Pale Rider
- Original title
- Pale Rider
- Year
- 1985
- Running time
- 113 min.
- Country
United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Clint Eastwood
- Sydney Penny
- Michael Moriarty
- Chris Penn
- Carrie Snodgress
- Richard Dysart
- John Russell
- Richard Kiel
- Billy Drago
- Doug McGrath
- Charles Hallahan
- Marvin J. McIntyre
- Fran Ryan
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
Malpaso Productions. Distributor: Warner Bros.- Genre
- Western | Remake
- Synopsis
- A cadre of men employed by powerful strip-miner Coy LaHood (Richard Dysart) rides into a small mining encampment and begins shooting up the place. One of the terrorists kills the dog of young Megan Wheeler's (Sydney Penny). As Megan buries her pet, she says a prayer, begging the Lord to send someone to defend them. Later Megan sits with her widowed mother (Carrie Snodgress) and reads from the Bible: "And I saw, and behold, a pale horse, and its rider's name was death, and hell followed him." Then a lone horseman (Clint Eastwood), dressed as a preacher, rides into camp to help the struggling miners fight off LaHood. The supernatural elements of the story are incidental and handled in a restrained, subtle manner that does not distract from the story but enhances it, bringing another dimension to the oft-told tale. Eastwood the director has delivered a thought-provoking, well-crafted western.
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- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1985: Cannes Film Festival: Nominated for Golden Palm (Best Film)
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- 15 My Favorite Westerns (446)
- 42 My Favorite Remakes (17)
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