High Plains Drifter

The Stranger (CLINT EASTWOOD) rides past the grave of former sheriff Jim Duncan into the 1870 Southwest frontier town of Lago. Owners of the Lago Mining Company, Dave Drake (MITCHELL RYAN) and Morgan Allen (JACK GING) in a meeting, get the agreement of the townspeople to hire The Stranger to protect the community against the imminent return of three gunmen who had been sent jail a year before on a trumped-up charge by the Drake-Allen Mining Company. The Stranger accepts the job on the condition that he have free rein in doing it. He plans a reception for the three men which will include an ambush in town and among other things, he orders the entire village painted a bright red and the name changed to "Hell." The film builds to a magnificent climax when the three prisoners arrive in town - with Clint Eastwood playing one of his most memorable roles.