In Pale Rider, Clint Eastwood returned to the saddle after nine years -
and Western movies were riding high again. Here the star/director crafted
an exciting film in the suspenseful tradition of Shane and High Noon.
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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