Tripping Through Gateways
Entering the Alternate Worlds of the Movies
Tag: Clint Eastwood
Tormented (Unforgiven, 1992)
One night in a small town, local ranch hands are visiting the local whorehouse. One of the ranch hands becomes enraged with the girl he is with and brutally attacks her, leaving her scarred. When the Sheriff, Little Bill, arrives, he sets the penalties…
Judge, Jury and… (Hang Em High, 1968
Jed Cooper is a former lawman. After buying some cattle, he finds himself at the mercy of a posse. Believing he killed the owner and stole the cattle, they hang him. He is found before he suffocates by a lawman who brings him to…
On a Pale Horse (Pale Rider, 1985)
An itinerant Preacher rides into a mining town facing pressure from a greedy mining company. He ends up helping the town stand up to the owner of the mining company and his thugs. The simple story is a throwback to earlier Eastwood westerns, with…
On the Run (The Outlaw Josey Wales, 1976)
At the end of the Civil War, Josey Wales just wanted to live in peace. When Union Soldiers burn his house and kill his wife, he takes up with a band of rebellious Confederate Soldiers. Eventually, their leader Fletcher convinces everyone to turn themselves…
The Wanderer (High Plains Drifter, 1973)
The small mining town of Lago is shaken by the arrival of a mysterious stranger who came from the desert. After he guns down three men harassing him, the town wants his help. The sheriff was killed by a gang, and they want him…
The Kidd Is Alright (Joe Kidd, 1972)
Ex-Bounty Hunter Joe Kidd is in jail. His opportunity for freedom comes when Frank Harlan wants to hire him to take out the revolutionary leader Luis Chuma. Reluctant at first, when he learns Chuma has raided his ranch (and hurt a worker), Kidd joins…
The Buddy Western (Two Mules For Sister Sara, 1970)
Hogan comes across Sara, a nun in peril. After saving her, the two become traveling companions. Sara is on the run from the French and Hogan agrees to help her out. Hogan is a more detailed character than his “man With No Name” role….
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