Pale Rider
Action, Western
Warner Bros.  (1985) 116 mins R

7.0 (11,166 votes)
..and hell followed him.

After corporate mining boss Coy LaHood (Richard Dysart) begins a campaign of terror to drive independent pan miners out of the area, a nameless stranger called Preacher (Eastwood) rides into the underdogs' camp. He becomes their avenger. The tycoon then hires a badge-wearing killer and his duster-shrouded deputies, men loyal to whomever pays the most. LaHood pays gold. But in a climactic shootout to remember, Preacher pays in lead....

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Cast and Crew
Clint Eastwood  ......  Preacher
Richard Kiel  ......  Club
Richard Dysart  ......  Coy LaHood
Chris Penn  ......  Josh LaHood
Michael Moriarty  ......  Hull Barret
Douglas McGrath  ...... 
Director  .....  Clint Eastwood
Producer  .....  Clint Eastwood; Fritz Manes
Writer  .....  Dennis Shryack; Michael Butler
Notes
Filming Locations:
Columbia State Historic Park - 22708 Broadway, Columbia, California, USA (more)

Trivia:
Warren Clarke has said in an interview with TV Times that he was offered a role in this project (more)

Goofs:
Continuity: In the final scenes where the Preacher searches out and shoots the Deputies, the Preacher is shown shooting one of the Deputies in the back and the Deputy falls forward onto what should be his front. We then see a Deputy with a bullet hole in his forehead, presumably put there by the Preacher, he staggers a little then falls face down. The next we see of the dead Deputy is that he is lying face up with a couple of the other Deputies walking slowly around the body while continuing to search out the Preacher. (more)

Quotes:
The Preacher: Meantime, why don't you put me to work?
Hull Barret: Oh no, I couldn't ask you to, uh... Well, I mean, ya know - maybe if there was somethin' spiritual.
The Preacher: Well, that Spirit ain't worth spit without a little exercise. Now you tell me where.
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Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination (more)