“Cheat The Hangman” (* out of four) was a stultifyingly awful Western that will cheat the viewers who are seeking any entertainment or enlightenment. In the old West (actually contemporary Georgia and South Carolina but never mind), the son of a hangman (Barry W. Jerald, Jr.) becomes embroiled in escalating gunplay with the men who killed his father and finds that his own fate lies in the hands of a rival hangman who has to decide on his life. Laughably bad acting is matched by cheesy sets and ugly cinematography that looks at times like it was shot in someone’s backyard! This turkey makes any of Clint’s lesser Westerns look like masterpieces by comparison.