Robert Redford
Deputy Sheriff Christopher "Coop" Cooper
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Filming locations. Pioneertown, California, USA. (shoot out near end, Pipes Canyon) Helpful • 3 0. Banning, California, USA. Helpful • 3 0. Joshua Tree, California, USA. Helpful • 3 0. Lake Sherwood, California, USA.
As depicted in the movie, Willie Boy and Lola (her actual name was Carlota, though she was also called Isoleta and Lolita in various accounts) did run through the Morongo Valley. Carlota was found shot in the back in an area known as The Pipes in northwest Yucca Valley.
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here: Directed by Abraham Polonsky. With Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Robert Blake, Susan Clark. In 1909, when young Paiute Indian Willie Boy returns to his California reservation to be with Lola, whose father disapproves of him, a killing in self defense takes place, triggering a massive man hunt for Willie.
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- Drama, Western
- Abraham Polonsky
- 1969-10-31
Loosely based on the true story of the West’s last famous manhunt in 1909, a Chemehuevi-Paiute Indian named Willie Boy (Robert Blake) kills a man in self-defense and escapes into the desert wilderness with an Indian woman (Katharine Ross).
Film Details. Based on the book Willie Boy, a Desert Manhunt by Harry Lawton (Balboa Island, California, 1960).
- Abraham Polonsky, Joseph E. Kenny
- Robert Redford
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Western drama set in 1909 California about a Paiute Indian named Willie Boy and his white bride. They become the objects of a manhunt (led by the reluctant local sheriff, Redford) after Willie kills his wife's father in self-defense. This was once-blacklisted Polonsky's first film in 21 years. 98m/C VHS .
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