Movie
Lean on Pete
Overview
Charley Thompson, a teenager living with his single father, gets a summer job working for horse trainer Del Montgomery. Bonding with an aging racehorse named Lean on Pete, Charley is horrified to learn he is bound for slaughter, and so he steals the horse, and the duo embark on an odyssey across the new American frontier.
Details
- Release date
- 2018-04-06
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Genres
- Drama, Adventure
- Status
- Released
- Production
- The Bureau, Film4 Productions
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Charlie Plummer as Charley
- Amy Seimetz as Lynn
- Travis Fimmel as Ray
- Steve Buscemi as Del
- Jason Beem as Race Announcer
- Tolo Tuitele as Lynn's Husband
- Ayanna Berkshire as Cop 1
- Connor Brenes as Cop 2
- Kurt Conroyd as Nurse
- Chloë Sevigny as Bonnie
- Dennis Fitzpatrick as Old Timer
- Rusty Tennant as Portland Downs Security Guard
Crew
- Andrew Haigh - Director
- Andrew Haigh - Screenplay
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