Pale rider cast10/25/2022 ![]() ![]() His eyes have a strange, burning, unsettling presence. The Rider’s body is marked by numerous scars. These are mostly bullet holes – including six through various vital organs in his chest and abdomen. A doctor would certainly notice that most of those wounds are not survivable given the medical technology of those days. Stockburn recognized the reverend from the description that was provided. It matched a man he had personally seen die (almost certainly by his hand) the preceding year.Īfter a miner was gunned down in town by Stockburn and his deputies, it became obvious that they would come the next day to Carbon Canyon. After saying his goodbyes, the Preacher rode into town to bring the situation to an end - alone. ![]() He came back just in time to prevent Lahood’s son from raping the teenaged daughter of his host, shooting him through the hand after he persisted in trying to recover his pistol. This further angered Lahood, who described the pastor to the newly-arrived Stockburn and his six “deputies”. The pastor relayed the offer to the miners. But they eventually declined, thinking that the offer was too good and that it meant Carbon Canyon was worth far more. They also thought, as the pastor was silently watching, that their lives were not for sale and could not be bought.Īs Lahood telegraphed Stockburn, the Preacher silently left Carbon Canyon to get a pair of revolvers he had left in storage in a nearby town. He convinced Lahood to make an higher offer than anything he previously had considered - $1,000 per person to leave immediately. His patience gone, Lahood decided to hire a mercenary “sheriff”, Stockburn. He and his men were to kill the reverend and the miners. The preacher icily negotiated with him, displaying a precise knowledge of who Stockburn and his men were and how much they cost. Lahood, hearing that the arrival of a pastor had given a whole new hope to the independent miners, briefly considered having him killed. But he realized he would just create a martyr. He then invited him to a meeting and tried to bribe him, to no avail. The miners owning the nearby Carbon Canyon, however, resisted his offers, wanting to strike it rich despite the mediocre results that had been encountered so far.Īfter a journey to Sacramento, Lahood became more motivated than ever to get Carbon Canyon. The other mines were getting empty, and the government of California was considering outlawing water cannons for mining. He is an exceptional sharpshooter and gunfighter - easily shooting guns out of men’s hands.Īround 1870, a man called Lahood discovered a gold vein in California which made him very rich. He expanded from there, buying claims from miners and then using his money to buy water cannons and force-mine the area. The Pale Rider is a skilled combatant. He can casually defeat four thugs in melee combat with bats. Some would go the next step and say he’s also the same person as the Man With No Name from the famous Sergio Leone old west movies. There are no clues to this (unlike the links between the Stranger and the Preacher), but having an unified “Old West Eastwood Iconic Character” would be cool. PALE RIDER CAST MOVIEThe latter part come from the enigmatic statement from Eastwood that the Rider was “an out-and-out ghost” - when watching the movie with this in mind there are various clues that the Rider is, indeed, dead.įor reference, the first line of the Preacher in Pale Rider is a reference to the first line of the Stranger in High Plains Drifter. My take is that he *is* the Stranger (from the movie High Plains Drifter), and that he somehow came back after his death, becoming a (likely self-proclaimed) pastor and taking on a mission of justice. There has been a fair bit of speculation as to who the Pale Rider is, fuelled by some cryptic comments by Clint Eastwood.
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