Movie
Will Penny
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1967-12-19
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Western, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Charlton Heston as Will Penny
- Joan Hackett as Catherine Allen
- Donald Pleasence as Preacher Quint
- Lee Majors as Blue
- Bruce Dern as Rafe Quint
- Ben Johnson as Alex
- Slim Pickens as Ike Wallerstein
- Clifton James as Catron
- Anthony Zerbe as Dutchy
- Roy Jenson as Boetius Sullivan
- G.D. Spradlin as Anse Howard
- Quentin Dean as Jennie
Crew
- Tom Gries - Director
- Tom Gries - Writer
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