Lean on Pete

About Lean on Pete

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.

Lean on Pete (2018) is a western film directed by Andrew Haigh. At 121 minutes long, it arrived in April 2018.

Charlie Plummer appears as Charley, Amy Seimetz as Lynn, Travis Fimmel as Ray, and Steve Buscemi as Del. Written by Andrew Haigh.

Shelv files it under horse, road movie, runaway, and drunk. American members can watch it on JustWatch TV Plus.

Hidalgo, Seabiscuit, and A View to a Kill make useful companions to Lean on Pete, all filed under horse race and racehorse. It scores 6.9 out of 10 from 382 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.