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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. The film stars Eastwood as a mysterious stranger who metes out justice in a corrupt frontier mining town. [ 4 ]
He wrote the screenplay for the 1973 film High Plains Drifter, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. Tidyman also wrote the sequel to Shaft, Shaft's Big Score, which appeared in theaters in 1972. In 1974, he published Dummy, a non-fiction account of the story of Donald Lang, an accused deaf-mute murderer.
As a teenager, he excelled in sports at Charleston High School.At Hargrave Military Academy, he was captain of the football and track teams, earning him athletic scholarships at numerous colleges and universities.
In 1972, O'Connell was cast as a nervous barber in Eastwood's second directorial effort, High Plains Drifter, released the following year. In 1976, O'Connell appeared as ferryman Sim Carstairs in The Outlaw Josey Wales, also directed by Eastwood.
Marianna Hill (born Marianna Schwarzkopf; February 9, 1942) is an American actress who is known for her starring roles in the Western films El Condor (1970) and High Plains Drifter and the cult horror film Messiah of Evil (both 1973), as well as many roles on television series in the 1960s and 1970s.
High Plains Drifter; Last Tango in Paris, an erotic drama film condemned by the Legion for its raunchy nature. [87] Lemora, A Child's Tale of the Supernatural, deemed notorious for its consideration of anti-Catholicism. [8] The Wicker Man
Hear the first take of music from the guitarist's Portals EP, which arrives April 23rd. Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Shares New Song “High Plains Drifter” from Upcoming Solo EP: Stream Jon Hadusek
Production designer Henry Bumstead, who had worked with Eastwood on High Plains Drifter, was hired to create the "drained, wintry look" of the Western. [14] The railroad scenes were filmed on the Sierra Railroad in Tuolumne County, California. [15]