Steve Forrest plays a convicted criminal in the old west, and he is about to be hanged for his crimes. He consorts with the priest, he is regretting his crimes, but it's whatev, he'll be hung anyways. Then the day comes, and he is roped up and hung. But twist is he somehow survives the hanging. Laws state that someone could only be sentenced to death once, so he is then free to live, and he turns over a new leaf and begins to protect a widow and her farm from some baddies.
First of all, this movie felt way longer than the IMDb length listed of 73 minutes. I almost clearly remember it being an hour 45 minutes or so, but I wasn't paying 100% attention. I had watched the 80's classic Firestarter and pretty much chugged a 40 of Country Club Malt Liquor.
Trust me, this picture of Country Club is much more interesting
than any photo from the film would have been.
Firestarter is a great underrated Steve King flick. It's got to be up there with the best, and I firmly believe all the best King movies were the ones made in the 80's. So I followed it up with 74's The Hanged Man, I was feeling buzzed from the booze, and I switched to rum during Hanged. Thus, I didn't really pay attention like I was saying.
I have one more 40 of Country Club in my fridge, I'm saving it for yet another 70's movie.
Although I had a slight desire when I was watching this to watch it again, and pay attention this time, I know already that I'm not going to do that. I haven't made my "announcement" yet, but I have something like 98 more movies to watch for this blog, and that's a giant hint if there ever was one.
This movie gets a slightly below average 2 stars.
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