---
title: 'High Plains Drifter (1973)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Clint Eastwood'
released: '1973-04-06'
runtime_minutes: 105
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Western'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/high-plains-drifter-1973'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068699/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# High Plains Drifter (1973)

1973 · R · 105 min · Drama, Western, Action, Horror, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

High Plains Drifter is a 1973 supernatural American Western film directed by Clint Eastwood, written by Ernest Tidyman, and produced by Robert Daley for The Malpaso Company and Universal Pictures. The film stars Eastwood as a mysterious stranger who metes out justice in a corrupt frontier mining town. The film was influenced by the work of Eastwood's collaborators, the film directors Sergio Leone and Don Siegel. The film co-stars Verna Bloom, Mariana Hill, Mitchell Ryan, Jack Ging and Stefan Gierasch.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Clint Eastwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/clint-eastwood)
- **Screenplay:** [Ernest Tidyman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-tidyman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dee Barton](https://cinepixo.com/people/dee-barton)
- **Producer:** [Robert Daley](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-daley)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bruce Surtees](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-surtees)
- **Editor:** [Ferris Webster](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferris-webster)

## Cast

- [John Mitchum](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mitchum)
- [Richard Bull](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-bull)
- [Stefan Gierasch](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-gierasch)
- [Paul Brinegar](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-brinegar)
- [Verna Bloom](https://cinepixo.com/people/verna-bloom)
- [Mitchell Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitchell-ryan)
- [Walt Barnes](https://cinepixo.com/people/walt-barnes)
- [Billy Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-curtis)
- [Clint Eastwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/clint-eastwood)
- [Scott Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-walker)
- [Marianna Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/marianna-hill)
- [John Quade](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-quade)
- [John Hillerman](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hillerman)
- [Robert Donner](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-donner)
- [Jack Ging](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-ging)

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