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Hang 'Em High (1968) More at IMDbPro »

• Sergio Leone was approached to direct this film, but he turned it down since he was working on C'era una volta il West (1968) at the time.
  
  
• The first film produced by Clint Eastwood's Malpaso Company.
  
  
• Reportedly, producer Leonard Freeman clashed with director Ted Post during production. One day Freeman showed up on the set, issuing orders and taking charge. Post wanted to confront him, but Clint Eastwood intervened. Eastwood spoke to Freeman, and Freeman left the set and didn't return. What he said was, "If you show up on this set again, there won't be a set ... won't be a cast, won't be a crew."
  
  
• CASTLE THUNDER: Heard several times during the rain after Jed and Rachel's picnic.
  
  
• The character of Judge Adam Fenton was based in part on Judge Isaac Parker whose federal court in Fort Smith, Arkansas had jurisdiction over the Oklahoma and Indian Territories.
  
  
• Clint Eastwood turned down a part in the big budget film Mackenna's Gold (1969) to make this film instead.
  
  

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