Corporate mining boss Coy LaHood offers the independent pan miners a deal: get out or be carried out. The terrorized miners have little choice but to accept until a nameless stranger rides into their camp. The miners call him "Preacher." But to LaHood, he's an avenging pale rider and hell follows with him.
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Publisher:
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2000, c1985
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1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN:
9780790733050
0790733056
0790733056
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DVD Pale
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Add a QuoteThe Preacher (after beating the snot out of four of LaHood's goons with an axe handle): "...There's nothin' like a nice piece of hickory." (walks away)
Megan Wheeler (reading the Bible aloud to her mom): "...and when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, "Come and see!", and I looked... and beheld a pale horse... (the Preacher rides up) ...and his name that sat on him, was Death, (mother and daughter stare out the window at the Preacher) ...and Hell followed with him..."
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Add a Comment"And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him." - The Book of Revelation, Chapter 6, Verse 8. The mysterious Preacher (Clint Eastwood), Death, brings protection, and a little belief, to a group of miners tormented by a powerful mining corporation and its owner, Coy LaHood (Richard Dysart).
'Pale Rider' is a beautifully crafted western and one of Clint Eastwood's best films. He uses the blueprint of George Stevens' classic 'Shane' and manages to put his own unique stamp on the story of a lone cowboy who descends on a lawless town and helps the hapless gold miners being terrorized by a renegade sheriff and his men.
Solid Western by Eastwood- the films theme builds towards a satisfying conclusion- and it will linger in your brain for a while after that- deceptively simple but powerful film by Clint.
This film is supposed to be a replica of an older western, 'Shane'. However, I find Eastwood's screen presence as a gunfighter much stronger than that of Alan Ladd. A good western and enjoyable to watch.
By the numbers,..delivers the formula. Except that its persecuted miners this time ,.. instead of sod sodbusters, sheep hearders, etc. And the superhero has two female admirers.
A solid and spooky Clint Eastwood Western, start to finish. Strongly reminiscent of "Shane". "Pale Rider" refers to the the fourth rider, Death, of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, from the Book of Revelation, chapter six. Megan is reading the exact verse when she and her mom first see Preacher ride up to their house. Eastwood has revealed in interviews that his character is in fact a ghost. Great cast. "Law and Order's" Michael Moriarty; steely eyed Western villain John Russell (Rio Bravo); Neil Young's ex Carrie Snodgress; 7' 2" giant Richard (Jaws) Kiel as 'Club'; Sean Penn's late brother Chris... Fourteen year old Sydney Penny gives a memorable performance as the blossoming doe-eyed Megan. Killer flick. FIVE STARS.
Probably better than most people credit. More than just a spaghetti western, it has some very interesting, almost mystical, elements too it. However, yes, it's mostly a western action thriller.