Will Penny (1968)

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108 min - Romance | Western - 10 April 1968 (USA)

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Aging cowboy Will Penny gets a line camp job on a large cattle spread and finds his isolated cabin is already occupied by a husbandless woman and her young son.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Charlton Heston	...	Will Penny
	Joan Hackett	...	Catherine Allen
	Donald Pleasence	...	Preacher Quint
	Lee Majors	...	Blue
	Bruce Dern	...	Rafe Quint
	Ben Johnson	...	Alex (Flat Iron Ranch foreman)
	Slim Pickens	...	Ike Walterstein
	Clifton James	...	Catron
	Anthony Zerbe	...	Dutchy
	Roy Jenson	...	Boetius Sullivan
	G.D. Spradlin	...	Anse Howard
	Quentin Dean	...	Jennie
	William Schallert	...	Dr. Fraker
	Lydia Clarke	...	Mrs. Fraker
	Robert Luster	...	Shem Bodine

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Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters. He finds that his cabin in the high mountains has been appropriated by a woman whose guide to Oregon has deserted her and her son. Too ashamed to kick mother and child out just as the bitter winter of the mountains sets in, he agrees to share the cabin until the spring thaw. But it isn't just the snow that slowly thaws; the lonely man and woman soon forget their mutual hostility and start developing a deep love for one another. Written by Alfred Jingle

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The Brute in Everyman Was Also in Him - And the Love and the Violence

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Romance | Western

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 April 1968 (USA) See more »

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A magányos cowboy See more »

Filming Locations:

Bishop, California, USA See more »

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Budget:

$1,400,000 (estimated)

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Paramount Pictures See more »

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Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

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1.85 : 1

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Charlton Heston has often said of all the films he's made, this is his favorite. See more »

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Revealing mistakes: During the fight between Will Penny and the Quint family, one of the brothers throws a knife into Penny's chest. A wire attached to the knife a very obvious. See more »

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Blue: [to Dutchy] Hell, one job's all I need. Sharin' a blanket don't make us married.
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Referenced in Unforgiven (1992) See more »

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"Lonely Rider, The"
Written by David Raksin, Robert Wells
Sung by Don Cherry See more »

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