Ride into the Old West with Clint Eastwood's HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER, the acclaimed 1973 Western that remains one of the most distinctive and uncompromising films of Eastwood's legendary career.
This 40th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray features the film in a digitally remastered and fully restored presentation, making it a fantastic physical-media release for fans of classic Westerns and Eastwood's early directing work.
And for collectors, this copy has an extra bonus:
The original U.S. 40th Anniversary Blu-ray was issued with a slipcover, making a complete copy with the original OOP slipcover especially desirable to collectors who care about preserving the original packaging.
A mysterious gunfighter simply known as The Stranger rides into the isolated town of Lago.
The townspeople quickly realize he's not an ordinary drifter.
When three ruthless outlaws threaten to return to Lago, the frightened citizens hire The Stranger to protect them.
But The Stranger has his own reasons for coming to town...
And Lago's residents are about to discover that the sins of the past don't stay buried forever.
What follows is a dark and atmospheric Western filled with:
🔫 Gunfights
🌵 Revenge
🔥 Violence
🤠 Classic Western action
🏜️ Mystery
💀 Dark themes
⚔️ Clint Eastwood's signature gunslinger persona
Universal describes the film as one of Eastwood's signature Western classics.
📀 BLU-RAY
🏆 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
🎬 DIRECTED BY CLINT EASTWOOD
🤠 STARRING CLINT EASTWOOD
🎞️ DIGITALLY REMASTERED & FULLY RESTORED
📦 ORIGINAL OOP SLIPCOVER
💎 MINT CONDITION
The 2013 anniversary release marked the film's first Blu-ray release and was restored from high-resolution 35mm original film elements.
This isn't an old DVD transfer simply ported to Blu-ray.
The 40th Anniversary Edition features:
🎥 1080p High Definition
📐 2.35:1 Widescreen Presentation
🔊 DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
💿 Single BD-50 Blu-ray Disc
🎞️ Digitally remastered presentation
The release is approximately 105 minutes and carries an R rating in the U.S.
🔥 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
🔥 ORIGINAL 1973 FILM
🔥 CLINT EASTWOOD
🔥 DIRECTED BY EASTWOOD
🔥 DIGITALLY REMASTERED & RESTORED
🔥 ORIGINAL OOP SLIPCOVER
🔥 BLU-RAY
🔥 MINT CONDITION
💎 A fantastic addition to collections focused on:
🤠 Clint Eastwood
🎬 Classic Westerns
📀 Blu-ray collecting
🎞️ 1970s cinema
🏜️ Revisionist / Spaghetti-inspired Westerns
🔥 Classic Hollywood action
High Plains Drifter isn't a typical clean-cut Western.
It's dark, strange, violent, mysterious, and morally unsettling.
Eastwood takes the familiar gunslinger archetype and puts him into a town filled with corruption, fear, greed, and secrets.
The result is a Western that feels very different from the traditional heroic cowboy movie.
The film's distinctive visual style, atmosphere, and morally ambiguous story have helped it remain one of Eastwood's most memorable Westerns decades after its original release.
✔ Blu-ray disc is in mint condition
✔ Original 40th Anniversary Edition
✔ Includes the OOP original slipcover
✔ Disc carefully handled and stored
✔ Excellent collector presentation
✔ Please review all photos carefully for the exact cosmetic condition of the case, artwork, disc, and slipcover
The slipcover is an original OOP component of the 40th Anniversary release.
🤠 One of Eastwood's most memorable Westerns
🔥 Directed by Eastwood
🏜️ Dark and atmospheric 1970s Western
🎞️ 40th Anniversary Edition
💿 High-definition Blu-ray presentation
💎 Original OOP slipcover
✨ Mint condition
🎁 Fantastic for Clint Eastwood, Western, and physical-media collectors
📦 Professionally packaged with care to help protect the Blu-ray case and disc during shipping.
A mysterious stranger.
A corrupt town.
Three dangerous outlaws.
And a past that refuses to stay buried.
DIGITALLY REMASTERED • 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION • OOP SLIPCOVER • MINT