Robert Redford
Deputy Sheriff Christopher "Coop" Cooper
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A 1969 drama western film based on a true story of a Native American manhunt in 1909. Robert Redford, Katharine Ross and Robert Blake star in this anti-Western directed by Abraham Polonsky.
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Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here is a 1969 American Western film based on the true story of a Chemehuevi–Paiute Native American named Willie Boy and his run-in with the law in 1909 in Banning, California, United States. The film is an adaptation of the 1960 book Willie Boy: A Desert Manhunt by Harry Lawton.
While confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend, Lola (Katharine Ross), Native American man Willie Boy (Robert Blake) kills the man in self-defense. Forced to go on the run, the...
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- Abraham Polonsky
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- Robert Redford
Based on true events, Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, tells the story of one of the last Western manhunts, in 1909. Willie Boy, a Native American, kills his girlfriend's father in self defense, and the two go on the run, pursued by a search posse led by Sheriff Christopher Cooper.
Jun 13, 2018 · Based on true events, Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, tells the story of one of the last Western manhunts, in 1909. Willie Boy, a Native American, kills his girlfriend's father in self...
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- Grjngo - Western Movies
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Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here won two British Academy Awards for Redford and Ross as Best Actor and Best Actress. It also won Best Non-European Film in Denmark's Bodil Awards. Director: Abraham Polonsky Producer: Philip A. Waxman, Jennings Lang Screenplay: Abraham Polonsky, based on the book Willie Boy...A Desert Manhunt by Harry Lawton
