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Hang 'Em High is a 1968 American revisionist Western film directed by Ted Post and written by Leonard Freeman and Mel Goldberg. It stars Clint Eastwood as Jed Cooper, an innocent man who survives a lynching; Inger Stevens as a widow who helps him; Ed Begley as the leader of the gang that lynched Cooper; and Pat Hingle as the federal judge who hires him as a Deputy U.S. Marshal.
Hang 'Em High was written by Leonard Freeman, who was producing a new police procedural, Hawaii Five-O. Tim O'Kelly was originally cast as Jack Lord's assistant, but test audiences felt that he was too young, so MacArthur was offered the role. [1] MacArthur said that Lord "said 'book him' to others in the cast, but I guess he said it to me the ...
Hang 'Em High: Miller 1969 Support Your Local Sheriff! Joe Danby Castle Keep: Lt. Billy Byron Bix Number One: Richie Fowler The Cycle Savages: Keeg They Shoot Horses, Don't They? James Bates 1970 Bloody Mama: Kevin Dirkman The Rebel Rousers: J.J. Weston 1971 The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant: Dr. Roger Girard Drive, He Said: Coach Bullion 1972 ...
"Hang 'Em High" is a musical theme composed by Dominic Frontiere for the soundtrack of the 1968 film of the same name. Though it was first covered by Hugo Montenegro, whose orchestra recorded a full album of music from the film, the tune became a hit in an R&B instrumental version by Booker T. & the M.G.'s that charted #9 Pop and #35 R&B. [1]
He has been nicknamed "Hang 'em High McCoy". [4] He describes himself as a "junkyard dog". [5] He is well-respected in the legal community, once referred to as "the top of the legal food chain" by a rival attorney during a trial. [6]
In 1967, he produced the Clint Eastwood western film, Hang 'Em High. A decade earlier, he wrote scripts for the syndicated Men of Annapolis. Freeman died in 1974 during the sixth season of Hawaii Five-O of complications related to heart surgery. [2]
Sorensen was often cast in such westerns as Jefferson Drum, The Rifleman, Rin Tin Tin, Gunsmoke, Have Gun, Will Travel, The High Chaparral, Cheyenne, Cimarron City, Johnny Ringo, Wagon Train, The Virginian, and The Big Valley. [1] Sorensen's film credits included Hang 'em High, Westworld, and Escape to Witch Mountain.
Malpaso Productions is Clint Eastwood's production company. [1] It was established in 1967 as The Malpaso Company by Eastwood's financial adviser Irving Leonard for the film Hang 'Em High (1968), using profits from the Dollars Trilogy.