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7.2A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.
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
Themes
- gunslinger
- showdown
- blackmail
- marshal
- mine
- settler
- gold mining town
- remake
- killer
- protector
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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
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $6.9 million
- Box office
- $41.4 million
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Encyclopedic overview
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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