Pale Rider
1985 · Movie · R · 115 min · ★ 7.2 · 78% critics
A small gold-mining community is pushed to the brink when a powerful company tries to force them off their claims. A quiet, mysterious preacher rides in and helps the outmatched locals stand their ground, using resolve and restraint as tensions build toward a showdown.
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Details
- Years
- 1985
- Release date
- 1985-06-28
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Critic score
- 78/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (1,202 votes)
- Box office
- $41,410,568
- Budget
- $6,900,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a classic Western about ordinary people resisting intimidation, with a mysterious helper and a cool, bleak mood; Not for you if you dislike familiar tropes or slow pacing like High Plains Drifter.
Pros: classic underdog western story; strong, stoic lead; striking mountain scenery | Cons: familiar genre beats; slow middle stretch; awkward side subplot
Themes
- gunslinger
- showdown
- blackmail
- marshal
- mine
- settler
- gold mining town
- remake
- killer
- protector
- preacher
- gold prospector
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Clint Eastwood
as Preacher
Michael Moriarty
as Hull Barret
Carrie Snodgress
as Sarah Wheeler
Chris Penn
as Josh LaHood
Richard Dysart
as Coy LaHood
- SP
Sydney Penny
as Megan Wheeler
Richard Kiel
as Club
Doug McGrath
as Spider Conway
John Russell
as Stockburn
Charles Hallahan
as McGill
Directed by Clint Eastwood