Belding, aiming a shotgun at the Stranger's back, is shot dead by Mordecai. The Stranger lures one of the Carlin brothers outside and whips him to death, then kills the remaining outlaws one by one. The outlaws arrive and easily overcome the poor resistance of the townspeople the defenders are all killed, while the survivors are rounded up in the saloon. Returning to Lago, the Stranger inspects the preparations - the entire town painted red, armed men on rooftops, picnic tables laden with food and drink, and a big "WELCOME HOME BOYS" banner - then he silently departs again. The Stranger finds Bridges and the Carlins, who have just finished off Morgan, and harasses them with dynamite and rifle fire, leading the outlaws to believe the townspeople are responsible.
Before he leaves, he paints over the town sign with a single word: "Hell". He then rides out of town without explanation, following the wounded Morgan. To keep the townspeople busy, he orders every building in town painted blood red. The Stranger assembles a group of citizens to defend the town and has them practice shooting, but soon realizes that none have the necessary skills. The next morning, Sarah tells the Stranger that Duncan cannot rest in peace because the town buried him in an unmarked grave. The Stranger drags Sarah, kicking and screaming, into her bedroom (the only room in the hotel not damaged) where they have sex. As they unknowingly beat a dummy in the bed, the Stranger tosses a stick of dynamite into the room, destroying most of the hotel, then shoots two of his attackers dead, as Morgan flees, wounded. After having sex with him in his room, Callie slips out as three men enter. He later orders the hotel owners, Lewis and Sarah Belding, and all the other guests to vacate the premises, leaving him its sole occupant.Ĭallie and several men, including Morgan Allen, decide to kill the Stranger.
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The Stranger accepts the job and takes full advantage of the deal: He appoints a downtrodden dwarf named Mordecai as both sheriff and mayor, provides a Native American and his children with blankets and candy when the shopkeeper refuses to serve them, gets a new saddle and boots, and forces the saloon to serve everyone free drinks. The townspeople then conspired to frame the outlaws for stealing gold as a means to avoid paying them, and they have vowed revenge. It is gradually revealed that the townspeople hired the outlaws to murder Duncan when he discovered that the local gold mine was illegally dug on government-owned land and would have to be closed, destroying the town's livelihood.
Lago's town council, needing to replace the three gunmen, offer the Stranger anything he wants to protect the town from Bridges and the Carlins, who will soon be released from prison. Though the shots appear accurate, the Stranger emerges uninjured. The next day, Callie shoots the Stranger while he is bathing. Marshal, being whipped to death by outlaws Stacey Bridges and brothers Dan and Cole Carlin, as Lago's citizens watch in silence. That night, in his hotel room, the Stranger dreams of Jim Duncan, a U.S. When the attractive, blonde townswoman Callie Travers flirtatiously insults him, he rapes her in the livery stable.
Three gunmen hired to protect the town taunt and threaten him he kills all three with little effort. The film was critically acclaimed at the time of its initial release and remains popular.Ī mysterious, unnamed stranger rides out of the desert into the isolated mining town of Lago in the American Old West. The film was shot on location on the shores of Mono Lake, California. In addition to Eastwood, the film also co-stars Verna Bloom, Mariana Hill, Mitchell Ryan, Jack Ging, and Stefan Gierasch. The film was influenced by the work of Eastwood's two major collaborators, film directors Sergio Leone and Don Siegel. The film stars Eastwood as a mysterious stranger who metes out justice in a corrupt frontier mining town. High Plains Drifter is a 1973 American Western film directed by Clint Eastwood, written by Ernest Tidyman, and produced by Robert Daley for The Malpaso Company and Universal Pictures.
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