High Plains Drifter is a 1973 American Western film, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood and produced by Robert Daley for The Malpaso Company and Universal Pictures. Eastwood plays a mysterious gunfighter hired by the residents of a corrupt frontier mining town to defend them against a group of criminals.
The film was shot on location on the shores of Mono Lake, California. The screenplay was written by Ernest Tidyman and an uncredited Dean Riesner. Tidyman wrote the novelization. Dee Barton provided the film's musical score. The film proved popular at the time and remains so today, holding a score of 96% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Theatrical release poster
The film was shot on location on the shores of Mono Lake, California. The screenplay was written by Ernest Tidyman and an uncredited Dean Riesner. Tidyman wrote the novelization. Dee Barton provided the film's musical score. The film proved popular at the time and remains so today, holding a score of 96% on Rotten Tomatoes.
| Directed by | Clint Eastwood |
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| Produced by | Robert Daley |
| Written by | Ernest Tidyman Uncredited: Dean Riesner |
| Starring | Clint Eastwood Verna Bloom Mariana Hill Billy Curtis |
| Music by | Dee Barton |
| Cinematography | Bruce Surtees |
| Editing by | Ferris Webster |
| Studio | The Malpaso Company |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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| Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $8 million[1] |
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