Hang 'em High1968

More interesting as a way station in Eastwood's career than for anything intrinsic to its lawman/vigilante scenario, this was his first American Western after the spaghettis.

影片表面上是一个警长复仇的故事，但往深了想，其实是一个关于法治和正义私仇孰轻孰重的问题。主人公追捕逃犯，从个人角度是为报私仇，但他以警长的身份在抓捕过程中恪守法治精神，以生擒送交法办为主而不主张私刑处决，用“你被捕了”代替“你去死吧”。影片背景时代的美国，法治和法制还不健全，不仅有随处不在的“正义”人士违法的私刑处决，法律本身也不成熟，有很多量刑过重和缺乏合理的减罪条款。绞刑架是当时不成熟法制的代表物，在电影中一直被强调。电影中的法官是个塑造不错的角色，他首要的职责是维护法律的权威性而不是探讨法律是否合乎人情。影片中法官目睹被他判罚绞刑的犯人行刑时流泪的镜头是这部电影最经典最点题的画面，也是导演最想表达的矛盾冲突点。快意恩仇的西部牛仔拔枪射击的时代终将被法治取代。

Though the material is nothing special and relies on the avenging angel mystique that had been established for Eastwood in the Leone films, director Post squeezes out some fine and memorable moments in the film