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

Ayanna Berkshire

Cop 1

Kurt Conroyd

Nurse

Chloë Sevigny

Bonnie

Dennis Fitzpatrick

Old Timer

Rusty Tennant

Portland Downs Security Guard

Julia Prud'homme

Ruby

Jason Rouse

Mitch