High Plains Drifter Movie Review 1973

A surreal, violent western focusing on a drifter who defends a town from gunmen intent on meting out death. One of Eastwood's most stylistic directorial efforts, indebted to his "Man with No Name" days with Sergio Leone. Laser format is letterboxed and includes chapter stops and the original theatrical trailer.

Distribution

Time-Life Video and Television, 1450 Palmyra Ave., Richmond, VA 23227-4420, Phone: (804)266-6330, Toll-free: 800-950-7887, Fax: (757)427-7905

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 105 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Westerns, Ears!, Death & the Afterlife

Screenplay

Ernest Tidyman, Dean Riesner

Cast

Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Mitchell Ryan, Marianna Hill, Jack Ging, Stefan Gierasch

Cinematography

Bruce Surtees

Director

Clint Eastwood

Music

Dee Barton

Other

Ferris Webster, Henry Bumstead

Producer

Mark Huffam, Malpaso Productions