CinemaNow - High Plains Drifter

Clint Eastwood's second film as a director finds the celebratedaction star returning to his familiar Old West stomping grounds and his internationally acclaimed role of "The Man With No Name." This time, The Stranger (Eastwood) mysteriously appears out of the heat waves of the desert and rides into the lawless, sin-ridden town of Lago. After making a name for himself with a string of blazing gun battles, The Stranger is hired by the townspeople to provide protection from three ruthless gunmen just out of jail. The Stranger quickly proceedsto paint the entire town bright red, rename it "Hell," andsupply divine retribution in the fiery, pulse-pounding climax of this acclaimed western shoot-em-up.