But Stockburn also has a reason to be fearful, for he suspects the Preacher may be a man he killed years before. "Pale Rider" was a substantial hit at the box office, ...

The ”pale rider” of Clint Eastwood`s new film is someone we have met before. A fearless gunslinger, yes, ... Even the villainous lawman`s name, Stockburn, conjures up flames.

Chances are that Pale Rider — produced, directed and starring Clint Eastwood — will not succeed in rekindling the genre of the western as popular film fare. The reason is simple: Pale Rider is ...

Clint Eastwood's legendary 1975 western Pale Rider sees Eastwood playing a character known only as The Preacher, a shadowy gunslinger who helps protect a prospecting town from a mining tycoon, and ...