That music at the end scared the hell out of me when I was a kid.

The script did indeed have the Stranger as Marshall Duncan's outlaw brother coming to seek revenge. Eastwood removed all reference to the brother relationship and opted for ambiguity, leaving the viewer to their own interpretation. When he says Mordecai knows his name, his last name is Duncan, like his brother.

@traviscummings9178

8 ай бұрын

But then why did the camera zoom in on the gravestone, as though to imply that the Stranger was supposed to be Jim Duncan and then have him fade away now that he was properly put to rest?

@kevinmalone3210

6 ай бұрын

Then whoever made this movie didn't adhere to the script. The beginning and end scenes shows the stranger appearing then disappearing. He gets shot, from the woman he molested, at point blank range, in a bathtub, and survives without a scratch then tells Mordechai that he knew him, and the camera points to the grave of Jim Duncan.

"I never did know your name." "Yes you do". The camera pans in with the name Duncan in the exact middle of the screen. The marshal had a gunslinger for a twin brother - revenge is a dish best served cold.

I think with the creepy undertones during this scene that he was definitely Jim Duncan’s ghost, plus that part with the girl saying something like “the dead can’t rest in an unmarked grave.” Not to mention he specifically dreamed of being whipped himself. However the biggest detail that I never noticed until recently was at the beginning when he’s riding into town a stage coach pulls up and the man whips the horses, Clint in that brief moment had an uneasy expression on his face, almost like PTSD.

I don't know how Clint could be anyone other than Jim Duncan's ghost, based on this scene. Mordecai knows his name, and Mordecai just painted the name "Jim Duncan" on the tombstone. The movie also makes a point that the dead can't rest in an unmarked grave. The movie puts these details in because they're supposed to add up to something.

@williamharris6217

8 ай бұрын

See my recent comment above.

@maximusvonce1381

5 ай бұрын

Cant be jim Duncan's ghost cause it doesn't look like Eastwood

@kingbeauregard

5 ай бұрын

@@maximusvonce1381 You're right; that's just SCIENCE.

@randymillhouse791

4 ай бұрын

@@kingbeauregard "Like stepping on pins and needles, things fall apart, it scientific."

@TravisMcGee151

3 ай бұрын

@@maximusvonce1381It’s his ghost. How else could Clint dream about it when he was sleeping?

In an episode of A&E's Biography, Clint Eastwood stated that his character of the stranger in this film was not the ghost of the Marshal who was killed before the film's opening, but was in fact the Marshal's brother.

@ayjay359

Жыл бұрын

It was in the original script, his brother but not here in the actual movie. They made it in the movie like he would be a ghost.

@felixjenft3514

11 ай бұрын

What’s funny is that the French dubbing kept that part, he explicitly says that he is the Marshall’s brother

@Bronn92

10 ай бұрын

​@@felixjenft3514They did the same in Spain and France

@SuperLaney81

9 ай бұрын

He was shot in the bath and didn't die. It's his ghost ffs! Plus the "help me" bit!!!

@erictalbert4633

7 ай бұрын

If he wasn’t the ghost then how and why would he fade away like that at the end??

Best Western of all time

Great ending scene. Great film.

This is a damn good movie

And behold a pale horse, and the rider it bore ...

@HowlingFang6258

Жыл бұрын

And Hell followed with him.

Such a damn good movie

Was Clint a avenging angel or the vengeful spirit of the murdered marshal

@DrFunk-rk6yl

Жыл бұрын

Both. It's the same thing.

@BigBri550

Жыл бұрын

It's hard to say. The murdered marshal in the whipping scene was clearly not played by Clint Eastwood; in fact, it was Eastwood's stunt double Buddy Van Horn. The fact that they actually showed his face indicates that they meant to portray separate characters to us unlike what is usually the case with stunt doubles. Thus, Jim Duncan may have had an avenging brother, or perhaps a supernatural being that looked like him who came to settle the score- but why? It's a bit enigmatic unlike 12 years later with _Pale Rider_ whose avenger was most definitely supernatural.

@DrFunk-rk6yl

Жыл бұрын

@2polohunnie DuMontier I can see that. Pale rider was great too.

@BigBri550

11 ай бұрын

@@DrFunk-rk6yl I liked it.

@adamcuneo7189

11 ай бұрын

Clint wanted people to decide for themselves, I personally believe he was the ghost of the murdered Marshal.

one of my fav eastwood movies

Love Clint❤❤❤❤❤❤

Clint cool guy 😊

Better than Marvel Movies

The avenging drifter may have been Marshal Jim Duncan's ghost, Duncan's brother, or Duncan's ghost brother 🤔

@jamesparker1063

11 ай бұрын

it was actually Duncan Hines, his cousin...he became a baker....

@BigBri550

11 ай бұрын

@@jamesparker1063 ha ha! High Plains Sifter 🙂

@GypsyJBLUE2023

4 ай бұрын

Lmfao😂​@@BigBri550

great end sequence edited by Ferris Webster

Epic!👌

A fantastic movie 🎬

I like the town set

It was Jim Duncan's brother played by Eastwood. He was a gunslinger.

@Megahustla313rd

5 ай бұрын

I always thought it was the brother, too. What did it for me was when Stacey Bridges, at the end, said, "WHO ARE YOU" Stacey Bridges & Cole would've remembered Jim Duncan's face when they came in town.

@arseface2k934

2 ай бұрын

​@@Megahustla313rd he straight up disappears at the end lol, Eastwood clearly wants you to know he's the ghost of the marshal

Why is Clint the good guy in this movie I mean look what he does at the beginning of the movie

Он, я надеюсь, открыл им глаза на то как они жили: и во что превратились!

I can see how some might think that it's his brother, you can interpret it how you want... but in my opinion there's no way that's his brother. It's pretty obvious to me he is a demon/spirit, it's hinted at A LOT throughout the film. Even the music has a ghostly feel to it.

He’s the same guy in Pale Rider where he may or may not be supernatural!

Wow

I know Clint has said this guy is not a ghost and the preacher from Pale Rider is, but I think those are backwards. They say the Drifter is the Marshall's brother, but he seems to possess the memories of the dead man. And even if he doesn't, how would he know what happened? No one in town talked about it. And if that last line would only applying to knowing his last name if he was the Marshall's brother. Meanwhile, the Preacher has some bullet holes that would be tough to survive, but they were scarred over as if healed. We also had to actually see him go to a bank and get his gun from a safety deposit box. So I think that the Drifter is the ghost of the marshal. The Preacher is a former gunslinger who opposed, or perhaps worked for, the Pale Rider villain Marshal Stockburn, but was shot by the corrupt marshal and his deputies. He was left for dead, but lives and became a Preacher.

@kevinmalone3210

6 ай бұрын

The Preacher was an avenging ghost, just like in High Plains Drifter. The comment you made, the bullet holes were tough to survive would've been fatal. The girl prays for a miracle, and her prayer is answered.

WHat is so good about this ending is the ambiguity of it. Eastwood left it up to the viewers to decide who the Stranger was. Was he the brother of the Marshall, the ghost of the Marshall, some vengeful spirit or demon or angel out to punish not only the killers but the town for their complicity in his death, or even the devil himself. I am sure everyone has their theories and thoughts and ratehr than spell it out, Eastwood let it just hang there, never truly nudging it towards any answer. For myself, I tend to ward the notion of a vengeful spirit, wither the marshall or some other form with his memories, wreaking havoc on the town. What I find interesting is that 2 people are redeemed in it all. Sarah Belding shows that she did not agree with the actions of the town but was silenced, and she expresses her guilt and shame and earns some redemption from that. Mortdecai similarly is redeemed when he saves the Stranger from being shot by Belding at the end. I like that for all the crueslty of the Stranger, he does show mercy to those he consideres innocent.

Thank you CLINT for making all your moves the BEST . WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE BEST DAY'S OF HOLLYWOOD. BECAUSE HOLLYWOOD DOESN'T MAKE MEN LIKE YOU ANYMORE. THEY'RE ALL SO LEFT THEY CAN'T BE RIGHT ABOUT ANYTHING 🙏💞👍

@DrFunk-rk6yl

Жыл бұрын

Actually, Eastwood view of the old west is far more left than you think. Especially in comparison to westerns that came before the spaghetti westerns.

@daviddery2688

Жыл бұрын

@@DrFunk-rk6yl CLINT doesn't have a left bone in his body. FACT 👍

Where did they get that much red paint?

See No Evil (2006) scenes please.

Clint definitely gave the coolest performance of satan that you’re gonna get.

@chuckthebull

8 ай бұрын

Or an arch angel.. revenging an evil

🥶 🥶

who is this mystery man who comes into town and wrecks vengeance upon it is he a spectral avenger from beyond the grave find out on next time on unsolved mysteries

@kingbeauregard

10 ай бұрын

UPDATE: thanks to alert viewers, our center received a tip that the mystery man has been spotted in Carmel California. Retired police detective Harry Callahan has declined to comment.

@johnmurphy6128

10 ай бұрын

@@kingbeauregard lol

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Lol everyone in the comments ruining it for me😂😂I thought all this time he was a ghost. That would have been so cool!

@SuperLaney81

9 ай бұрын

It is his ghost😉

@kevinmalone3210

6 ай бұрын

Nope, they got it wrong, and you got it right, because it was his ghost! All the clues are there in the movie.

Need a Joe kidd

Love that movie! I read a month ago that ol John Wayne didn't like how Clint pro-trade the west. Wayne thinks it to be one way and one way only and that's his way. John Wayne I liked a lot, but the man to me is a bullie. From the clothes worn and how a cowboy should look. John Wayne didn't like how Clint Eastwood did the west. Kinda dumb if you ask me. I've been reading a lot of John Wayne on his dislike's of certain actors. My conclusion.. (That's a bullie) it's either done his way or it's wrong

@DrFunk-rk6yl

Жыл бұрын

Eastwood had asked him if he wanted to be in one if his movies. It might have been the outlaw Josey Wales. His response was Eastwood's view of the old west was un-American. Wayne was also a huge hypocrite too.

@CognizantCheddar

10 ай бұрын

John Wayne was a scumbag.

Is This Red Dead Redemption?

@andynieuwenhuis7833

Жыл бұрын

NO; IT'S Called The High Plains Drifter. It's the ghost of the Murdered Marshall that you saw on the grave marker. He came Back to Kill the Three Men who murdered Him AND THE village people didn't t do ANYTHING to Help Him.

@JP-jb5di

Жыл бұрын

​@@andynieuwenhuis7833 In an episode of A&E's Biography, Clint Eastwood stated that his character of the stranger in this film was not the ghost of the Marshal who was killed before the film's opening, but was in fact the Marshal's brother

@andynieuwenhuis7833

Жыл бұрын

@@JP-jb5di At THE VERY END OF THE MOVIE; WHEN HE'S TALKING TO MORITKI AT THE GRAVE M ARKER. HE CLEAR SAID THAT MODITKI KNEW HIS MANE, THEN IT SHOWS WHO HE IS.

@roeypervo3688

6 ай бұрын

red dead is a video game (and you have to play it because its just amazing, the story is the one of the best in the westren genre in general)

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Good movie, ruined by crappy "music".