Factual error: As Preacher and Hull ride out of town for first time, Hull offers "3 hots and a cot." Earliest reference of this term is in the 1930's.

Pale Rider (1985)
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Starring: Carrie Snodgress, Chris Penn, Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Sydney Penny
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Eddie Conway: It was him. Him and his men. They shot him. Forever. The bullets kept hitting him. Forever.
Question: What does "Spider" pull out of the stream bed? I really don't think it's gold. Gold isn't porous, and I don't think he'd be able to hold it with one hand.
Answer: Lava.
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Answer: It's a gold nugget. It is not real gold, of course, but is a movie prop. That is why it looks like some other type of substance.
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Or it's a piece of quartz with a lot of gold in it.