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Will Penny is a american film of genre Action directed by Tom Gries released in USA on 10 april 1968 with Charlton Heston
Will Penny (1967)
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Add to a movie listWill Penny is a 1968 western film written and directed by Tom Gries starring Charlton Heston, Joan Hackett and Donald Pleasence. The picture was based upon an episode of the 1960 Sam Peckinpah television series The Westerner called "Line Camp," which was also written and directed by Tom Gries. Heston mentioned that this was his favorite film in which he appeared. The supporting cast features Ben Johnson, Bruce Dern, and Slim Pickens.
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Will Penny (Charlton Heston) is an aging cowhand who at the end of a long trail hires on to ride the boundary of a ranch over the winter. He immediately comes across a woman, Catherine Allen (Joan Hackett), and her son Horace (Jon Gries) using one of the remote cabins to over-winter, having been deserted by the guide that her husband paid in advance to lead her and her son over the mountains. Despite his boss' instructions Penny lets them stay in the cabin and gives them a week to move out.Actors
Charlton Heston
(Will Penny)
Joan Hackett
(Catherine Allen)
Donald Pleasence
(Preacher Quint)
Lee Majors
(Blue)
Anthony Zerbe
(Dutchy)
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