Hang 'Em High (9/12) Movie CLIP - Last Words (1968) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Duffy (Michael O'Sullivan) addresses the crowd at his hanging about the evils of alcohol.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
Ex-lawman turned rancher Jed Cooper (Clint Eastwood) is moving a small herd of cattle when a group of nine men on horseback, led by Captain Wilson (Ed Begley Sr.), ride up and accuse him of having stolen the cattle and killed their owner. Refusing to believe his account, they string him up by the neck and leave him for dead, but they don't do the job right. Cooper is dangling there, barely alive, a few minutes later when Deputy U.S. Marshal Bliss (Ben Johnson) spots him and cuts him down. He survives the next few days in Bliss' tumbleweed wagon with the other prisoners, and is later cleared of any wrongdoing and released by Judge Fenton (Pat Hingle), just in time to witness the hanging of the man who really murdered the owner of the cattle and took Cooper's money. Cooper still wants revenge on the nine men who tried to hang him, but Fenton insists that he leave the bringing of them to justice to his deputy marshals. As it happens, Fenton is in desperate need of deputy marshals for the territory that he oversees, and he also knows that Cooper was a good lawman. Cooper, in turn, is now broke and in need of a job, and does want to see justice done. They strike an uneasy bargain, Cooper agreeing to wear a badge and bring in the men he's looking for -- alive -- for trial. The latter proves easier said than done, however, when the first of them that he spots tries to draw on him when he makes the arrest. One of the hanging party, Jenkins (Bob Steele), soon turns himself in and provides the names of the others. Cooper takes Stone (Alan Hale Jr.) alive, but the hapless blacksmith is later shot by the local sheriff (Charles McGraw) while trying to escape. The other men, led by Wilson, have no intention of dying, or even being brought to trial, without a fight. Two of them go on the run out of the territory, while Wilson and two of the others decide to take the law into their own hands once again. Meanwhile, Cooper becomes a hero when he single-handedly brings back a trio of rustlers who are also guilty of murder. This leads to Cooper's first confrontation with Judge Fenton, who, in a gripping scene, explains why it is essential that he be as seemingly quick to hang a man as he is. Unless the people are convinced that the law will do its job -- including hanging men who deserve it -- they will keep taking the law into their own hands and there will be more lynch mobs like the one that tried to kill Cooper. In the course of his quest for justice, Cooper also makes the acquaintance of Rachel (Inger Stevens), a young woman with her own search for justice, haunted by her own ghosts, and the two of them are drawn together, no more so than when Wilson and two of the others try to gun Cooper down in cold blood. The final confrontation between Cooper and Wilson escalates in violence to its savage, irony-laced conclusion.

CREDITS:
TM & © MGM (1968)
Cast: Bruce Dern, Bert Freed, Richard Gates, James MacArthur, Michael O'Sullivan, Bruce Scott
Director: Ted Post
Producers: Leonard Freeman, Irving L. Leonard, Robert Stambler
Screenwriters: Leonard Freeman, Mel Goldberg

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[markkram]

From watching all of the old westerners with my pops, this is one of the few scenes that has always stuck with me

[WhiteLightnin]

"Tell him to shut up and let's get it over with" I respect that

[hypolyxa]

There is actually a lot of wisdom in the last words of that guy. Alcohol has ruined a lot of families, and continues to do so.

[the-toecutter]

Maybe the wisest words ever committed to the screen

[DixiePokerAce]

When you take the devil into your mouth you are doomed.

[newman]

Tell him to shut up and let's get this over with!

[indieroclife]

I remember watching this scene as a kid with my dad when I was around the age of 5. I remember it well cause it was also the time I burnt my hand on the stove, core memory.

[thelimey]

In the film it is clear the two young men should have been jailed, certainly not executed (assuming you believe in the death penalty), but in the short period that the Wild West existed law and order was very limited, life was extremely tough and as a consequence the penalties were even tougher...👀

[SHADOWNINE]

2:01 he's thinking "Better you than me" 😬

[HelgaV]

I would’ve pardoned that ginger on just for telling such fabulous speech alone.

[BattleAxeRX]

Justice is worth the price. I felt that Jed realized and respected that. So he kept bringing them into town to hang. Even after seeing how cruel and celebrated it was. He had two near death experiences...

[alphonserollins]

1:40 This guy thinks he doesn't want to be hanged.

[Professorrobk]

Francis Duffie preached in his last moments

[MrGroenland]

Une scène monstrueuse.
Un monologue tétanisant
Une musique oppressante

[mariofilippi]

A super-entertaining video clip, thanks very much.

[johnkerkalis]

This scene is disturbing. Those 2 young men...

[laidsgpr]

We are all sinners. But, by God's grace and mercy, HE will forgive ! Always remember that !!!

[marcelacruz]

Oh my, those two in the middle look very

[jogman]

The first one in line is Sheriff Andy Taylor's uncle, Uncle Ollie.

[demetriussherman]

"Cruel they have said I am, but they forget the utterly hardened character of the men I dealt with. They forget that in my court jurisdiction alone sixty-five deputy marshals were murdered in the discharge of their duty. " (Actual quote of Judge Parker The Hanging Judge )