Clint Eastwood is the pale rider. He is a man of no name, just an occupation, a traveling preacher. As he rides into a snow covered small Northern California town he sees a bunch of bullies attacking a peaceful, unarmed man. The Preacher wades into them just as any good samaritan would have done. The man is Hull Barrett (Michael Moriarty), and he is one of several "tin pans", miners who pan for gold dust in the streams of Corbet Canyon. Hull's group have been constantly under siege by riders who work for a large hydraulic mining operation. The prospectors have legal claims, but if they can be chased out, the big mine can take over. Hull invites the Preacher home with him for saving his life. Hull doesn't know that Eastwood is a preacher at this point. When Hull arrives home, his wife is upset that he has asked a stranger into their home, but when he walks in and is wearing a clerical collar, all are surprised. Sarah, isn't married to Hull yet, but plans to marry. Sarah has a fifteen year old daughter, Megan, who just days earlier when the riders tore up their camp and killer her dog, prayed for help. In the ensuing days, it becomes pretty obvious that although the Preacher is a man of God, he is also someone else, someone not to be messed with. The owner of the corporate mining operation is Coy LaHood. When he tries to bribe the Preacher with offers of a church in town, rich Sunday collections, and nice clothes, he has no luck. Eastwood then suggests that LaHood pay them to leave and he then offers to pay $1000 per claim for the prospectors to leave, or face a gang of Regulators, Marshall Stockburn, and his deputies, all killers. Feeling that the Preacher will be there to handle things for them, they refuse the offer. The Preacher knows Stockburn, and you just have the feeling that there is a bad history that needs to be settled. Hull Barrett has guts and wants everyone to stand up and fight. Sarah and Megan are both sort of in love with the Preacher, but he refuses their advances. When the morning of the showdown comes, the Preacher is gone. He has gone to get his guns. Upon returning, he finds Megan being accosted by LaHood's son Josh who runs things for his dad. Josh is about eighteen. The preacher gets there just in time and saves Megan, and shoots Josh in the hand. After taking Megan home, Eastwood and Hull dynamite the hydraulic mining operation and buildings. Then Eastwood goes off to meet Stockburn and his men. He chases Hull's horse off, because he don't want him hurt. In the showdown, Eastwood kills all of the deputies and Stockburn. As Megan is racing to town to throw herself at the Preacher, he rides off the same way that he arrived.Read full review
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I love Clint Eastwood western movies, and Pale Rider is right up there at the top with his great performances in the movie. I'm very happy I was able to get a copy of this movie. It's a great movie that good triumph's over evil. I highly recommend this movie. Thank You Very Much, slipperysam1971@yahoo.com
I decided to buy it, because it was one of my father's favorite movies, and I also enjoyed it very much. I enjoy watching western films, and I have to say that this was one of Clint Eastwoods best films.
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