{"id":1178,"date":"2006-06-19T16:48:09","date_gmt":"2006-06-19T23:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1178"},"modified":"2024-06-30T12:35:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T19:35:16","slug":"hang-%e2%80%98em-high-1968","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1178","title":{"rendered":"Hang &#8216;Em High (1968)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;How many men are you going to have to hang to heal <em>your <\/em>scar?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-Em-High-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-Em-High-Poster-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-46947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-Em-High-Poster-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-Em-High-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-Em-High-Poster.jpg 496w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nJed Cooper (Clint Eastwood), wrongly accused of cattle rustling, is hung by a group of vigilantes and left to die. When he survives, Cooper becomes a marshal for the local judge (Pat Hingle), and vows to seek revenge on the men who nearly killed him. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ben Johnson Films<\/li>\n<li>Bruce Dern Films<\/li>\n<li>Clint Eastwood Films<\/li>\n<li>Courtroom Drama<\/li>\n<li>Ed Begley Sr. Films<\/li>\n<li>Falsely Accused<\/li>\n<li>Pat Hingle Films<\/li>\n<li>Revenge<\/li>\n<li>Vigilantes<\/li>\n<li>Walter Brennan Films<\/li>\n<li>Westerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nPeary doesn&#8217;t seem to like this western much, calling it &#8220;derivative&#8221;, &#8220;stilted&#8221;, and &#8220;cliche-ridden&#8221;. I suspect, however, that the film suffers primarily from guilt-by-comparison, since it was made immediately after Sergio Leone&#8217;s string of brilliant &#8220;Man With No Name&#8221; westerns. In reality, <em>Hang &#8216;Em High<\/em> is actually an enjoyable revenge tale, one which manages to comment on the public thirst for bloody spectacle without coming to any neat-and-tidy conclusions. In addition, Judge Fenton is played with surprising nuance by Hingle; his struggle to bring justice to the vast, untamed Oklahoma Territory makes for an interesting contrast with Walter Brennan&#8217;s more humorously sadistic Judge Roy Bean in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72\"><em>The Westerner<\/em> (1940)<\/a>.   <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pat Hingle as the frustrated, hard-nosed Judge Fenton<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-em-High-Hingle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-em-High-Hingle-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-em-High-Hingle-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-em-High-Hingle-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-em-High-Hingle-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-em-High-Hingle-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-em-High-Hingle-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-em-High-Hingle.png 1733w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bruce Dern in an early villainous role<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-em-High-Dern.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-em-High-Dern-1024x561.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-em-High-Dern-1024x561.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-em-High-Dern-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-em-High-Dern-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-em-High-Dern-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-em-High-Dern-1536x842.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-em-High-Dern.png 1717w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;Hanging Circus&#8221; scene, which makes public corporal punishment come across as a viable entertainment alternative to the County Fair<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-em-High-Circus.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-em-High-Circus-1024x550.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"344\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-em-High-Circus-1024x550.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-em-High-Circus-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-em-High-Circus-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-em-High-Circus-768x412.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-em-High-Circus-1536x824.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/Hang-em-High-Circus.png 1727w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s recommended.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0061747\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/hang-em-high-1968\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/71677.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;How many men are you going to have to hang to heal your scar?&#8221; Synopsis: Jed Cooper (Clint Eastwood), wrongly accused of cattle rustling, is hung by a group of vigilantes and left to die. When he survives, Cooper becomes a marshal for the local judge (Pat Hingle), and vows to seek revenge on the men who nearly killed him. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Ben Johnson Films Bruce Dern Films Clint Eastwood Films Courtroom Drama Ed Begley Sr. Films&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1178\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1178"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98186,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178\/revisions\/98186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}