Directed, produced by, and starring Clint Eastwood, Pale Rider marked the legendary actor's first Western since The Outlaw Josey Wales in 1976 and the last until the Oscar-winning Unforgiven in 1992.

Westerns have always lent themselves well to taking on dimensions that transcend their simple stories to touch on larger universal themes, and no storyteller did that better than Clint Eastwood.

As a legendary Hollywood superstar, Clint Eastwood has adapted to changes in the film industry for decades. When his 1992 Western masterpiece Unforgiven won the Oscar for Best Picture, the ...