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He was Duncan's spirit given a new flesh disguise or an avenging angel sent to get some justice. If Eastwood had truly been Satan, he wouldn't have given a damn how pure Sarah Belding was or how noble Mordecai. He would have rounded them all up his first night there for a much different kind of picnic, one with them on the barbecue instead of the steer. Classic movie.
i think that town left him for dead and never helped him when he needed help from the bad guys so he made them wreck the town and killed the bad guys. THE END
The implication is that Eastwood's character is actually the vengeful ghost of the town's betrayed and murdered sheriff, albeit with a different face.
This idea is evidenced in the ending credits, with how Eastwood's character seems to just disappear while he's riding off.
@CognizantCheddar At the end when the stranger is riding out of town he passes the midget who's carving a wooden headstone for the sheriff. The midget says,"You know, I never did know your name", and the stranger says, "Yes, you do". And the camera pans to the name on the headstone
That's very possible. I think he's human, though. There was an earlier script that stated the stranger was the sheriff's brother. Clint Eastwood decided to leave that out. I love the part at the end when Stacey, while dying, screams, "Who are you?!"
What r u missing? Most film schools, if they have any qualified professors, should have a hey day in using this film as an example of a philosophical inquiry into the nature of guilt and retribution! This is the best western ever made, excluding The Unforgiven, a film I know art/film schools love to use as examples of good art! If any Artsy person does not the genius in these films this person is just not an artist, and is only a charlatan or pseudo-intellectual!
@tillman40 Hell in my Literature class people make fun of Clint's movies all the time. Apparently all westerns are bad movies, or maybe artsy people don't understand - it is a movie made to entertain you not be realistic in every aspect. At this point I am kind of rambling but I love all of Clint's movies.
@Scream7277 kids look up to micheal bay and pirates of the carribean 14 and shit .i would be happy if i were you,knowing i was the only person in the room with good tastes.and westerns are realistic(to me anyways).maybe not spaghetti(STILLLOVEM) but you watch unforgiven,wild bunch,the searchers,no country for old men(I consider it a western, yes).those stories seem more real to me than a giant CGI robot defeating a werewolf superhero monkey testicle.i bought my x box 360 for that kind of shit.
@nmmoise she liked it.unless disguting means something else.perhaps she should have helped him in his past life(or his brother whatever you people believe)
instead of watching him get bullwhipped to death.i am not standing up for rape but thats the way i see it when i watch the movie.and now that the valid calm argument is over............FUCK YOU how dare you call Clint Eastwood chauvinistic.he has shown rape as a terrible thing in alot of his work josey wales/two mules/mystic river, etc bitch
@nmmoise I reckon you don't even know what the movie is about? Or even seen it? The Strange is a dead sheriff. He came back to take revenge on a city that betrayed him and let people whip him to death.
Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef are the best western actors I think and his movies are the best. I like for a few dollars more, the good the bad the ugly, and a fistful of dollars the best.
Probably one of the best westerns made in the 70's. A decade that wasn't very kind to the genre. This was one of the first Malpaso productions too I believe.
Eh? You don't have a clue man. The 70s was an amazing decade for the genre.
Seen "Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid"? "Ulzana's Raid"? "Bad Company"? "The Culpepper Cattle Co"? "Valdez Is Coming"? "Chato's Land"? "The Spikes Gang"? "The Life And Time Of Judge Roy Bean"? "The Ballad Of Cable Houge"? "McCabe And Mrs. Miller"? "Dirty Little Billy"? " "The Missouri Breaks"? "Little Big Man"? "The Hired Hand"? "A Fistful Of Dynamite"?, "Monte Walsh"? "Junior Bonner"? HELLO??
@WeNeedSomeGolfShoes Yes, but unlike the Drifter, the Preacher in Pale Rider is obviously a ghost, look at how he disappears and re-appears sporadically, look at the numerous bullet holes in his back that would kill an ordinary man, look at Stockburn's reaction to him. The Drifter is more ambiguous, a logical explanation for him could clearly exist.
@WeNeedSomeGolfShoes True. But your typical ghost is unable to have sex, if he was then you would see all of these people coming back from the afterlife to enjoy post-mortem sex with beautiful women. There's actually a perfectly logical, non-supernatural explanation for who the Drifter is, one has to factor in the fact that he screws.
@MrLunitunz Quite a nice discussion, you two. I recommend you should look up a pen n' paper roleplaying game called "Deadlands". I'm pretty sure some of the stuff was inspired by the Drifter movie, including The Barrowed - arisen by evil manitou spirits, undead. Hell of an atmosphere having an undead cowboy pointin' a six-gun at your face. ;)
No one ever agrees with me but this is my favorite clint movie.and i LOVE all the dirty harrys,dollars trilogys,gran torinos,firefoxes,etc etc. DRIFTER just blows my mind everytime.
@kulemv my favorite western is the wild bunch but than a month goes by and its high plains drifter,than a week goes by and its back to the wild bunch.
@hamtrak nah, the....the........ there was this one... oh right, um.... OH the one chick that Clint had his way with, she was not a loser if you know what I mean.
-Chick- "You know what you are. An animal"
-Clint- "Well you have a way of bringing that out"
Someone asked about location. That's Mono Lake in the background. It's in California due east of Yosemite and about a hundred miles south of Reno. Amazing since there's a town and a major highway nearby.
This guy is my Favorite Cowboy I all hie western movies, the thing that I like about this guy is in his movies he so "Cool" and to me he stands out as my Favorite Cowboy, I like John Wayne also but Clint hes the man of the of the western days.
Clint is what acting is all about. My god this man is the best fucking actor I have ever seen. I have seen about 2/3's of his movies and each one of them make me respect the man even more and more each time I watch them. Cannot believe he is almost 80 years old. My Grandpa just turned 80. Funny thing is Clint acts like he is 20 years younger than his real age!
Just seen it tonight on TG4 on Irish TV, and was wondering is Clint the most loyal director in filmis or what, most of the cast have been in loads of his movies. Ie Orval from every which way is the baddie in this movie and all the other heads are bikers. Clint Rocks...
Clint Eastwood, in my opinion, is probably one of the best actors out there. In this movie, and many of his other westerns, he seems like a ghost because he'll come out of blue and take out the bad guys. And when there's a fight scene or a battle going on, he stays calm and figures out how to get around everything. Thats one of the big main reasons I like him for.
clint was his avenging angel. was not his brother because when callie shot at him several times while he was sitting in the wash basin,he came out without a scratch, mere mortal? no way!
Yeah, but maybe the water slowed down the bullets, or maybe she just missed. Or maybe his dead sheriff brother was protecting him from beyond the grave.
I don't think the writers set it in stone either way...I just like the brother thing better myself. But avenging angel is good too.
actually they did set it in stone, at thr end of the movie mordacai say's to clont'' i never did know your name'' and clint replied ''yes you do''', then the camera pans into thr marker on marshal jim duncan's grave and the r.i.p. was added after clint avenged the death! it couldn't have been his brother because because clint told mordacai that he knew his name, and obviously he didn't know of a brother the marshal might of had.
@sirlegendhead It's not his brother. He's a ghost. That's why bullets don't kill him, and he tells mordecai that he does know his name. He also wouldn't have flashbacks of being flogged.
@TOHOFIEND54 It's left ambiguous as to whether or not The Stranger actually is a ghost. Personally I think not. You said bullets don't hit him, well think of this, whenever he's shot at the bullets usually miss anyway. He partakes in sexual activity, which is not something a ghost would be able to do, and if he were the Sheriff's brother he would have the same last name, hence saying to Mordecai that he knows his name.
Now the Preacher from Pale Rider is most obviously a ghost.
Eastwood was originally going to be the Sheriff's brother, but Eastwood decided against it. Early versions of the script had him as the brother, and it was mistakingly kept in for foreign dubbings.
Eastwood himself stated that he favoured the supernatural ending, and that's why he changed it. He even had Buddy Van Horn (his long-time stunt double), play the Sheriff so it would be hard to tell if Eastwood was or wasn't him in the flashback/dream. But, in the end, we're not supposed to know...
If you watch the opening scene in the movie, I think there is a significance in the ORDER that Clint first sees the townsfolk. Here's a clue-The last is the undertaker...
One of the best western films of all-time, and I may be saying that because it is MY favorite western film, but, I have to say that this one was quite weirdly-wonderful. I agree with others - this is definitely his darkest western, and was right up my alley. Strange, brooding, psychological and almost evil.
Lol I used to wonder this myself. A western can ba any film that's about the wild west, whereas a "Spaghetti Western" is what people started calling the westerns that were being made some time ago with mainly Italian crew, I think filmed in Italy as well.
Fistful of Dollars, Few Dollars More, and Good Bad and Ugly, the first really big films that Clint made, they're all Spaghetti Westerns, even though Clint's an American.
Oh and I should add, when most people think of Spaghetti (I hope I've been spelling it properly!) westerns, they're probably thinking about Ennio Morricone's music.
Clint is the Man !
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charlessluv09 4 months ago
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ThePainDrifter 5 months ago
Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin. who we got these days? Vince vaughn and Shia LaBeouf
breasthound 6 months ago
always cracks me up when he rides in and the horse's shoes are louder than anything else(including the gawking mexicans).
fucheduck 6 months ago
He was Duncan's spirit given a new flesh disguise or an avenging angel sent to get some justice. If Eastwood had truly been Satan, he wouldn't have given a damn how pure Sarah Belding was or how noble Mordecai. He would have rounded them all up his first night there for a much different kind of picnic, one with them on the barbecue instead of the steer. Classic movie.
chainbluelightning1 6 months ago
I think the slightly spooky and supernatural atmosphere of High Plains Drifter probably influenced Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare.
TheAdam159 9 months ago
High Plains Drifter is awesome. It, and The Outlaw Josey Wales, and of course, the Dollars trilogy are my fave Clint Eastwood westerns
TheAdam159 9 months ago
"You can't paint this whole town red, it'll look like HELL!
"You can grab a paint brush too"
wisedup 10 months ago
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palmbeachsooner 10 months ago
"You looked so comical when he put your badge on the runt" great line!
Cromag99 10 months ago
baddest Mother F***er that ever walked the planet and still is.
MrShotGunnie 11 months ago
i think that town left him for dead and never helped him when he needed help from the bad guys so he made them wreck the town and killed the bad guys. THE END
playfulpaul1985 11 months ago
@playfulpaul1985
The implication is that Eastwood's character is actually the vengeful ghost of the town's betrayed and murdered sheriff, albeit with a different face.
This idea is evidenced in the ending credits, with how Eastwood's character seems to just disappear while he's riding off.
CognizantCheddar 10 months ago
@CognizantCheddar At the end when the stranger is riding out of town he passes the midget who's carving a wooden headstone for the sheriff. The midget says,"You know, I never did know your name", and the stranger says, "Yes, you do". And the camera pans to the name on the headstone
Cybrsk8r 7 months ago
@Cybrsk8r
Yes, I remember the scene.
CognizantCheddar 7 months ago
@CognizantCheddar
That's very possible. I think he's human, though. There was an earlier script that stated the stranger was the sheriff's brother. Clint Eastwood decided to leave that out. I love the part at the end when Stacey, while dying, screams, "Who are you?!"
enterprise160 7 months ago
What r u missing? Most film schools, if they have any qualified professors, should have a hey day in using this film as an example of a philosophical inquiry into the nature of guilt and retribution! This is the best western ever made, excluding The Unforgiven, a film I know art/film schools love to use as examples of good art! If any Artsy person does not the genius in these films this person is just not an artist, and is only a charlatan or pseudo-intellectual!
Jacob662 1 year ago
they just dont make movies this good anymore...especially the casting
tillman40 1 year ago
@tillman40 Hell in my Literature class people make fun of Clint's movies all the time. Apparently all westerns are bad movies, or maybe artsy people don't understand - it is a movie made to entertain you not be realistic in every aspect. At this point I am kind of rambling but I love all of Clint's movies.
Scream7277 1 year ago
@Scream7277 kids look up to micheal bay and pirates of the carribean 14 and shit .i would be happy if i were you,knowing i was the only person in the room with good tastes.and westerns are realistic(to me anyways).maybe not spaghetti(STILLLOVEM) but you watch unforgiven,wild bunch,the searchers,no country for old men(I consider it a western, yes).those stories seem more real to me than a giant CGI robot defeating a werewolf superhero monkey testicle.i bought my x box 360 for that kind of shit.
MrJonesywales 10 months ago
@MrJonesywales You make a good point.
Scream7277 10 months ago
Ms. Wormer is in this
brucedavis76 1 year ago
@brucedavis76 lol and Dean Wormer was in Dirty Harry and the outlaw jokey wales
glimmer2158 9 months ago
long life to clint eastwood
cochechin84 1 year ago
CLINT EASTWOOD IS AN ICON!
bgtr123 1 year ago
AIM
TO SEE IT!
mypethuman 1 year ago
In a time when men were men......bourbon tasted like whiskey.......and sheep were nervous!!!
vorpal72 1 year ago
@vorpal72 and trains smelled of coal...pride was more precious than life....and Harley was the name of a horse
uddiptab 1 year ago
i never saw a town full of pussys like this one
whitebread8381 1 year ago
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1:32 Disguting rape scene - Clint Eastwood = chauvinist pig
nmmoise 1 year ago
@nmmoise she liked it.unless disguting means something else.perhaps she should have helped him in his past life(or his brother whatever you people believe)
instead of watching him get bullwhipped to death.i am not standing up for rape but thats the way i see it when i watch the movie.and now that the valid calm argument is over............FUCK YOU how dare you call Clint Eastwood chauvinistic.he has shown rape as a terrible thing in alot of his work josey wales/two mules/mystic river, etc bitch
MrJonesywales 1 year ago
@nmmoise Reckon she was asking for a good knobbing, so he gave her one lol
downunder104nz 1 year ago
@downunder104nz she was the town whore just looking for more dick
NWAfan 1 year ago
@nmmoise I reckon you don't even know what the movie is about? Or even seen it? The Strange is a dead sheriff. He came back to take revenge on a city that betrayed him and let people whip him to death.
Kajalamorth95 1 year ago
Can't wait to see the Cohen brother's version of True Grit.
jgcamp99 1 year ago
Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef are the best western actors I think and his movies are the best. I like for a few dollars more, the good the bad the ugly, and a fistful of dollars the best.
Beholder552 1 year ago
@Beholder552 Don't forget about Charles Bronson
TheArtofUTube 1 year ago
Probably one of the best westerns made in the 70's. A decade that wasn't very kind to the genre. This was one of the first Malpaso productions too I believe.
McLarenMercedes 1 year ago
@McLarenMercedes
Eh? You don't have a clue man. The 70s was an amazing decade for the genre.
Seen "Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid"? "Ulzana's Raid"? "Bad Company"? "The Culpepper Cattle Co"? "Valdez Is Coming"? "Chato's Land"? "The Spikes Gang"? "The Life And Time Of Judge Roy Bean"? "The Ballad Of Cable Houge"? "McCabe And Mrs. Miller"? "Dirty Little Billy"? " "The Missouri Breaks"? "Little Big Man"? "The Hired Hand"? "A Fistful Of Dynamite"?, "Monte Walsh"? "Junior Bonner"? HELLO??
actlloyd 1 year ago
clint eastwood is badass
brazilnr1 1 year ago
@WeNeedSomeGolfShoes Yes, but unlike the Drifter, the Preacher in Pale Rider is obviously a ghost, look at how he disappears and re-appears sporadically, look at the numerous bullet holes in his back that would kill an ordinary man, look at Stockburn's reaction to him. The Drifter is more ambiguous, a logical explanation for him could clearly exist.
MrLunitunz 1 year ago
@WeNeedSomeGolfShoes True. But your typical ghost is unable to have sex, if he was then you would see all of these people coming back from the afterlife to enjoy post-mortem sex with beautiful women. There's actually a perfectly logical, non-supernatural explanation for who the Drifter is, one has to factor in the fact that he screws.
MrLunitunz 1 year ago
@MrLunitunz Quite a nice discussion, you two. I recommend you should look up a pen n' paper roleplaying game called "Deadlands". I'm pretty sure some of the stuff was inspired by the Drifter movie, including The Barrowed - arisen by evil manitou spirits, undead. Hell of an atmosphere having an undead cowboy pointin' a six-gun at your face. ;)
SneakingPoison 1 year ago
I like this movie! an I like the part where, he wips him in the middle and he kills the guy at toward the end. who says "who are you"
Brandon2119891 1 year ago
best clint eastwood fick ever. no one better than clint!
mrpadrote1001 1 year ago
I like this movie, preety good western!
JerryCottonFan 1 year ago
i loved the bullwhip scene. so brutal!!!
SuperOzzilla 1 year ago
It's pretty sweet when it turns out he's a ghost.
TOHOFIEND54 1 year ago
(Preacher)
"Brother, you can't just turn these people out of the hotel"
"I aint your brother."
wisedup 1 year ago
No one ever agrees with me but this is my favorite clint movie.and i LOVE all the dirty harrys,dollars trilogys,gran torinos,firefoxes,etc etc. DRIFTER just blows my mind everytime.
MrJonesywales 1 year ago 16
@MrJonesywales AGREED...followed by Mystic River
SmackNcrack01 1 year ago
@MrJonesywales
It's my favourite Eastwood movie and my favourite western, so your not alone on this
kulemv 1 year ago
@kulemv my favorite western is the wild bunch but than a month goes by and its high plains drifter,than a week goes by and its back to the wild bunch.
MrJonesywales 1 year ago
@MrJonesywales
I wouldn't say it's my favorite, but there's definitely something profoundly unique about this movie.
The music and some of the marquee scenes made this movie seem as much like a horror story as a western.
CognizantCheddar 10 months ago
@MrJonesywales This is mine favourite western movie too. Ye, all Eastwood westerns are pure awesomeness, but this is best of the best!
TheUEWrestling 10 months ago
The Stranger will make Freddy Kruger and Jason Voorhees shit themselves
01marky 1 year ago 3
you ever notice that the older voice over for commercials were usually deep cracky voices.....
Bojoe777NaBl 1 year ago
Except for the dwarf the whole town was losers and trash :o
hamtrak 1 year ago
@hamtrak nah, the....the........ there was this one... oh right, um.... OH the one chick that Clint had his way with, she was not a loser if you know what I mean.
-Chick- "You know what you are. An animal"
-Clint- "Well you have a way of bringing that out"
Bojoe777NaBl 1 year ago
Someone asked about location. That's Mono Lake in the background. It's in California due east of Yosemite and about a hundred miles south of Reno. Amazing since there's a town and a major highway nearby.
geodude012 1 year ago
If I was the trailer narrator I would have said "He'll paint your town red."
TenderTrap86 1 year ago 3
This guy is my Favorite Cowboy I all hie western movies, the thing that I like about this guy is in his movies he so "Cool" and to me he stands out as my Favorite Cowboy, I like John Wayne also but Clint hes the man of the of the western days.
slimcobra69 2 years ago
Spaghetti Western Surf
"A Fistful of Barrels"
Primal Sky "Rola La Ola"
timelcharro1 2 years ago
There's only Eastwood & DeNiro.
cuthbertallbad 2 years ago
there can be only one
mrADA 2 years ago
And Pacino
vexnsiolence 2 years ago
Clint is what acting is all about. My god this man is the best fucking actor I have ever seen. I have seen about 2/3's of his movies and each one of them make me respect the man even more and more each time I watch them. Cannot believe he is almost 80 years old. My Grandpa just turned 80. Funny thing is Clint acts like he is 20 years younger than his real age!
vexnsiolence 2 years ago
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John Wayne was the best, clint is the 2nd , maybe 3rd after gary cooper
teehonky 2 years ago
Just seen it tonight on TG4 on Irish TV, and was wondering is Clint the most loyal director in filmis or what, most of the cast have been in loads of his movies. Ie Orval from every which way is the baddie in this movie and all the other heads are bikers. Clint Rocks...
keithoven 2 years ago
@gthndshgesas That's one movie of his I haven't seen. I have no idea why.
LoneOutlaw1 2 years ago
certainly my favourite actor! he shines.....
Picknikly 2 years ago
If anybody knows the Metal Gear Solid video game series, you'd know a character named Big Boss.
Clint Eastwood looks JUST like Big Boss in this film. Look it up and compare!
Clint Eastwood's my favorite actor.
forever!
wilthepunk 2 years ago
His outfit was fucking awesome in this flick.
TheBackseatJesus 2 years ago
They're all good but I personally think The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is Clints best.
LoneOutlaw1 2 years ago 2
This is one the best western films ever made and was filmed in Italy.........
5litreho 2 years ago
This is a great movie but wow, this trailer is awful. :(
Strideo1 2 years ago
omg in some shots, he kinda looks like hugh jackman as "the drover" in the film Australia....whoa...
milkykitty0831 2 years ago
josey wales is his greatest i think
standhart 2 years ago 23
hello there. um, mr leone would like to have a word with you.
shinjukugewalt 2 years ago
and Unforgiven
tom12mvp 2 years ago
@standhart your forgetting about the good the bad and the ugly
SGDrdszG 1 year ago
@standhart i love hang em high for some reason
TheHunterNM 1 year ago
Come see my new western video, just type in search: A Fight To The Death MCAA.
andrea2007homie 2 years ago
I haven't seen the film, but I love clint. It always makes me laugh how much a pussylookin blond guy wants to be a superbadass.
111Leonina 2 years ago
Oh this is a classic clint is heartless as the ghost of the flogged to death sheriff. He rapes kills and gives everyone there just rewards.
smokeums 2 years ago
Clint Eastwood, in my opinion, is probably one of the best actors out there. In this movie, and many of his other westerns, he seems like a ghost because he'll come out of blue and take out the bad guys. And when there's a fight scene or a battle going on, he stays calm and figures out how to get around everything. Thats one of the big main reasons I like him for.
Thrice8925 2 years ago
ahhh the film is so much better than what that dated clumsy trailer made it look. genuinely spooky thoughtful film.
dermotoblong 2 years ago 3
This movie was filmed at Mono Lake Calif. I've been there and it's really a spooky place.
glimmer2158 2 years ago
,,I thought it was filmed in Utah, I think Mono Lake is an alkaline lake, what makes it scarry, Indian spirits ?
CreativeCritisizm 2 years ago
More like supernatural horror/thriller.
Although, it would be awesome if it was a scifi horror/thriller. Eastwood's really a laser shooting, rocket launching alien robot!!! XD
SkyCE9A 3 years ago
My brother's dead.
And I'm gonna make the town pay.
sirlegendhead 3 years ago
The sheriff was his brother, right? I never was sure if Clint was the sheriff's brother or if he was the sheriff's ghost.
sirlegendhead 3 years ago
clint was his avenging angel. was not his brother because when callie shot at him several times while he was sitting in the wash basin,he came out without a scratch, mere mortal? no way!
mferg240 3 years ago
I think his kid brother got so damn mad that he found some power.
his big brother was the only good man he ever knew. after what happened to him, there just wasn't anything human left.
sirlegendhead 3 years ago
Yeah, but maybe the water slowed down the bullets, or maybe she just missed. Or maybe his dead sheriff brother was protecting him from beyond the grave.
I don't think the writers set it in stone either way...I just like the brother thing better myself. But avenging angel is good too.
sirlegendhead 3 years ago
actually they did set it in stone, at thr end of the movie mordacai say's to clont'' i never did know your name'' and clint replied ''yes you do''', then the camera pans into thr marker on marshal jim duncan's grave and the r.i.p. was added after clint avenged the death! it couldn't have been his brother because because clint told mordacai that he knew his name, and obviously he didn't know of a brother the marshal might of had.
mferg240 3 years ago 2
@sirlegendhead It's not his brother. He's a ghost. That's why bullets don't kill him, and he tells mordecai that he does know his name. He also wouldn't have flashbacks of being flogged.
TOHOFIEND54 1 year ago
@TOHOFIEND54 It's left ambiguous as to whether or not The Stranger actually is a ghost. Personally I think not. You said bullets don't hit him, well think of this, whenever he's shot at the bullets usually miss anyway. He partakes in sexual activity, which is not something a ghost would be able to do, and if he were the Sheriff's brother he would have the same last name, hence saying to Mordecai that he knows his name.
Now the Preacher from Pale Rider is most obviously a ghost.
MrLunitunz 1 year ago
Eastwood was originally going to be the Sheriff's brother, but Eastwood decided against it. Early versions of the script had him as the brother, and it was mistakingly kept in for foreign dubbings.
Eastwood himself stated that he favoured the supernatural ending, and that's why he changed it. He even had Buddy Van Horn (his long-time stunt double), play the Sheriff so it would be hard to tell if Eastwood was or wasn't him in the flashback/dream. But, in the end, we're not supposed to know...
SkyCE9A 3 years ago
If you watch the opening scene in the movie, I think there is a significance in the ORDER that Clint first sees the townsfolk. Here's a clue-The last is the undertaker...
stratman123 3 years ago
One of my favorites! The only scene I'd change is when Clint changes the name on the town sign to HELL. He should have changed it to PUSSVILLE!
stratman123 3 years ago
I agree. Some of the wimpiest men I've ever seen. Seriously,what man is gonna let some stranger sex up his wife and do nothing about it.
JWade29 3 years ago
a gay one
aussiedownunderman 3 years ago
i was a bit confused was he supposed to be the devil or some supernatural being.........
sjvdude 3 years ago
The reincarnation of a former sheriff that was murdered in Lago.
hamtrak 3 years ago
Is this a movie about the subprime mortgage brokers' picnic?
bhite41 3 years ago
Good!
zaaritha 3 years ago
One of the best western films of all-time, and I may be saying that because it is MY favorite western film, but, I have to say that this one was quite weirdly-wonderful. I agree with others - this is definitely his darkest western, and was right up my alley. Strange, brooding, psychological and almost evil.
Fabulous.
DerrickthePinecone 3 years ago 2
LOL! "i didn't" BWHAHAHA :D
1VoiceOfIslam1 3 years ago
Hi,I'm Clint Eastwood and I aprove of this video.
clinteastwoodcowb0y 3 years ago
What did you say your name was again ?
~ I didn't ~
The man with no name and few words as well ..
LOL ... Legendary !
comali2212 3 years ago 2
i love that theme song in the beginning
amcchief 3 years ago 3
Clint Eastwood BEARD looks so good.Why the fk he shaped it?
WindsRox 3 years ago 2
god why couldnt clint east wood be young right now man.... that sucks lol
he is so hot in the old western movies, not so much now...
lailacardenas1 3 years ago
Cut him some slack-he's almost 80!!!
And he can still kick some ass!!!!
stratman123 3 years ago 40
Clint's dark western. Some of the scenes will give you chills when they play that errie music. Classic movie though.
jammer96 3 years ago 4
HA! Best movie ever!! :D
chickafinch 3 years ago
The most underrated cowboy movie ever
joshlt667 4 years ago
I'll always prefer "Unforgiven".
JackAwful 4 years ago
For me, it's a tossup between this one, "The Outlaw Josey Wales" and "Tombstone".
jvmiam 3 years ago
Great Video,
My favorite Clint Eastwood Flick..
5 *****'s
oldHippieAl 4 years ago
the coolest man on earth (with the late great steve mcqueen a close second)
chittys 4 years ago
theres nothin like a good southern. sunday morning on your knees. lol hadda type it lol
cholulasaucehot 4 years ago
famous clint quote-''the difference between john wayne and myself is,i'm more than happy to shoot a bastard in the back''.
mferg240 4 years ago 3
This is one of the best movies ever.
guyNbluejeans 4 years ago
Not sure if High Plains is a spaghetti
OrangeLady3000 4 years ago
I know this may sound silly, but what's the difference between the typicall western and the western sphagetti?? ; )
clapphamjunction 4 years ago
Lol I used to wonder this myself. A western can ba any film that's about the wild west, whereas a "Spaghetti Western" is what people started calling the westerns that were being made some time ago with mainly Italian crew, I think filmed in Italy as well.
Fistful of Dollars, Few Dollars More, and Good Bad and Ugly, the first really big films that Clint made, they're all Spaghetti Westerns, even though Clint's an American.
OrangeLady3000 4 years ago
Oh and I should add, when most people think of Spaghetti (I hope I've been spelling it properly!) westerns, they're probably thinking about Ennio Morricone's music.
OrangeLady3000 4 years ago
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John Wayne is better
yung1jizzle1 4 years ago
Actually this is my favorite C.E. Movie. I watched it in the theater when I was 14. Made a long lasting impression on me.
alm100 4 years ago
a great film full of memorable scenes including "care for some lilac water its only 10 cents...err I'll take that as a no then"
kalcom2 4 years ago 2
"who are you?" great eastwood flick
378904 4 years ago
definitely one of the best revisionist western and maybe weird western.
NYCPulpHero 4 years ago
it is just behind a few dollars more, great movie
johnnyolmez47 4 years ago
i loooooove this movie
kacy63 4 years ago
the townspeople (nearly all of them) had everything pretty much coming to them they got. Cowards to the hilt! Great movie
Speyrer88 4 years ago
the best eastwood movie
pccrws 4 years ago