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Will Penny

Year:

1968

Duration:

108 min

Genres:

Romance | Western

IMDB rate:

7.2

Director:

Tom Gries

Awards:

1 win

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1968-04-10

Filming Locations: Bishop, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Donald Pleasence

Will Penny

Charlton Heston

Will Penny

Joan Hackett

Catherine Allen

Lee Majors

Blue

Bruce Dern

Rafe Quint

Ben Johnson

Alex (Flat Iron Ranch foreman)

Slim Pickens

Ike Walterstein

Clifton James

Catron

Anthony Zerbe

Dutchy

Roy Jenson

Boetius Sullivan

G.D. Spradlin

Anse Howard

Quentin Dean

Jennie

William Schallert

Dr. Fraker

Lydia Clarke

Mrs. Fraker

Robert Luster

Shem Bodine

Dal Jenkins

Sambo

Matt Clark

Romulus Quint

Luke Askew

Foxy

Anthony Costello

Bigfoot

Gene Rutherford

Rufus Quint

Chanin Hale

Girl

Jon Gries

Horace (button) (as Jon Francis)

Stephen Edwards

Town boy

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Trivia

The hat that Charlton Heston wore in this movie and in about four westerns in total was a treasured item of his that got stolen.

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This film was based on an episode entitled "Line Camp" in Sam Peckinpah's TV series The Westerner (1960). The episode was also written and directed by this films writer and director, Tom Gries [See: The Westerner: Line Camp (1960))].

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Both Eva Marie Saint and Lee Remick turned down the female lead of Catherine Allen which eventually went to Joan Hackett.

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Goofs

When "preacher" Quint is shot in front of the line shack the rope attached to him to pull him backwards is very obvious and very noticeable.

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During the fight between Will Penny and the Quint family, one of the brothers throws a knife into Penny's chest. A wire attached to the knife a very obvious.

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Quotes

Cowboy: Hey, Allie, we were just trying to help him out. Alex: Yeah, like a sharp stick in the eye.

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Will Penny: That's always the way, ain't it?

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Catherine Allen: How often do you bathe?

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