Will Penny Poster

Will Penny (1967)

NR 12/19/1967 Western, Romance 1h 50m
66%
User
Score
7.1/10
93%

He was a peaceful man. But he could kill! He was a hard man. But he could smile! He was a shy and lonely man. But he could love!

Overview

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.

Tom Gries

Director

Top Billed Cast

Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston

Will Penny

Joan Hackett

Joan Hackett

Catherine Allen

Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

Preacher Quint

Lee Majors

Lee Majors

Blue

Bruce Dern

Bruce Dern

Rafe Quint

Ben Johnson

Ben Johnson

Alex

Slim Pickens

Slim Pickens

Ike Wallerstein

Clifton James

Clifton James

Catron

Anthony Zerbe

Anthony Zerbe

Dutchy

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Media

Will Penny - Trailer

Will Penny - Trailer

WILL PENNY - Behind The Scenes Look - 1968

WILL PENNY - Behind The Scenes Look - 1968

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written on November 19, 2022

**_Realistic Western about an Aging Cowboy's Last Chance at Love & Family_**

Charlton Heston stars as loner Will Penny, an aging cowboy who takes a winter job riding line on a vast ranch. He runs afoul of a family of psychotic rawhiders while discovering love and a sense of family for the first time in his nigh fifty years of life.

"Will Penny" (1967) gives the viewer a good peek at what it must have been like to be a cowboy out West in the late 1800s. Needless to say, the lifestyle is anything but glamorous.

Most everything works great here: locations, cast, story, writing, etc. With three exceptions: The score is boring & dated. In the 60s there were numerous great Western scores that stood the test of time ("Duel at Diablo," "Bandolero!," "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," "MacK...

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