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Western, Romance 110 min NR
Rotten Tomatoes93%IMDb
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!
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.
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Just about everyone had a go at the ageing cowboy role, and this one is Charlton Heston’s attempt. He is the eponymous gent working with his pals “Blue” (Lee Majors) and “Dutchy” (Anthony Zerbe) on an huge range where they are supposed to chase away any undesirables they encounter. That’s all going fine until “Blue” bags himself an elk. Dinner think they. I think not says preacher “Quint” (Donald Pleasence) as he and his gang of meandering hoodlums engage in a bit of a shoot out. The three know they will be lucky to escape alive, but when one of them kills the son of the pastor a grudge match of biblical proportions begins. With “Dutchy” injured, they head for town and that’s where they splinter. “Will” now heads up into the snow-capped mountains where he encounters the stranded “Catherine” (Joan Hackett) and her young son “Horace” (John Francis/Gries) in a remote log cabin. As it turns out, these are two of the sort of folks he ought to be evicting so he gives them a week and moves on, only to fall foul of the angry “Quint” who leaves him for dead. With his only hope now being to crawl back to the safety and warmth of the house, he is tended by them both and soon - well you can gu
Read the whole review on TMDB**_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," "MacKenna's Gold" and "The Magnificent Seven," to name a few), but the score to "Penny" is a badly-aged dud. Yet it DOES fit the film's theme. Also, the villains are somewhat contrived. Donald Pleasence is impressive as the over-the-top psycho patriarch of the rawhiding family and Bruce Dern is always reliable as a villain, but -- I don't know -- this whole side plot just seems tacked on to supply action and me
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