Movie
Pale Rider
Overview
A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.
Details
- Release date
- 1985-06-28
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Genres
- Western, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures, Malpaso Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
- Marvin J. McIntyre as Jagou
- Fran Ryan as Ma Blankenship
Crew
- Clint Eastwood - Director
- Dennis Shryack - Screenplay
- Michael Butler - Screenplay
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