

High Plains Drifter
They'd never forget the day he drifted into town.
A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $5.5M
- Box office
- $15.7M
- Language
- English
- gunslinger
- showdown
- outlaw
- gunfighter
- guns
- shooting
- outlaws
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereLos Angeles, California6 Apr 1973
- TheatricalR19 Apr 1973
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1812 Jul 1973
United Arab EmiratesAE
- PhysicalDVD5 May 2008
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalR 18+1 Jun 1973
CanadaCA
- Theatrical18 May 1973
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1623 Oct 1973
- PhysicalDVD5 Jun 2012
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical22 May 1973
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1528 Jun 1973
EcuadorEC
- PhysicalDVD23 Apr 2021
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-163 Aug 1973
FranceFR
- Theatrical22 Aug 1973
- TheatricalRe-release28 May 1997
- TVParis Première10 Jan 2026
- TVTPCiné+ Classic15 Sept 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical18West Germany23 Oct 1973
- PhysicalDVD1 Mar 2001
Frequently asked questions
High Plains Drifter was released on 19 April 1973.
Audience reviews
6- J9/10
John Chard
2/16/2014
Supernatural Western? A lone gunman with no name and seemingly with no past, rides into the dusky town of Lago. The residents of Lago at first view the stranger with suspicion, but when news that some outlaws that are out for blood are on their way to town, they ask the stranger for his help. This is Clint Eastwood's first Western film that he directed, and it's clear and evident that the guy not only loves th…
- R7/10
r96sk
1/27/2022
I don't have much to say about <em>'High Plains Drifter'</em>. It didn't thrill me or anything, but it did keep my attention from start-to-finish so it's evidently a good film. Clint Eastwood is the only cast member worth talking about, he gives a commanding performance in the lead role. Geoffrey Lewis, a frequent castmate of Eastwood's, is the best of the rest, if I had to pick. The film does feature dark themes,…
- D2/10
drystyx
4/18/2023
Another Hollywood (spaghetti) formula Western where homicidal maniacs abound. Here, Clint plays a homicidal maniac who obviously comes back from the dead after being killed by three bad guys and betrayed by an entire town of people. So, the first thing he does is murder the only three men who weren't part of that. Makes sense? Not if you're looking for credible motivation. But credible motivation isn't a part of m…
- W7/10
Wuchak
3/13/2024
**_Clint paints the Western town red, like Gehenna_** A mysterious Stranger (Eastwood) trots into a remote town in west-central California, a dozen miles from the Nevada border. The townspeople desperately need his help to prepare for the release of three vengeful men from the territorial prison. "High Plains Drifter" (1973) was Clint’s third directorial effort (although he also did some uncredited work on “Dir…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
1/15/2026
Now we are used to Clint Eastwood playing the poncho-clad man of few words in westerns, but this one has an altogether spookier thread to it. When he arrives into a dead end town he is immediately challenged by three ne’er do wells whom he effortlessly despatches. The townsfolk are not so much terrified as they are impressed and so they ask him to stick around and help protect them from three more thugs who have thre…
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