The read
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic61/100
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
1,247 audience votes
Key crew
- Clint EastwoodDirector
- Michael ButlerScreenplay
- Dennis ShryackScreenplay
- Lennie NiehausOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Clint EastwoodPreacher
- Michael MoriartyHull Barret
- Carrie SnodgressSarah Wheeler
- Chris PennJosh LaHood
- Richard DysartCoy LaHood
- Sydney PennyMegan Wheeler
- Richard KielClub
- Doug McGrathSpider Conway
- John RussellStockburn
- Charles HallahanMcGill
- Marvin J. McIntyreJagou
- Fran RyanMa Blankenship
Stills
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Themes
gunslingershowdownblackmailmarshalminesettlergold mining townremakekillerprotectorpreachergold prospector
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