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Will Penny is a 1968 American Western film written and directed by Tom Gries and starring Charlton Heston, Joan Hackett and Donald Pleasence. The picture was based upon an episode of the 1960 Sam Peckinpah television series The Westerner starring Brian Keith called "Line Camp," also written and directed by Tom Gries.
Will Penny is a 1967 film starring Charlton Heston as an aging cowboy who shares his cabin with a woman and her son in the Rocky Mountains. The film explores themes of love, violence, and identity in the American West.
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- Drama, Romance, Western
- Tom Gries
- 1968-04-10
Hollywood legend Charlton Heston stars as Will Penny, an aging cowboy on a hard-luck streak.
Roger Ebert praises "Will Penny" as the best cowboy movie since "Hud", for its realistic and honest portrayal of the West and its people. He admires the performances of Charlton Heston, Joan Hackett and Donald Pleasence, and the love story that is not too mechanical or erotic.
Will Penny (1967) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
When aging loner Will Penny (Charlton Heston) is hired to ride the lines around a vast ranch, he stumbles upon Catherine Allen (Joan Hackett) and her son, who are secretly living in an...
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- Western
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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 an abandoned woman traveler and her young son.
