‘High Plains Drifter’ opens in New York City 40 years ago today (1973)


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(Thursday, April 19, 1973)High Plains Drifter, a Western film about a mysterious gunfighter hired by the residents of a corrupt frontier mining town to defend them against a group of criminals, opened today in New York City.

Directed by Clint Eastwood, the film stars Eastwood, Verna Bloom and Marianna Hill.