Lean on Pete

2017·121'

★ 6.9

Letterboxd TMDB #407890

You can’t get anywhere on your own.

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.

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