---
title: 'Pale Rider (1985)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Clint Eastwood'
released: '1985-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 115
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/pale-rider-1985'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089767/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Pale Rider (1985)

1985 · R · 115 min · Western · United States


## Synopsis

Pale Rider is a 1985 American Western film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood, who also stars in the lead role. The title is a reference to Death as one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, described in the Book of Revelation as riding a pale horse; in the film, Eastwood rides a pale horse. The film took in over $41 million at the box office. It is Eastwood's only Western of the 1980s.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Clint Eastwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/clint-eastwood)
- **Producer:** [Clint Eastwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/clint-eastwood)
- **Screenplay:** [Dennis Shryack](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-shryack)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lennie Niehaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/lennie-niehaus)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bruce Surtees](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-surtees)
- **Editor:** [Joel Cox](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-cox)

## Cast

- [Carrie Snodgress](https://cinepixo.com/people/carrie-snodgress)
- [Fritz Manes](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-manes)
- [Billy Drago](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-drago)
- [Richard Kiel](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-kiel)
- [Jeffrey Weissman](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-weissman)
- [Chris Penn](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-penn)
- [Buddy Van Horn](https://cinepixo.com/people/buddy-van-horn)
- [Doug McGrath](https://cinepixo.com/people/doug-mcgrath)
- [Michael Moriarty](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-moriarty)
- [Charles Hallahan](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-hallahan)
- [Sydney Penny](https://cinepixo.com/people/sydney-penny)
- [Clint Eastwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/clint-eastwood)
- [John Dennis Johnston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-dennis-johnston)
- [John Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-russell)
- [Richard Dysart](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-dysart)

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