High Plains Drifter

High Plains Drifter

They'd never forget the day he drifted into town.

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Release Date

4/19/1973

Runtime

105 mins

Overview

A 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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$5,500,000

Revenue

$15,700,000

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A mysterious gunslinger arrives in a corrupt frontier town and becomes its unlikely instrument of reckoning. This is a slow-burning Western where violence simmers beneath the surface before erupting in brutal confrontation.

Mood

TenseDread-soakedDefiant

Themes

RevengeJusticePowerRedemption

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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