DVD Pick:-->"Hang'em High" (1968)

" Rotten peaches rotting in the sun.
Seems I've seen that devil fruit since the world begun.
Mercy I'm a criminal, Jesus I'm the one.
Rotten peaches rotting in the sun."
Elton John

NO SPOILERS:
Clint Eastwood is just one of a handful of actors whose movies I'll watch...simply because they are in it. (I'll get around to mentioning the others...later down the road).

And..."Hang'em High" (1968) is just one of any number of Eastwood movies I could write about...But I recently put this one in my DVD player...so here you go.

"Hang'em High"...directed by Ted Post ...was the first western film Eastwood made in America....and followed his successful spaghetti Western trilogy with out hardly a blink.

In this western...Jed Cooper (Clint Eastwood) is wrongfully accused of stealing cattle by a posse who decide to string him up and hang him...High.
He is fortunately rescued from the noose by a deputy wandering by...and thus Eastwood is off on his quest for revenge on the posse who nearly killed him.

This happens in the first 5 or so minutes...so...be assured...I have not ..."spoiled" the movie for you.
Eastwood with the Judge (Pat Hingle)
Eastwood is still a man of little words in this movie...And he is surrounded by a who's who of legendary character actors meant for the old west.

There is Bruce Dern...always a terrific bad guy. Crusty Ed Begley. Ben Johnson. Pat Hingle.

Always interesting Dennis Hopper has a small...but spirited part. And James MacArthur...from "Hawaii Five-O" shows up to have his fun.

Even lovable Alan Hale, Jr. (of "Gilligan's Island" fame) gets to play cowboy. Though I kept expecting him to say..."Little Buddy" at every turn.

This is a movie for the guys...with Clint Eastwood giving a performance that would serve him well throughout his career. Good stuff.

Must See Moment:
Watch for Arlene Golonka (who you may recognize as Howard Sprague's girlfriend... Millie...from "The Andy Griffith Show") playing a naughty saloon gal providing Mr. Eastwood with a friendly...poke.
Also watch the food vendors selling their wares at the public hangings, as if they're at a day game at Wrigley Field.

Casey

Elton John:-->"Rotten Peaches" (Madman Across The Water) (1971) (Own This CD)

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