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High Plains Drifter
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High Plains Drifter is a 1973 American Western drama film directed by Clint Eastwood, who also stars in the cast alongside Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, and Mitchell Ryan. The screenplay was written by Ernest Tidyman and Dean Riesner, with Dee Barton composing the music. Bruce Surtees served as director of photography, Ferris Webster as film editor, and Henry Bumstead as production designer. The film was produced by Malpaso Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures.
Filmed in California with a narrative setting in Arizona, the movie has a runtime of 105 minutes. It was released in the United States in April and May 1973. The production had a budget of $5,500,000 and generated box office revenue of approximately $15,700,000 to $15,706,540. The film is available on video on demand and carries the tagline "They'd never forget the day he drifted into town."
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7.3A 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.
Cast
- Clint Eastwood as The Stranger
- Verna Bloom as Sarah Belding
- Marianna Hill as Callie Travers
- Mitchell Ryan as Dave Drake
- Jack Ging as Morgan Allen
- Stefan Gierasch as Mayor Jason Hobart
Themes
- gunslinger
- showdown
- outlaw
- gunfighter
- guns
- shooting
- outlaws
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- horror western
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Clint Eastwood
- Screenwriter
- Dean Riesner
- Cast member
- Billy Curtis
- Composer
- Dee Barton
- Production company
- Malpaso Productions
- Cinematographer
- Bruce Surtees
- Narrative location
- Arizona
- Filming location
- California
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 918109
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1975-07-21
- film editor
- Ferris Webster
- title
- High Plains Drifter
- distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- production designer
- Henry Bumstead
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 69/100
- capital cost
- 5500000
- box office
- 15700000
- Commons category
- High Plains Drifter
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