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Lean on Pete

You can’t get anywhere on your own.

2018 · R · 2h 1m

Directed by Andrew Haigh

6.9

TMDB audience score
382 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Charley Thompson, a teenager living with his single father, gets a summer job working for horse trainer Del Montgomery. Bonding with an aging racehorse named Lean on Pete, Charley is horrified to learn he is bound for slaughter, and so he steals the horse, and the duo embark on an odyssey across the new American frontier.

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Cast

  • Charlie Plummer
    Charley

  • Amy Seimetz
    Lynn

  • Travis Fimmel
    Ray

  • Steve Buscemi
    Del

  • Jason Beem
    Race Announcer

  • Tolo Tuitele
    Lynn's Husband

  • Ayanna Berkshire
    Cop 1

  • Connor Brenes
    Cop 2

  • Kurt Conroyd
    Nurse

  • Chloë Sevigny
    Bonnie

  • Dennis Fitzpatrick
    Old Timer

  • Rusty Tennant
    Portland Downs Security Guard

  • Julia Prud'homme
    Ruby

  • Jason Rouse
    Mitch

  • Lewis Pullman
    Dallas

  • Justin Rain
    Mike

  • Bob Olin
    Mr. Kendall

  • Teyah Hartley
    Laurie