Hang 'Em High

Discusses the many Western films, as well as the novels they are based on, that illustrate distortions of the law in the Old West and the many ways, most of them marked by vengeance, in which its characters pursued justice. The author has used correspondence from studio files, letters from the Production Code office, newspaper and magazine reviews, passages from the novels to analyse not only the filmmakers' intentions but also how the films became a showcase of America as it promoted the principles of due process, trial by jury, and innocence before proven guilty.