History Film / HangEmHigh

* MsFanservice: The [[HeroesWantRedheads redheaded girl]] who makes out with Jed when he's in town, implied to be a HighClassCallGirl. She offers her "help" to him when he's recovering from the exhaustion of bringing in three bushwhackers by himself.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Judge Fenton is a ''very'' thinly-veiled and surprisingly realistic {{Expy}} of Judge Isaac C. Parker, "The Hanging Judge" of RealLife whose jurisdiction encompassed Arkansas and the Indian Territory (a map of which is called attention to by Fenton himself when commissioning Cooper).

* UnknowinglyPossessingStolenGoods: At the start of the film, Jed is driving his herd of cattle across a stream when a posse of men surround Jed, demanding Jed show them the receipt for the cattle. It turns out that the man who sold Jed the cattle killed the original owner and stole them and sold them off to Jed. Jed tries to explain that he knew nothing about the murder, but they don't believe him and leave him hanging. Jed gets rescued and is innocence is proven. He becomes a deputy as he looks to bring the posse to justice.

* JerkAssHasAPoint: Judge Fenton points out that he's been given a responsibility that's way to big for one man and he can't even find enough men to fill the marshal jobs he's been budgeted. He acknowledges that mistakes have been made, but there's no higher court for defendants to appeal to.

The action starts off with Jed Cooper (Eastwood) being wrongfully accused of murder and cattle-rustling by Captain Wilson (Ed Begley) and his posse, who then proceed to lynch him -- [[OnlyMostlyDead but not very well]]; he lives long enough for a passing U.S. Marshal to cut him down and take him to territorial Judge Fenton (Creator/PatHingle). Cooper's story of being a one-time lawman from St. Louis checks out, and Fenton offers him a job as a marshal to bring Wilson and the rest of the men who lynched him to justice... but with the understanding that he bring them in alive.

The action starts off with Jed Cooper (Eastwood) being wrongfully accused of murder and cattle-rustling by Captain Wilson (Ed Begley) and his posse, who then proceed to lynch him -- [[OnlyMostlyDead but not very well]]; he lives long enough for a passing U.S. Marshal to cut him down and take him to territorial Judge Fenton (Pat Hingle). Cooper's story of being a one-time lawman from St. Louis checks out, and Fenton offers him a job as a marshal to bring Wilson and the rest of the men who lynched him to justice... but with the understanding that he bring them in alive.

* KarmicDeath: Wilson. All of the vigilantes get it in the most karmic way possible, being shot by the man they LeftForDead.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Judge Fenton is a ''very'' thinly-veiled {{Expy}} of Judge Isaac C. Parker, "The Hanging Judge" of RealLife whose jurisdiction encompassed Arkansas and the Indian Territory (a map of which is called attention to by Fenton himself when commissioning Cooper).

The action starts off with Jed Cooper (Eastwood) being wrongfully accused of murder and cattle-rustling by Captain Wilson (Ed Begley) and his posse, who then proceed to lynch him -- [[OnlyMostlyDead but not very well]]; he lives long enough for a passing U.S. Marshal to cut him down and take him to territorial Judge Fenton (Pat Hingle). Cooper's story of being a one-time lawman from St. Louis checks out, and Fenton offers him a job as a marshal to bring Wilson and the rest of the men who lynched him to justice... with the understanding that he bring them in alive.

The action starts off with Jed Cooper (Eastwood) being wrongfully accused of murder and cattle-rustling by Captain Wilson (Ed Begley) and his posse, who then proceed to lynch him -- [[OnlyMostlyDead but not very well]]; he lives long enough for a passing U.S. Marshal to cut him down and take him to territorial Judge Fenton (Pat Hingle). Cooper's story of being a one-time lawman from St. Louis checks out, and Fenton offers him a job as a marshal to bring Wilson and the other men who lynched him to justice... with the understanding that he bring them in alive.

The action starts off with Jed Cooper (Eastwood) being wrongfully accused by nine men of murder and stealing cattle, who then proceed to lynch him -- [[OnlyMostlyDead but not very well]]; he lives long enough for a passing U.S. Marshal to cut him down and take him to the territorial judge. Cooper's story of being a one-time lawman from St. Louis checks out, and the judge offers him a job as a marshal to bring the men who lynched him to justice... with the understanding that he bring them in alive.

The action starts off with Jed Cooper (Eastwood) being wrongfully accused by nine men of murder and stealing cattle, who then proceed to lynch him -- [[OnlyMostlyDead but not very well]]; he lives long enough for a passing U.S. Marshal to come cut him down. His story of being a one-time lawman from St. Louis checks out, and the territorial judge offers him a job as a marshal to bring the men who lynched him to justice... with the understanding that he bring them in alive.

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->''The hanging was the best show in town. But they made two mistakes. They hung the wrong man... and they didn't finish the job!''
-->-- Tagline

''Hang 'Em High'' is a 1968 western, starring Creator/ClintEastwood, but not directed by him.

The action starts off with Jed Cooper (Eastwood) being wrongfully accused by nine men of murder and stealing cattle, who then proceed to lynch him -- [[OnlyMostlyDead but not very well]]; he lives long enough for a passing U.S. Marshal to come cut him down. His story of being a one-time lawman from St. Louis checks out, and the judge offers him a job as his marshal -- with the understanding that he bring in the men who lynched him alive.