Hang 'em High - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[caroline]

First of three theatrical movies that Pat Hingle made with Clint Eastwood. The others being The Gauntlet (1977) and Sudden Impact (1983). Each movie was made in a different decade, one in the 60s, one in the 70s and one in the 80s. The pair also collaborated on the television episode, Rawhide (1959) season seven, episode fourteen, "The Book". This movie and Sudden Impact (1983) featured Eastwood as a tough guy lawman who borderlines on vigilantism and Hingle as his superior who has a heavy disdain for the way he does things.

[toni]

For the Castilian Spanish language dub version, Clint Eastwood's voice was dubbed by Ernesto Aura.

[charlie]

Former longtime Eastwood mistress Roxanne Tunis appears as an extra.

[frederick]

Screenwriter Mel Goldberg and director Ted Post were brought back together in 2013 when they were coincidentally neighbors in rehab. They celebrated Ted's 95th birthday together.

[cassandra]

Famed character actor James Westerfield plays a lowlife prisoner waiting to be hanged in Fort Grant. He played the federal judge in True Grit (1969).

[wesley]

With the success of his Italian westerns, Clint Eastwood (whose company co-produced) set out to imitate the "spaghetti style." As a result, this is often mistaken for one of the Italian made "spaghetti westerns". The exteriors were shot mainly in Arizona and New Mexico.

[fred]

This film represents what might be called the third phase in western stars. The first were represented in the silent films by such stars as William S. Hart, who actually grew up during the days of the wild west and played highly dramatic versions of the western hero. Theirs was an era in which the new medium of film provided adventure in an era in which three-quarters of Americans lived in rural settings. The second were the singing cowboys such as Gene Autry, who introduced a very light-hearted and stylized image, which offered both fun and escapism during the grinding years of the Great Depression. The third was represented by John Wayne, who played serious figures in serious situations, which suited the mood of the post-war era. Spanning a period of roughly thirty years, its reign, along with that of Wayne, was the longest to date.In this film, Clint Eastwood introduced a greatly modernized cowboy in stories very similar to the John Wayne films but far more earnest. His slender figure and flat, wide-brimmed hat (bearing a strong resemblance to the character of Hipshot in the popular Rick O'Shay comic strip) was a breath of fresh air in a genre that had been greatly waning in popularity in a society in which baby boomers were reaching maturity.

[miriam]

Clint Eastwood's first leading role in a Hollywood film. He was already 38 years old.

[charlie]

Inger Stevens had never heard of Clint Eastwood before she was cast. Once they met she began to like him very much and they ended up having an affair. When the film was finished, Stevens told director Ted Post: "Anytime you do a picture with Clint and there's a part in it, call me."