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Will Penny Reviews

1967

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Cowboy, Will Penny, stops over at the home of Catherine, wife of an Oregon farmer. Catherine is attracted to Will and although Will is attracted to Catherine, he behaves like a perfect gentleman... Read more

Starring	Charlton Heston, Joan Hackett, Donald Pleasence, Bruce Dern
Director	Tom Gries
Genres	Action/Adventure

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  another classic western
  
  Charlton Heston plays the crusty old cowboy, well past his sell by date (40). After a tough cattle drive he leaves with two pals to find a place to survive the ... read more »
  
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  - Philip
  - camelford
  - 15 Nov 2004 at 18:51
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  Cowboy with mud
  
  Semi-documentary style. Mud and teeth missing etc. Bit slow by todays standards, even the Tom Selleck versions later had a problem speeding the story up. If ... read more »
  
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  - Peril
  - 49 reviews
  - 22 Dec 2011 at 17:23
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  Will Penny
  
  i enjoyed the film. It is worthy watching.
  
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  - High Wycombe
  - 17 Nov 2008 at 18:16
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  Hard to Hackett.
  
  It's difficult to watch Joan Hackett as Catherine and to reflect she would be dead 15 or so years later. She brings sexual reticence and beguiling integrity... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 06 Dec 2007 at 23:39
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  very good
  
  Very good good western with a great portral of Will Penny from Charleton Hesten a good story line with a different ending to the norm will watch again
  
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- - Mike
  - 30 reviews
  - Oldbury
  - 26 Nov 2007 at 13:59
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  Not as good as we thought it would be
  
  Perhaps we weren't in the mood but we found it very slow to get going and didn't like the Donald Pleasance character. Thought he was overacting somewhat... read more »
  
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- - crispin40
  - 530 reviews
  - Stirling, Scotland
  - 18 Mar 2007 at 22:25
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  Chuck's Favourite
  
  Considered to be one of Heston's favourite movies, this western tells of an ageing cowboy brought together with a young wife and her son abandoned in a ... read more »
  
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- - Ivor Browne
  - Northern Ireland
  - 09 Apr 2006 at 18:02
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  Realistic spin on a popular genre
  
  Heston is terrific as the world weary ranch hand who befriends a mother and her son, whilst evading the murderous intent of mad preacher Donald Pleasance whose ... read more »
  
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- - Stephen Lindsay
  - Northern Ireland
  - 07 Jun 2005 at 22:30
- - 2
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  another classic western
  
  Charlton Heston plays the crusty old cowboy, well past his sell by date (40). After a tough cattle drive he leaves with two pals to find a place to survive the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 53440
- - Philip
  - camelford
  - 15 Nov 2004 at 18:51
View all members' reviews (8)

- - 2
  - 0
  another classic western
  
  Charlton Heston plays the crusty old cowboy, well past his sell by date (40). After a tough cattle drive he leaves with two pals to find a place to survive the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 53440
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Philip
  - camelford
  - 15 Nov 2004 at 18:51
- - 1
  - 0
  Hard to Hackett.
  
  It's difficult to watch Joan Hackett as Catherine and to reflect she would be dead 15 or so years later. She brings sexual reticence and beguiling integrity... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 501833
- - a customer
  - London
  - 06 Dec 2007 at 23:39
- - 1
  - 0
  Will Penny
  
  i enjoyed the film. It is worthy watching.
  
  Report this review
- 660254
- - a customer
  - High Wycombe
  - 17 Nov 2008 at 18:16
- - 0
  - 0
  Realistic spin on a popular genre
  
  Heston is terrific as the world weary ranch hand who befriends a mother and her son, whilst evading the murderous intent of mad preacher Donald Pleasance whose ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 111964
- - Stephen Lindsay
  - Northern Ireland
  - 07 Jun 2005 at 22:30
- - 0
  - 0
  Chuck's Favourite
  
  Considered to be one of Heston's favourite movies, this western tells of an ageing cowboy brought together with a young wife and her son abandoned in a ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 230639
- - Ivor Browne
  - Northern Ireland
  - 09 Apr 2006 at 18:02
- - 0
  - 0
  Not as good as we thought it would be
  
  Perhaps we weren't in the mood but we found it very slow to get going and didn't like the Donald Pleasance character. Thought he was overacting somewhat... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 421443
- - crispin40
  - 530 reviews
  - Stirling, Scotland
  - 18 Mar 2007 at 22:25
- - 0
  - 0
  very good
  
  Very good good western with a great portral of Will Penny from Charleton Hesten a good story line with a different ending to the norm will watch again
  
  Report this review
- 498613
- - Mike
  - 30 reviews
  - Oldbury
  - 26 Nov 2007 at 13:59
- - 0
  - 0
  Cowboy with mud
  
  Semi-documentary style. Mud and teeth missing etc. Bit slow by todays standards, even the Tom Selleck versions later had a problem speeding the story up. If ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1075419
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Peril
  - 49 reviews
  - 22 Dec 2011 at 17:23

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