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A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.
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Preacher
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Hull Barret
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Sarah Wheeler
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Josh LaHood (as Christopher Penn)
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Coy LaHood
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Megan Wheeler
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Club
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Spider Conway
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Stockburn
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McGill
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Jagou
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Ma Blankenship
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Jed Blankenship
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Ev Gossage
Chuck Lafont ...
Eddie Conway (as Chuck LaFont)
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Teddy Conway
Allen Keller ...
Tyson
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Elam (as Tom Oglesby)
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Ulrik Lindquist
Kathleen Wygle ...
Bess Gossage
Terrence Evans ...
Jake Henderson
Jim Hitson ...
Biggs
Loren Adkins ...
Bossy
Thomas H. Friedkin ...
Miner Tom (as Tom Friedkin)
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Deputy Folke
Jack Radosta ...
Deputy Grissom
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Deputy Kobold
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Deputy Mather
Jeffrey Josephson ...
Deputy Sedge
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Deputy Tucker
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Horseman (as Mike Adams)
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Horseman (as Clay Lilley)
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Horseman
R.L. Tolbert ...
Horseman
Clifford Happy ...
Horseman (as Cliff Happy)
Ross Loney ...
Horseman
Larry Randles ...
Horseman
Mike H. McGaughy ...
Horseman (as Mike McGaughy)
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Horseman (as Gerry Gatlin)
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Bank Teller
Jay K. Fishburn ...
Telegrapher
George Orrison ...
Stationmaster Whitey
Milton Murrill ...
Porter
Mike Munsey ...
Dentist / Barber
Keith Dillin ...
Blacksmith
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Stage Driver (as Wayne Van Horn)
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Stage Rider
Glenn Wright ...
Stage Rider
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Blonde toddler (uncredited)

Directed by

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Clint Eastwood

Written by

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Michael Butler ... (written by) &
Dennis Shryack ... (written by)

Produced by

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Clint Eastwood ... producer
Fritz Manes ... executive producer
David Valdes ... associate producer

Music by

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Lennie Niehaus

Cinematography by

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Bruce Surtees ... director of photography

Editing by

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Joel Cox

Editorial Department

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Jack Garsha ... color timer
J Paul Morrisey ... assistant film editor (as John Morrisey)

Production Design by

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Edward C. Carfagno ... (as Edward Carfagno)

Set Decoration by

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Ernie Bishop

Makeup Department

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Kathryn Blondell ... hair stylist
Barbara Guedel ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Fritz Manes ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Matt Earl Beesley ... second assistant director
L. Dean Jones Jr. ... second assistant director
David Valdes ... first assistant director

Art Department

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Edward Aiona ... property master (as Eddie Aiona)
Airick Kredell ... lead man
Bob Lawless ... stand-by painter
Michael Muscarella ... construction coordinator
Dan Pemberton ... propmaker
Robert E. Sessa ... set designer (as Bob Sessa)
Bill Gold ... poster designer (uncredited)
Jay Newington ... set dresser: Sonora (uncredited)
Scott Nifong ... props (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Rick Alexander ... re-recording mixer (as Dick Alexander)
Donald A. Bolger ... cable man (as Donald L. Bolger)
Les Fresholtz ... re-recording mixer
Robert G. Henderson ... supervising sound effects editor (as Bob Henderson)
C. Darin Knight ... sound mixer
Alan Robert Murray ... supervising sound effects editor
Vern Poore ... re-recording mixer
Jules Strasser ... boom man
Brooke Henderson Ward ... assistant sound editor (as Brooke Henderson)

Special Effects by

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Chuck Gaspar ... special effects
Jeffrey A. Wischnack ... special effects technician (uncredited)

Stunts

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Kerrie Cullen ... stunts
Tom Ellison ... stunts
Bob Herron ... stunts
Leroy Hershkowitz ... stunts
Walt La Rue ... stunts
Buddy Van Horn ... stunt coordinator (as Wayne Van Horn)
James Winburn ... stunts (as Jim Winburn)
Diamond Farnsworth ... stunts (uncredited)
Jim Ferro ... stunts (uncredited)
Gene Hartline ... stunts (uncredited)
George Orrison ... stunt double: Clint Eastwood (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Ed Ayer ... best boy
Kirk Bales ... dolly grip (as Kirk E. Bales)
Brad Edmiston ... camera assistant
Buzz Feitshans IV ... camera assistant
Jack N. Green ... camera operator (as Jack Green)
Leo J. Napolitano ... additional camera operator (as Leo Napolitano)
Marcia Reed ... still photographer
Charles Saldana ... key grip
Bruce D. Spellman ... second grip (as Bruce Spellman)
Stephen St. John ... additional camera operator
Baird Steptoe ... camera assistant
Tom Stern ... gaffer
Tama Takahashi ... camera assistant
Mike Thomas ... camera assistant
Bill Young ... dolly grip (as William C. Young)
Víctor Pérez ... lighting technician (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Phyllis Huffman ... casting executive
Christopher Gorman ... casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Darryl M. Athons ... wardrobe: men (as Darryl Athons)
Deborah Hopper ... wardrobe: women (as Deborah Ann Hopper)
Glenn Wright ... costume supervisor

Music Department

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Donald Harris ... music editor
Tom Brown ... music copyist (uncredited)
Robert Fernandez ... scoring mixer (uncredited)
Malcolm McNab ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Sally Stevens ... singer (uncredited)
Louise Di Tullio ... musician: flute (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Lloyd Nelson ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Keith Dillin ... transportation captain
H. William Miller ... transportation coordinator (as Bill Miller)

Additional Crew

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Marco Barla ... unit publicist
Paul A. Calabria ... animal handler (as Paul Calabria)
Jay K. Fishburn ... wrangler
Judie Hoyt ... assistant to producers
Linda Sony Kinney ... production secretary
Michael Maurer ... assistant to producers / auditor
Bill McCamby ... first aid
Karin McElhatton ... animal handler (as Karin Dew)
Jim Porter ... first aid
Elise Ganz ... studio teacher (uncredited)
Joe Hyams ... studio publicity executive (uncredited)
Bill McCamey ... first aid nurse (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

A gold mining camp in the California foothills is besieged by a neighboring landowner intent on stealing their claims. A preacher (Clint Eastwood) rides into camp and uses all of his powers of persuasion to convince the landowner to give up his attacks on the miners. Written by David J. Kiseleski

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Taglines Hell comes home See more »
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Also Known As
  • Pale Rider, le cavalier solitaire (France)
  • Pale Rider - Der namenlose Reiter (Germany)
  • El jinete pálido (Spain)
  • El genet pàl·lid (Spain, Catalan title)
  • Raitelis ant širmo žirgo (Lithuania)
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Runtime
  • 115 min
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Box Office

Budget $6,900,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $9,119,111, 30 Jun 1985

Did You Know?

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Trivia The first horse assigned to Richard Kiel collapsed the first time he climbed aboard. He was then assigned a stronger horse. See more »
Goofs When Stockburn's deputies confront Spider Conway outside of LaHood's office, they fire 32 shots in the first volley. After Stockburn fires his sixth shot and Spider attempts to fire back, the deputies fire another 36 shots from the same revolvers without reloading. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Back in the Saddle Again: The Rebirth of the Western (1985). See more »
Crazy Credits The credit for catering just says "The Caterers" (including the quotation marks in the credit). See more »
Quotes Megan Wheeler: [Reading from the Book of Revelation] And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth beast said: "Come and see." And I looked, and behold a pale horse. And his name that sat on him was Death.
[the Preacher rides up on his pale horse]
Megan Wheeler: And Hell followed with him.
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