Hang 'em High

Drama, Western, Crime

Clint Eastwood	Jed Cooper
Inger Stevens	Rachel
Ed Begley, Sr.	Wilson
Pat Hingle	Adam Fenton
Arlene Golonka	Jennifer
Ben Johnson	Dave Bliss
Bob Steele	Jenkins
Ruth White	Peaches Sophie
Russell Thorson	Mr. Maddow
Ed Begley	Captain Wilson, Cooper Hanging Party
Charles McGraw	Sheriff Ray Calhoun, Red Creek
Bruce Dern	Miller, One of the 3 rustlers, and murderer
Alan Hale Jr.	Matt Stone, Cooper Hanging Party

Director	Ted Post
Producer	Leonard Freeman; Irving L. Leonard
Writer	Mel Goldberg; Leonard Freeman

Jed Cooper (Clint Eastwood) wants to lead a relaxed and peaceful life for which he buys a cattle herd and settles down as a rancher. But this simple rancher is misunderstood as having murdered the previous owner of the ranch. A group of nine angry lynchmen hangs him and leaves the place thinking that he was dead. But, Jed was fortunate enough to stay alive until a passing by Federal Marshall Bliss (Ben Johnson) rescues him and takes him to the Judge Fenton (Pat Hingle), who understands the innocence of Jed and empowers him to take revenge on the nine lynchment by way of catching them and presenting them before the Judge. But, Jed ignores the Judge's condition and successfully manages to kill all of the lynchmen one after the other except Captain Wilson (Ed Begley), who is the headman of the gang. Instead, Jed gets shot by Captain Wilson. But luck off life once again saves and Jeff survives the bullet injuries. This time Jeff chases Captain Wilson and after a spine chilling gufight, killing all the antogonists' henchmen, Jeff finds the body of Captain Wilson hanged himself. Rachel Warren (Inger Stevens) accomapanies all the way with Jeff through this saga of revenge.