.

[@mikeg9305]

@@jamsheadaziz3999 ......High Plains Drifter!!!

[@64fairlane305]

Far from beeing my fav, Outlaw Josey Wales is hard to match

[@altair227]

Damn he not only whipped him to death but he made an example of him throwing the whip at the gangs to let them know how he got killed. Striking fear into their hearts. Love that detail.

[@MrMnmn911]

If you see the full movie you’ll understand the meaning of all the villains and townspeople underlying horror and realization of what the whip meant.

[@dethray1000]

are you kidding me? it is a movie,all fake,just actors,nothing is real,get a grip

[@bgarri57]

@@MrMnmn911It was absolutely brutal.

[@archangelvvv]

@altair227- Well said! Great symbolism!

[@killbill5486]

Sad that no more generations will experience watching a classic like this from the back of their parents station wagon at a drive-in theatre. Good days.

[@Sektorax]

I was born in 2009 and I love all his movies

[@TomCurless]

I love his movies!! In a nutshell they were well produced, fascinating, man with no name, he always injected humor in them and stood up for the little guy

[@nhmooytis7058]

A character who truly deserves the word ICONIC!

[@daveroche6522]

Clints facial response to "It won't cost you one cent more than regular hotel rates" from the preacher cannot be beaten. Myself and some of my best friends still use that line to this day - works every time!

[@HerrinSchadenfreude]

LOL! Another favorite: "Those are paying customers! I can't just kick them out! If I evict them where are they supposed to go?!" "Out."

[@gordongate]

the dwarf worked out who/what the stranger was,

[@Harry-q2q6y]

Arguably the best scene that Geoffrey Lewis (Stacey) was ever in. May he be resting in peace.

[@Wild_Western]

God, will I miss Clint Eastwood and his No Holds Bar acting, directing and overall personality. An American icon!

[@darthwiizius]

The western genre would have died out in the 70s without Clint, he was the perfect actor for the new wave of gritty and highly stylised westerns pioneered by the Italian film industry and acted as the bridge to bring it into everyday American culture and even make it their own by doubling down on the hard edge Clint brought with his characterisation. At one point it was almost entirely only Clint that could deliver a western and sell tickets for it at the cinema, films like High Plains drifter and Pale Rider are probably the 2 best known examples of this along with Unforgiven.

[@dwightdonnelly8662]

Clint silhouetted by the fire, and his almost robotic movement of parting his duster aside to reveal his pistol. Classic greatness in cinematography and directorial brilliance.

[@dynjarren8355]

I love how uses that whip to get Justice. He strangled that guy and they all just stand around frozen with fear. The leader doesn’t know who he’s up against and then at the end yells out Who are You? As he’s about to die. But there’s no answer. The silence is deafening and scary because they know there’s a ghost killer exacting revenge on them. Clint even Hangs ‘‘em High! He whispers: Help Me! Help Me! But they don’t get it. He’s an Avenger. One of my favorite Eastwood movies! He even painted the Town Red because it was like Hell.

[@joethekinghawk7514]

Help me, help me. Spooky to know that Marshall Duncan soul is crying for justice.

[@JohnK-ph3vw]

I remember as a kid (I was 6 or 7) watching this with my dad. The “help me…help me” was so haunting and fascinating to me-and “who are you” just was chilling to “child me.” Now I know…it’s vengeance-death has come for you.

[@dynjarren8355]

@@JohnK-ph3vw It’s still a cool movie and very mystical and eerie even! I still like it alot along with Outlaw Josey Wales, the Spaghetti 🍝Westerns and Dirty Harry Series of films. What a career and life Eastwood has had! He just turned 90 and he’s still alive! Wow! He must be healthy but Dick Van Dyke has got him beat! He just turned 95! They both have their mental faculties which is critical in old age! God Bless them both! May they both live to be 101!

[@dethray1000]

it is a movie--all fake--pretend--get a grip--santa claus will be here in in 6 months

[@tarn1135]

Movies like this are can’t be made anymore. Truly a classic in every sense of the word.

[@adamcuneo7189]

@Tam 113, I know, we will never see movies like this get made ever again, and it would be seen as "offensive", if made in today's wimpy society.

[@MegaSmarterthanyou]

@@adamcuneo7189 I agree pro sports is wimpy too along with wimpy society and movies , really cant stand this garbage now

[@Meldreth56]

@@adamcuneo7189 I'm sorry you feel that way, but it's pure fantasy that a film line this wouldn't get made today because it would "offend" anyone. Of course there are trends in movies, of course there are agendas, but to think that society has become too "wimpy" to watch a few immoral guys get punished by the incarnation of death is ludicrous.

[@trtr-bc3zl]

It's made already do no point making it again 😒

[@McDinglefart_69]

It's offensive because white man.

[@KianGuerrero]

A character who truly deserves the word ICONIC!. One of the most haunting endings ever. And satisfying..

[@jeffballard7632]

Eastwood has always been a brilliant director and storyteller.....

[@twolak1972]

One of the best westerns ever made, right up there with Rio Bravo and unforgiven. Jeff Lewis is so underrated , acted in many of Clints films.

[@bradleybrown8399]

underrated, he says...😑

[@mr.robinson1982]

He has had so many great movies, that it's hard to pick just one.

[@exnihilo2601]

For me it's either High Plains Drifter or Unforgiven.

[@oldcountryboy]

What about the greatest movie of all time the good the bad and the ugly

[@diegocristianpolastri6349]

@@oldcountryboyGreatest western of all time

[@321snoot]

@@diegocristianpolastri6349 Agreed!! It's a masterpiece.

[@Intrepid_Crusader1096]

What did you think of Cry Macho?

[@NYVoice]

One of the most haunting endings ever. And satisfying.

[@markv3107]

Always loved this one, it was one of Eastwood's darker films but great none the less!!

[@droceretik]

So because it was one of his darker films, it should not have been great? There are plenty of great, dark films.

[@markv3107]

@@droceretik You quite obviously misinterpreted my comment. I clearly stated that I love this film and at no point said “dark” films are bad. Almost all of my favourite movies are films that are considered to be dark.

[@georgebuller1914]

I see your point. Normally 'our Clint' is a hero - through and through - but in this one he's well, he's not EXACTLY a straight-laced, 'good-guy'. Great film nonetheless. :-)

[@ernestmccalip1109]

John Wayne implored Eastwood NOT to make this movie.

[@petejones879]

Not seen this in decades.. Forgot his good it was

[@douglasgugel2752]

Hollywood didn't think ol Clint was good enough boy were they wrong !!! So he went to Italy made 3 legendary westerns with Legendary director Sergio Leone and totally brilliant soundtracks by Ennio Morricone and the rest is history then Hollywood knew they had a huge brilliant star on thier hands and did thier best to get Eastwood !!! Just like Sylvester Stallone , Clint Eastwood did it his way and would not accept rejection or take no for an answer and funny thing is Eastwood and Stallone are two of the best ever right along a few other greats like Heston and Bronson and many more !!!

[@glenncarver3896]

Knew an Actor who said Eastwood was not an Actor ……..He had no roles at the time……..I said Eastwood radiates with the public……..He is worth millions and I don’t think he gives a Rats Ass what you think………

[@Leifmommy]

Didn't know that he went to Italy good to know eh Good for Clint Eastwood No one's is good as him this days Well Lee Van Cleef is good too and other's during his times Watching Clint Eastwood Movies I don't want to watch new actors Movies hahaha

[@nealjolly5434]

The spirit of a murdered lawman possesses a wondering gunslinger. Returns to the town he was murdered and plots his revenge on the cowards of that town and the men who killed him. A powerful ghost story and a great film. Eastwood at his best and the second movie he directed and stared in.

[@dannyboidee]

wouldn't say possessed, but rather apparated into the world as a wandering gunslinger to throw off suspicions of him being the marshal

[@nealjolly5434]

@@dannyboidee You may want to read up on Clint's original writings and adaptations of the screen play. The marshal was killed. No one knew who he was when he came into town. If he had been the marshal, they would have known.

[@graytonw5238]

@@nealjolly5434 I always wondered about that. I thought it was supposed to be the ghost of the sheriff brought back in physical form to take his revenge, but I always wondered why nobody recognized him. So if he did somehow possess a living gunslinger, that would solve the recognition problem. Yet I seem to remember a scene from the movie, a flashback where we see the sheriff murdered, and it was Eastwood himself who clearly was the sheriff. And both the fading in and fading out of the gunslinger at the beginning and end of the movie seems to imply he wasn't a real human.

[@nealjolly5434]

@@graytonw5238 Understood, but I was going on what Eastwood wrote in his original notes of the movie. The screen play. A ghost can not take physical form, yet the fading in and out does pose a question. Not being recognized. I would say that the spirit within distorted the wonder's physical body giving him the appearance it's formal self. Therefor looking like the sheriff, but not to the people of the town. They only see a stranger. My thoughts only.

[@graytonw5238]

@@nealjolly5434 Ah, good point. Thus we as the audience see the sheriff's real appearance when looking at the gunslinger, but the townspeople wouldn't because they're seeing the gunslinger's external appearance (I'm guessing). I'll certainly bow to the original notes and screenplay from Eastwood himself, since that's the true source of the movie and story. One of Eastwood's best in any event.

[@SonofDavid0814]

The sign on the poster was right. "THEY'LL NEVER FORGET THE DAY HE CAME TO TOWN!" AND, Who exactly was this mysterious man? The spirit of vengeance? The good sheriff's ghost? A relative or a town person who witnessed the murder? We'll never truly know! However, what we do know is that this film was and always will be an all time classic! Thank You Mr. Eastwood!

[@justthetruth1]

Clints use of the same group of actors across so many films is amazing

[@JohnDavies-cn3ro]

Rather like 'John Ford's private Repatory Company' with all his old friends

[@rogerkay8603]

Unforgiven and Outlaw Josey Wales are excellent, but this is the best Clint Western bar none.

[@mikemcdonald2755]

I don't know. I like Pale Rider, Hang em high, and Two mules for sister Sarah more!

[@biketech60]

@@mikemcdonald2755 Nothing quite like a good piece of Hickory ! Hand full of whoop ass

[@M0butu]

I'm more in the goodbadugly camp.

[@zuzuspetals9281]

@RUDE AWAKENING it had a powerful message, but you had to see beyond the surface.

[@derekbuckler3859]

Um, noooo, it is great. But pale rider is my personal fav, either way opinions vary. I was actually telling my younger girlfriend about that movie, i think i ll just watch high plains drifter, and pale rider with her.

[@showcasecharlie11]

Two of the best icons in western movies..RIP Geoffrey Lewis... when you make friends with Clint, you're friends for life it appears.

[@timbrady9986]

Clint Eastwood's firstmovie he directed. A stone cold heartless character who gave the town of Lago exactly what they deserved. I love the end when he's leaving town and sees Mordicai carving the name Jim Duncan on a wooden tomb at the marshall's grave and says "I'm almost done here captain, you know I never did het your name". Then the stranger says to him "you know who I am"( the little man gives him a look of terror)" you take care". "Aye aye captain" then rides off the way he rode in. I'll never forget the first time I saw it.

[@daveroche6522]

Agreed. A powerful, underrated scene in a fantastic, somewhat underrated/overlooked movie. First class.

[@douglasgugel2752]

I don't know why John Wayne didn't like this movie but I personally think it's one of the best westerns of all time ever !!! Really great supporting cast and great acting , scenery , soundtrack , Clint Eastwood at one of his best the plot is great I think it's the Marshall coming back from beyond to get revenge or it's the Marshalls son coming back to get revenge for him ? Either way I think John Wayne was kinda jealous he didn't think of it ! It's pure brilliance and Clint Eastwood magick !!! By the way there will never be another Clint Eastwood ever again he was one of a kind and his acting and movies were pure brilliance !!!

[@spacecat2821]

Love how at the end you can see the flames through him showing he is just a ghost

[@greglaplante7593]

I just seen that ! Wow creepy.

[@specialized29er86]

I love how Clint had the same crew in his movies.

[@michaelmullin7941]

Like John Wayne did.

[@EIixir]

The man with no name is like a force of pure will. They don't make characters like this any more.

[@adamcuneo7189]

And they won't ever be able to, because no one can ever replace Clint.

[@nobunaga-oda]

@@adamcuneo7189 👍🏻😍

[@markh3271]

While that is true, this is not part of that "series". Clint has a name in this movie, its just not revealed until the end. Mordecai is carving his name into the grave marker as Clint rides off. I think it was John Duncan. Not sure as it was a long time ago that I last watched this movie.

[@289cobra9]

@@markh3271 It was. Marshall John Duncan.

[@289cobra9]

@@adamcuneo7189 His son Scott Eastwood. He looks just like him.

[@gordonreed2736]

Loved Eastwood's cast.... Went on to make several movies with him.RIP boys

[@angelamorgan3504]

I love Westerns. especially Clint Eastwood.Movies Greatest Actor 🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍😜😜😎💓💓🤗🤗🙌🙌🙌

[@koko2bware]

The terrified and shell-shocked expressions of those faces as the whip tore through the flesh tells you ... they know that's the Whipping of Revenge for Blood... Priceless!!

[@wilsonesparagoza4528]

My favorite Hollywood actor.CLINT EASTWOOD.

[@thomasjones4265]

I love it at the very end when Clint's character rides by to say goodbye to Mordecai,and Mordecai says I never did know your name,and Clint says Yes You Do,Great Scene...

[@garymcaleer6112]

One of the most kick-ass closing scenes on film. Few today can compare.

[@ernestmccalip1109]

Amen!

[@daveroche6522]

Of course they can't. Creativity and imagination are now taboo!

[@Madasin_Paine]

Quite so. And... It's interesting to consider how westerns and police action films changed in the '60s and '70s in light of what the population was experiencing from Vietnam war and the economic and political upheavals of the seventies... Not Gene Autry and not the clean shaven dapper soft hand singing cowboys.. A lot of that grit is remixed into the Tarantino style of films that people seem to find so satisfying despite their endless lust for glorified stylized violence and sadomasochism especially against women and people who are indistinguishable as being either good or bad. HolyWeird Helping Who?

[@kenhoward3512]

Denzel's "Equalizer" would compare favorably.

[@glenmiller4273]

​​@@kenhoward3512 Nah, zero originality, like everything in today's cinema. DW is obviously a great actor, but now it's just wash-rinse-repeat an old classic because they can't write anything original.

[@williamcap2236]

No one does westerns like Clint Eastwood ! The master !

[@tigerone2353]

Clint eastwood, great guy great actor, great director. Has a lot of friends and keeps them in a lot of his films. They'll never be another Clint

[@pillsber]

The single greatest western in history. Better than any other Clint Eastwood western as well as any other western movies ever made with any actors.

[@olliehopnoodle4628]

I got to see this and so many other great movies in the theaters as a kid. It just wished I realized what a special time it was for cinema.

[@gazof-the-north1980]

NO CGI, just good old fashioned acting. CLASSIC western movie.

[@Legendzzz-nc9wb]

It was satisfying seeing him whip them for revenge

[@luigivincenz3843]

The bad guy who gets lassoed first is Anthony James. He was also in UNFORGIVEN. In Unforgiven, he's the barkeep in the end who gets shotgunned by Clint with the line "well he shoulda' armed himself if he was gonna decorate his saloon with my friend". He's one of Clint's real-life pals for more than 50 years.

[@DelightLovesMovies]

He's an Archangel surrounded by all those flames.

[@zuzuspetals9281]

He’s Satan.

[@adamcuneo7189]

@@zuzuspetals9281, No, he's not, he's the ghost of the Marshal, who's out out for revenge for what they did to him.

[@chrisp1500]

When he whips his coat back to draw his gun, standing in front of the flames... Hard to think of a more bad-ass moment

[@archangelvvv]

@@adamcuneo7189 NAILED IT! That was confirmed in the last scene when he was riding out of town and the little man standing at the Marshal's grave asked him "I didn't get your name", to which he replied "yes you do", then the camera panned to the name on the head stone Jim Duncan. That scene was genius and it revealed that the Pale Rider is the ghost of the fallen Marshal. People need to keep in mind this is fictional and it leaves the viewers to come to their own conclusion, but this was the intention of the story revealed in the last scene. Anyone watching this movie shouldn't attempt to "rationalize" or make sense of a fictional story like this.

[@lloydmunga4961]

Clint Eastwood is the western movie GOAT. There will NEVER EVER be another actor like him in a thousand lifetimes . I would rather watch the oldies then the new movies as most new ones suck . Mind you, the Magnificent Seven remake was very good

[@MrScottskiuk]

This was always my favourite Western. Absolutely superb!

[@ernestmccalip1109]

Mine too, absolutely

[@dwaynekoblitz6032]

Don't make 'em that anymore. Thank Mr. Eastwood. For all your fantastic movies. You're truly an American Icon. Movies SO DAMN GOOD!!

[@1dayatatime186]

One of my favorite movie scenes ever. I was amazed first time i watched it. Still am.

[@rogermolina1244]

After the happenings in the town of lago at the hands of a man with no name the town of Lago was changed to Big Whiskey. But little did the town of Big Whiskey or their crooked sheriff and deputies realize that once again their town will be visited by a man who was known as the mysterious man with no name and now goes by the name of William Munny, and the level of Vengeance he leaves on Big Whiskey and it's crooked sheriff and deputies for killing his friend and putting him on display will leave the town of Big Whiskey in total shock and awe in the end!

[@jacktheripoff1888]

Little Bill was a facinating character. Presenting himself to the writer as a noble couragous lawman. But I noticed that he preferred to do his "sheriffing" with 4 deputies in back of him with guns already drawn. But then again, you got 4 deputies there when English Bob rolled into town, they were all rifled and shotgunned up, even Clyde for just having 1 arm still had 3 pistols ready to go, but they were not going to do a thing until Bill showed up. He did deserve what he got in the end. But then again, "Deserve's got nothing to do with it."

[@glenncalzada1707]

I'll buy that idea. Thanks for the connection.

[@oldnick4707]

"I was building a house..."

[@valsakumar3673]

@@oldnick4707 Wish you all the best...❤️ 😂 😂

[@johnnycee5179]

What's left of the crooked then move to D.C. and call themselves Democrats.

[@dramares]

This guy proves it again... The less words the better.

[@RobertKetteringham]

Absolutely ❤❤

[@fifty9forty3]

High Plains and Pale Rider have the same ending. The entity takes out the bad guys one by one and then the leader in a face off and rides off alone, leaving everyone to guess who he is. Both movies are enjoyable.

[@daveroche6522]

Damn tootin'. But HPD remains my firm favourite.

[@fifty9forty3]

@@daveroche6522 Top 3 of his westerns for me: The Good, Bad, Ugly, and the two aforementioned.

[@DanielDeis-qb7ko]

This is one of the darkest westerns of all time.

[@twix6957]

Legend of western legend of cinema Clint Eastwood

[@nobunaga-oda]

👍🏻

[@jonbeams9786]

The dead dont rest, without a marker or a name.

[@davidsanders5652]

A tired trope infested and out of date genre - the Western. Yet Eastwood managed to reinvent it 5 times in America alone. High Plains Drifter, Outlaw Josie Wales, Pale Rider, The Beguiled and Unforgiven. The man is a legend.

[@snotbubbles3276]

Joe Kidd & Bronco Billy

[@davidsanders5652]

@@snotbubbles3276 It's a point but Joe Kidd didn't really add anything new and Bronco Billy wasn't really a western.

[@davidsanders5652]

@@Peterviegal The fact that there are so few westerns being made shows it's an outdated genre.

[@stevestringham1095]

@@davidsanders5652 yet the right one comes out tomorrow and the mono myth is reborn

[@jjrbarnett]

@@davidsanders5652 lots of westerns on TV. Made for Cable types. It's still a section in the book store too. It's just that the fan base is usually older and not a flush with disposable cash compared to sci-fi and fantasy fans.

[@andrewdock7288]

He returns from the dead to avenge himself In purgatory. It's a profoundly mystical film and one of his best.

[@tarn1135]

On a side note that bar is beautiful! The statues and everything is amazing!

[@finddeniro]

Raw Hide..I been a enthusiastic fanatic for 60 years.. He is a Korean Era Veteran as was my Father.. State Side.

[@kimdurig1322]

The actor who was whipped to death later played Skinny in Unforgiven, Anthony James, passed in 2020.

[@289cobra9]

He was in a lot of movies / TV shows.

[@brandonallen3289]

And In the Heat of the Night.

[@289cobra9]

@@brandonallen3289 💯% correct 👍

[@Madbandit77]

He was a thug in "Blue Thunder".

[@LordZontar]

The smiling hearse driver in Burnt Offerings (1976).

[@nbmooselovers]

When this film came out I was 15..I can't remember if I saw it at a drive in. But saw it many times on tv through the years. I'm 65 now...long time ago. Many great Clint Eastwood memories! What a guy! 😊👍

[@gutspraygore]

I guess when you invoke the tales of redemption, you get anti-hero's like the High Plains Drifter from back then and John Wick now.

[@marlenemanion9776]

Clint Eastwood was one bad ass:-)

[@stevenspenneberg7407]

When Clint saw how good a certain thing worked on film, he would often REPEAT IT in another film. In Pale Rider he kills all the Pinkerton assassins one at a time, then shoots the last bad guy several times in the chest. He falls to his knees. Only in that one, Clint pulls out a tiny little Gun and finishes him with a pop in the forehead.

[@mythsislittlefarie7635]

He finishes off with a 7th bullet because when they tried to kill him they only used 6 bullets and he didn't want the bad guy to survive.

[@LordZontar]

Stockburn's signature was always that final bullet to the head with the dying victim looking, and that's what he gets from Preacher: his own sadism turned back on him. Also remember when we briefly saw the Preacher's bare back with six closed-over bullet holes. He shoots Stockburn in the same pattern before delivering the coup de grasse. There was indeed one bit that Eastwood repeated in both this film and Pale Rider and that was his nod to Sergio Leone -- the scene in which the last enemy in hiding is about to shoot Clint in the back only to be gunned down by Clint's friend. It was the climax of A Fistful Of Dollars and Eastwood repeated it in High Plains Drifter with Mordecai and Pale Rider with Hull Barrett.

[@---MfpMax]

Love the opening music of this film hauntingly with a fear of what is to come. Pure brilliance.

[@LuciFeric137]

This and "The Outlaw Josey Wales" are my 2 fav Clint Eastwood films.

[@johnmaciejewski4]

It’s a good one for sure ! But for me it’s outlaw Josey wales and the good the bad and the ugly my top 2

[@Toni62R]

And pale rider...

[@lazio7495]

I watch Rawhide every morning. It's such a treat to see Clint Eastwood acting in his younger days. He totally had that lanky swagger back then. He's one of my favorite actors of all times!

[@jimpomac]

Amazing how almost every shot ricochets off something but still hits the target !

[@michaelpatterson7519]

.. One of the best Western productions ever made ...

[@wiltner]

Geoffrey Lewis. Juliette Lewis’s father. A great character actor and a favourite of Clint’s.

[@robertward8130]

Never would've known that. Can see strong resemblance.

[@Awalker5000]

Clint Eastwood always grabbed his actor friends to be in his movies. So that is why they are so good, they all wanted the same thing as he did, great acting on a great script.

[@alexwatson5507]

Clint Eastwood is my favourite actor of all time.

[@cheesetomato9140]

I saw old Clint on a show about his career last night, I've never seen paint your wagon, heard of it of course thanks to Lee Marvin, but old Clint sings aswell! I had too agree that Clint really is a superstar, it's when you realise he did those 3 Spaghetti westerns then he played the DJ in play misty for me then Dirty Harry but also made those 2 war films Where Eagles Dare & Kelly's Hero's, the latter one would've tanked but went on to be a success, but only because of Clint.

[@timontide6404]

It's great how even shots into the air are ricochets.

[@chriscarson1256]

Definitely in my top 5 western movies.

[@Timonen76]

A good western

[@jslade60]

I like just before he died Stacey looked up and said Marshall! He finally realized who it was!

[@ernestmccalip1109]

When Clint walks out at a distance to confront Stacy, his head looks like it has horns. You don't see the brim of his hat initially but his head definitely looks like it has horns though barely imperceptible. And he whispers "Hey" to get Stacy to turn around.

[@giraffesareselfish9563]

@@ernestmccalip1109 never noticed that, I will have to watch for that. Thank you

[@carlfranz6805]

I'm fairly sure he said "who are you". Twice.

[@giraffesareselfish9563]

@@carlfranz6805 yes, I agree

[@toddgrogg8005]

Thank you for picking up on that Stacy, said Marshall. I must have seen this movie at least 50 times. I am not sure if I picked up on that _ but dam now when I see the movie 50 more times I'll remember it. Forever. Todd from New Hampshire.

[@RRL110]

That guy that got bull whipped was blown away in Unforgiven as the owner of Greely's Bar. lol

[@Shiroiokami947]

Yep, Seems his specialty is getting the "dying" scenes...lol

[@opensourceanglers8291]

He was in tons of movies & TV. He played Ralph, the killer from In The Heat Of The Night...

[@Harley.Davidson]

The look on Stacy's face when he sees the whip. 😎 Priceless. I think Morticai always knew. "WHO ARE YOU"?!!

[@chuckselvage3157]

I love the fire behind Clint like he's an agent of Satan.

[@biketech60]

The town looked like Hell

[@matthewdavies2057]

He was.

[@PenisMcWhirtar]

Though we commonly associate fire with Satan, in truth, God destroys, punishes and cleanses with fire and Clint Eastwood is... 👁 👁 👄 God's enforcer

[@adamcuneo7189]

He's not Satan, he is the ghost of the Marshal, they point to that throughout the movie, like the woman said, "the dead don't rest without a marker of some kind."

[@voivodvlad1]

Hell's doorkeeper. Come right in, we've been expecting you!

[@curtisbrown5939]

Clint Eastwood for president.

[@TheTarbender1]

Thanks for uploading this scene. I always thought the fake dynamite part was pretty neat!