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Pale Rider (1985)

R 06/28/1985 Western, Drama 1h 55m
72%
User
Score
7.3/10
94%
61/100

...and hell followed with him.

Overview

A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.

Dennis Shryack

Screenplay

Clint Eastwood

Director

Michael Butler

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

Preacher

Michael Moriarty

Michael Moriarty

Hull Barret

Carrie Snodgress

Carrie Snodgress

Sarah Wheeler

Chris Penn

Chris Penn

Josh LaHood

Richard Dysart

Richard Dysart

Coy LaHood

Sydney Penny

Sydney Penny

Megan Wheeler

Richard Kiel

Richard Kiel

Club

Doug McGrath

Doug McGrath

Spider Conway

John Russell

John Russell

Stockburn

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Media

The Preacher Meets LaHood - Movie Clip

The Preacher Meets LaHood - Movie Clip

Lessons From Set with Sydney Penny - Behind the Scenes

Lessons From Set with Sydney Penny - Behind the Scenes

The Preacher Throws Dynamite - Movie Clip

The Preacher Throws Dynamite - Movie Clip

Behind the Scenes - Painting the Preacher: Cinematography

Behind the Scenes - Painting the Preacher: Cinematography

Movie Clip - Preacher vs. Lahood's Gang

Movie Clip - Preacher vs. Lahood's Gang

4K Full Movie Preview

4K Full Movie Preview

4K Ultra HD Movie Trailer

4K Ultra HD Movie Trailer

Bribing the Preacher

Bribing the Preacher

Preacher Takes on LaHood's Gang

Preacher Takes on LaHood's Gang

Theatrical Trailer

Theatrical Trailer

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on March 21, 2014

You can't beat a good bit of Hickory.

The opening to Pale Rider is just excellent, at first all is calm and serene, but then the peace is shattered by the thundering of hooves. A group of men employed by Coy LaHood, tear thru a small mining community, shooting guns and trampling over all in their way. During this callous act of bullying, one of the men shoots and kills young Megan's dog. When Megan buries her beloved pet, she calls to god to send someone to help them against the greedy LaHood, because LaHood is intent on stripping the locals of their claims, and he literally will stop at nothing to get them. Later on Megan is reading from the bible, she reads aloud to her mother about "beholding a pale horse and that the man who sat on it was death", we then see a lone horseman riding t...

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A review by r96sk

Written on February 1, 2022

This is a good'un.

<em>'Pale Rider'</em> features an enjoyable story featuring the gold rush, while the characters are all solid - Clint Eastwood gives a strong performance in the lead role, though I would've liked to have seen more of John Russell and his character.

I don't think it's perfect or anything, but I got entertainment from it and that's enough for me - I've not got much more to note....

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