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Pale Rider

1985 film by Clint Eastwood

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

Released: 1985-06-28115 minDir: Clint EastwoodWestern, Drama

Cast

Clint Eastwood as Preacher
Michael Moriarty as Hull Barret
Carrie Snodgress as Sarah Wheeler
Chris Penn as Josh LaHood
Richard Dysart as Coy LaHood
Sydney Penny as Megan Wheeler

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Key facts

Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Written by: Michael Butler, Dennis Shryack , Clint Eastwood (uncredited)
Produced by: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood Michael Moriarty Carrie Snodgress Christopher Penn Richard Dysart Sydney Penny Richard Kiel Doug McGrath John Russell
Cinematography: Bruce Surtees
Edited by: Joel Cox
Music by: Lennie Niehaus
Production company: The Malpaso Company
Distributed by: Warner Bros.
Release dates: May 13, 1985 ( 1985-05-13 ) ( Cannes ) June 26, 1985 ( 1985-06-26 ) (United States)
Running time: 116 minutes
Country: United States

Key dates

Published: 28 June 1985

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: film
Genre: Western film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English language
Director: Clint Eastwood
Composer: Lennie Niehaus
Producer: Clint Eastwood
Production company: Warner Bros. Entertainment
Cinematographer: Bruce Surtees
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Article

Pale Rider is a 1985 American Western film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood, who also stars in the lead role. The title is a reference to Death as one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, described in the Book of Revelation (also spoken in the film's dialogue) as riding a pale horse; in the film, Eastwood rides a pale horse. The film took in over $41 million at the box office. It is Eastwood's only Western of the 1980s.

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