Pale Rider (DVD)

A passable Western... but one that undeniably borrows much of it's plot from the legendary Shane; a great film version of Jack Schaeffer's best-selling novel. Even the final scene echoes (no pun intended) from the 1953 picture.

An almost surrealistic character – known only as "The Preacher" – rides mysteriously into town, where he promptly defends panning miner Hull Barrett (Michael Moriarty) from a pack of thugs, who have been organised by Coy and Josh LaHood (Richard Dyshart and Christopher Penn); officials of the large commercial mining consortium in the area. Back at his mining settlement, Barrett is looking after a young widow, Sarah Wheeler (Corrie Snodgress) and her young teenagd daughter, Megan (Sydney Penny).

The acting, overall, is of a higher calibre than one would expect from a production of this genre – but this is the kind of thing we have come to expect from Mr Eastwood over the years. The Ben Johnson role of the early film is interestingly played here by giant actor Richard Kiel – better known for his sinister performances in two of Roger Moore's James Bond pictures. Though in this movie, the part of "Club" is given a twist of humour.

As always with actor/director Eastwood's Westerns, the background scenery is flawlessly beautiful... and those with a good home sound system will get great value for their money when viewing this DVD!

After corporate mining boss Coy LaHood begins a campaign of terror to drive independent pan miners out of the area, a stranger called Preacher 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.

General

Studio:	Warner Home Entertainment
Release date:	June 2005
Movie released:	1985
Actors:	Clint Eastwood
Dimensions:	192 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:
Running time:	1 hour, 51 minutes
Region encoding:	Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
Audio format:	Dolby Digital 5.1
Video format:	Widescreen 2.35:1
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Age restriction:	15 V
Categories:	DVD > Classics DVD > Western DVD > Feature Film
LSN:	XK2-URW-U9M-5
Barcode:	7321900114752

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