Story Line
A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.
“They'd never forget the day he drifted into town.”
Top Cast
Clint Eastwood
The Stranger
Verna Bloom
Sarah Belding
Marianna Hill
Callie Travers
Mitchell Ryan
Dave Drake
Jack Ging
Morgan Allen
Stefan Gierasch
Mayor Jason Hobart
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Rating
7.3/ 10
Release Date
1973-04-19
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
WesternDramaMystery
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User Reviews (5)
John Chard
9/10
•2/16/2014Supernatural Western?
A lone gunman with no name and seemingly with no past, rides into the dusky town of Lago. The residents of Lago at first view the stranger with suspicion, but when news that some outlaws that are out for blood are on their wa...
r96sk
7/10
•1/27/2022I don't have much to say about <em>'High Plains Drifter'</em>. It didn't thrill me or anything, but it did keep my attention from start-to-finish so it's evidently a good film.
Clint Eastwood is the only cast member worth talking about, he gives a...
drystyx
2/10
•4/18/2023Another Hollywood (spaghetti) formula Western where homicidal maniacs abound.
Here, Clint plays a homicidal maniac who obviously comes back from the dead after being killed by three bad guys and betrayed by an entire town of people.
So, the first t...
Wuchak
7/10
•3/13/2024**_Clint paints the Western town red, like Gehenna_**
A mysterious Stranger (Eastwood) trots into a remote town in west-central California, a dozen miles from the Nevada border. The townspeople desperately need his help to prepare for the release ...