PALE RIDER

 Clint Eastwood's "Pale Rider" is a cross between Shane and The Man With No Name with a touch of the supernatural thrown in for good measure. This time it isn't ranchers but miners he comes to help like a saviour summoned by a young girl's prayers; he also happens to be a preacher if a somewhat unconventional one just as this is a somewhat unconventional western. If it isn't as popular as some of Eastwood's other westerns it has built up something of a cult following though it's a little too close to a "Shane" remake for my liking. As well as Eastwood the exceptional cast includes Michael Moriarty and Carrie Snodgress, (fine actors whose large screen careers never really took off), Chris Penn, Richard Dysart, John Russell, (in the Jack Palance role), and 'Jaws' himself, Richard Kiel. Bruce Surtees' superb cinematography is also a major bonus.