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Pale Rider

Name: Pale Rider
Director: Clint Eastwood
Genre: Western, Drama
Released: 1985
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Chris Penn, Richard Dysart

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

1985 · Directed by Clint Eastwood · 115 min · Western · Drama · 13 frames

Tagline

...and hell followed with him.

Crew

Screenplay: Michael Butler, Dennis Shryack
Cinematography: Bruce Surtees
Edited by: Joel Cox
Music: Lennie Niehaus
Production design: Edward C. Carfagno
Produced by: Clint Eastwood

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
Richard Kiel as Club
Doug McGrath as Spider Conway
John Russell as Stockburn
Charles Hallahan as McGill

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures, Malpaso Productions
Budget: $6,900,000
Box office: $41,400,000
Themes: gunslinger, showdown, blackmail, marshal, mine, settler, gold mining town, remake, killer, protector

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