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Pale Rider

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Remake of:

Shane

Original title

Pale Rider

Year

1985

Running time

113 min.

Country

United States

Director

Clint Eastwood

Screenwriter

Michael Butler, Dennis Shryack

Cast

Music

Lennie Niehaus

Cinematography

Bruce Surtees

Producer

Malpaso Productions. Distributor: Warner Bros.

Genre

Western | Remake

Synopsis

A cadre of men employed by powerful strip-miner Coy LaHood (Richard Dysart) rides into a small mining encampment and begins shooting up the place. One of the terrorists kills the dog of young Megan Wheeler's (Sydney Penny). As Megan buries her pet, she says a prayer, begging the Lord to send someone to defend them. Later Megan sits with her widowed mother (Carrie Snodgress) and reads from the Bible: "And I saw, and behold, a pale horse, and its rider's name was death, and hell followed him." Then a lone horseman (Clint Eastwood), dressed as a preacher, rides into camp to help the struggling miners fight off LaHood. The supernatural elements of the story are incidental and handled in a restrained, subtle manner that does not distract from the story but enhances it, bringing another dimension to the oft-told tale. Eastwood the director has delivered a thought-provoking, well-crafted western.

Rankings Position

#32 Best Remakes in the history of film
#41 Best Westerns in the history of film
#70 Best Movies of the '80s

Awards: 1985: Cannes Film Festival: Nominated for Golden Palm (Best Film)

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