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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.
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here. 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 [2] and his run-in with the law in 1909 in Banning, California, United States. [3] The film is an adaptation of the 1960 book Willie Boy: A Desert Manhunt by Harry Lawton .
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
Nov 7, 2021 · “Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here” was filmed on location in the very desert where Willie Boy and Carlota had momentarily eluded the law. A story in the Los Angeles Evening Citizen noted that ...
May 27, 2022 · In 1969, writer-director Abraham Polonsky gave us Tell Them Willie Boy is Here, a fact-based film about the 1909 manhunt for Willie Boy (played by Robert Blake), a Paiute Indian ex-convict, and ...
The plot of Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here is taken from a book, based on fact, by Harry Lawton, who became a publisher of several books about American Indians. The true-life story of Willie Boy also formed the basis of a 1994 book published by the University of Oklahoma Press, The Hunt for Willie Boy: Indian Hating and Popular Culture by James A ...
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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 couple ...
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- Western
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