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Clint Eastwood - High Plains Drifter - 1973

Some actors of note and key films from

Clint Eastwood's second film as director

Clint Eastwood
- A Fistful of Dollars - 1964, Sergio Leone
- For a Few Dollars More - 1965, Sergio Leone
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - 1966, Sergio Leone
- Hang 'Em High - 1968, Ted Post
- Coogan's Bluff - 1968,  Don Siegel
- Two Mules for Sister Sara - 1970,  Don Siegel
- The Beguiled - 1971,  Don Siegel
- Play Misty for Me - 1971, Clint Eastwood
- Dirty Harry - 1971,  Don Siegel
- Joe Kidd - 1972 , John Sturges
- High Plains Drifter - 1973, Clint Eastwood
- Magnum Force - 1973, Ted Post
- Thunderbolt and Lightfoot - 1974, Michael Cimino
- The Eiger Sanction - 1975, Clint Eastwood
- The Outlaw Josey Wales - 1976, Clint Eastwood
- The Gauntlet - 1977, Clint Eastwood
- Every Which Way But Loose - 1978, James Fargo
- Escape from Alcatraz - 1979, Clint Eastwood
- Bronco Billy - 1980,  Clint Eastwood
- Firefox - 1982,  Clint Eastwood
- Pale Rider - 1985,  Clint Eastwood
- Unforgiven - 1992,  Clint Eastwood
- In the Line of Fire - 1993, Wolfgang Petersen
- A Perfect World - 1993, Clint Eastwood
- The Bridges of Madison County - 1995, Clint Eastwood
- Absolute Power - 1997,  Clint Eastwood
- True Crime - 1999,  Clint Eastwood
- Blood Work - 2002,  Clint Eastwood
- Million Dollar Baby - 2004,  Clint Eastwood
- Gran Torino - 2008,  Clint Eastwood

John Quade (left)
- Bad Company - 1972, Robert Benton
- High Plains Drifter - 1973, Clint Eastwood
- Papillon - 1973, Franklin J. Schaffner
- The Sting - 1973, George Roy Hill
- Rancho Deluxe - 1975, Frank Perry
- 92 in the Shade - 1975, Thomas McGuane
- The Outlaw Josey Wales - 1976, Clint Eastwood
- Every Which Way But Loose - 1978, James Fargo

Geoffrey Lewis
- Bad Company - 1972, Robert Benton
- High Plains Drifter - 1973, Clint Eastwood
- Dillinger - 1973, John Milius
- Thunderbolt and Lightfoot - 1974, Michael Cimino
- Every Which Way But Loose - 1978, James Fargo
- Bronco Billy - 1980,  Clint Eastwood

John Hillerman
- The Last Picture Show - 1971, Peter Bogdanovich
- What's Up, Doc? - 1972,  Peter Bogdanovich
- High Plains Drifter - 1973, Clint Eastwood
- Paper Moon - 1973,  Peter Bogdanovich
- Chinatown - 1974, Roman Polanski
- The Day of the Locust - 1975, John Schlesinger

Billy Curtis
- The Wizard of Oz - 1939
- Meet John Doe - 1941, Frank Capra
- Saboteur - 1942, Alfred Hitchcock
- Limelight - 1952, Charles Chaplin
- The Incredible Shrinking Man - 1957, Jack Arnold
- Planet of the Apes - 1968, Franklin J. Schaffner
- High Plains Drifter - 1973, Clint Eastwood

Anthony James
- In the Heat of the Night - 1967, Norman Jewison
- Vanishing Point - 1971, Richard C. Sarafian
- High Plains Drifter - 1973, Clint Eastwood
- Unforgiven - 1992,  Clint Eastwood

Verna Bloom
- Medium Cool - 1969, Haskell Wexler
- The Hired Hand - 1971, Peter Fonda
- High Plains Drifter - 1973, Clint Eastwood
- After Hours - 1985, Martin Scorsese
- The Last Temptation of Christ - 1988, Martin Scorsese