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Clint Eastwood returns to the Western genre after a 9-year hiatus, to produce, direct and star in "Pale Rider", a fine film with maybe some familiar qualities... This 1985 action drama has a greedy hydraulic gold mining company trying to run off a group of "tin panners" who have legal rights to their claims. By cruel bullying and threats, the evil mining company boss tries to get the group to give up and leave, thereby illegally grabbing their claims. Enter Mr. Eastwood, called "The Preacher" by the folks he helps. Here again, Eastwood's character is given no name and a mysterious background...but he proves himself up to the task of fighting off the mining company thugs and making things a little more equal. You will recognize quite a few aspects of the Spaghetti westerns as well as "High Plains Drifter" and possibly "Hang 'Em High" in this movie-but it carries its own merits as well, leaving you rooting for The Preacher and the underdog gold prospectors. Co-starring Michael Moriarty, Christopher Penn, Richard Dysart, Carrie Snodgress, Richard Kiel, and Sidney Penny. Rated R for intense violence and some language.Read full review
Pale Rider is my all-time favorite Clint Eastwood western. I've seen it on TV a number of times, but it was a pleasure to watch it again, without any commercial interruptions or intrusions. Thanks for the DVD and a smooth eBay purchase!
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Great movie. Eastwood does as he always does.... has fabulous screenwrites, and superb acting skills. The casting couldn't have been better. All around grade of A+.
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This is an excelent western. It has Eastwood at his best. It is the classic old western tale of a stranger with a haunted past. Eastwood, the Preacher, appears to help a small group of miners that have set up their operation in a spot the local bigshot miner wants for himself. The local bigshot uses hydro mining and believes he has a motherload waiting under the "tin pans", that he first tries to convince Eastwood of them "squatting" on his land. Lots of gritty Eastwood humor and action.
Enjoyable, many entertaining twists all through the feature...
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