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Pale Rider

4 Ratings: 4.5

A movie directed by Clint Eastwood

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Tags: Movies, Drama Movies

Cast: Jerry Gatlin, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Terrence Evans, John Dennis Johnston, Jeffrey Weissman, see all

Director: Clint Eastwood

Genre: Drama, Western

Release Date: January 1, 1985

MPAA Rating: R

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review by CharlesAshbacher. January 23, 2011

posted in Movie Hype

One of the best westerns ever made

This movie is largely a remake of the classic, "Shane", starring Alan Ladd, only this time the daunting task that the wandering gunman does with the local man is breaking up a large rock rather than removing a stump. A group of miners have a valid claim to a section of creek bed, but they are being pressured to leave by a wealthy miner (LaHood) that owns the neighboring claims. The group is about to leave after a group of the miner's workers rides through and disrupts their camp, killing a dog and … more

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review by Robert1936. June 24, 2003

posted in Movie Hype

"...and its rider's name was death"

The situation is familiar enough, previously dramatized in another film, Shane (1953): A stranger appears and becomes involved with good people who are being tormented by a powerful adversary as they struggle to eke out a living as miners camped along a river. Eastwood has duly acknowledged several similarities with Shane while explaining that he wanted to create his own version and commissioned a script based on that basic situation. As for the film's title, as she was reading the Bible with her … more

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