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Hang 'Em High
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| Hang 'Em High | |
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| Directed by | Ted Post |
| Produced by | Leonard Freeman |
| Written by | Leonard Freeman Mel Goldberg |
| Starring | Clint Eastwood |
| Music by | Dominic Frontiere |
| Editing by | Gene Fowler Jr. |
| Release date(s) | July 31, 1968 |
| Running time | 114 min |
| Language | English |
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A 1968 Western film directed by Ted Post starring Clint Eastwood. Hang 'Em High is the story of an innocent man, Jed Cooper, who survives a lynching by nine men, and comes back as US Marshal Jed Cooper to see that justice is done, and to get his revenge.
In the film, actor Pat Hingle portrays a fictional judge that mirrors the true life Judge Isaac Parker, who was labelled "The Hanging Judge" due to the large number of men executed during his service as District Judge. The film also depicts the dangers of serving as a US Marshal or Deputy US Marshal during that period, as Judge Parker also had large numbers of Marshals killed while serving under him. In the film, the fictional Fort Grant, the base for operations for that District Judge seat, is also a mirror of the factual Fort Smith, Arkansas, where Judge Parker's court was located. This movie is given credit as the movie that brought Spaghetti Westerns to Hollywood.
My Chemical Romance named a song on Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge after the movie.
A Static Lullaby also has a song named Hang 'Em High
"Hang 'Em High" is the name of a multiplayer map in Halo: Combat Evolved.
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