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Pale Rider (1985)
Director: Clint Eastwood
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From Time Out Film Guide
One of the oldest Western themes: an enigmatic knight errant rides into town, sides with the poor but decent folk against the robber barons, then rides back to the horizon leaving the West won for the forces of good. This is shot in classical style, with much less of the baroque, mystical flourish which characterised High Plains Drifter. But there are sufficient question-marks inserted to lift it out of the routine: Eastwood's preacher man seems to carry the stigmata of a ghost; and he arrives as the answer to a maiden's prayer. Furthermore, his care for the landscape puts him in the Anthony Mann class. It's good to be back in the saddle again. CPea.Author: CPea
Cast & crew
Director: Clint Eastwood
Producer: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgrass, Richard Dysart, Sydney Penny, Richard Kiel, John Russell, Chris Penn full cast
Genre(s): Westerns
Duration: 116 mins
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