Pale Rider (1985)

Release date: 1985-06-28
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Clint Eastwood
Production Co: The Malpaso Company
Genre: Drama, Western
Rating: 7.3/10
Length: 1h 55min

Storyline

A gold mining camp in the California foothills is besieged by a neighboring landowner intent on stealing their claims. A preacher (Clint Eastwood) rides into camp and uses all of his powers of persuasion to convince the landowner to give up his attacks on the miners.

Plot Keywords

preacher, drifter, mining town, man with no name, frontier, gold mine, colt .45, miner, gold, prospector, one against many, winchester rifle, dynamite, explosion, shot to death, drunkenness, surrealism, gunslinger, hired killer, 1880s

Short Review

Though the metaphysical overtones of the screenplay are sometimes awkwardly handled and Eastwood's direction of actors (other than himself) is occasionally uncertain, this was one of the better American films of 1985.