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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Character
Bleak, grave, open-ended and meticulous.
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- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- rawmeticulous
- contemporarynostalgic
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Cast
- Clint EastwoodThe Stranger
- Verna BloomSarah Belding
- Marianna HillCallie Travers
- Mitchell RyanDave Drake
- Jack GingMorgan Allen
- Stefan GieraschMayor Jason Hobart
- Ted HartleyLewis Belding
- Billy CurtisMordecai
- Geoffrey LewisStacey Bridges
- Scott WalkerBill Borders
Crew
- Clint EastwoodDirector
- Ernest TidymanWriter
- Bruce SurteesDirector of Photography
- Dee BartonOriginal Music Composer
- Ferris WebsterEditor
- Robert DaleyProducer
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