
High Plains Drifter(1973)
A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.


“...and hell followed with him.”
A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.

Clint Eastwood
Preacher

Michael Moriarty
Hull Barret

Carrie Snodgress
Sarah Wheeler

Chris Penn
Josh LaHood

Richard Dysart
Coy LaHood

Sydney Penny
Megan Wheeler

Richard Kiel
Club

Doug McGrath
Spider Conway

John Russell
Stockburn

Charles Hallahan
McGill
Pale Rider is a western, drama film released in 1985 exploring themes of gunslinger, showdown, blackmail, marshal, mine, settler. Directed by Clint Eastwood, it stars Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress. A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.
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