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Will Penny (1968) was a Western - Romance Film directed by Tom Gries and produced by Walter Seltzer and Fred Engel.

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WILL PENNY On Blu-ray From Kino

By Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 9, 2023 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

Charlton Heston considered WILL PENNY to be his favorite film role. This unique 1967 Western gets a nice Blu-ray treatment courtesy of Kino Lorber. Heston's Will Penny isn't a larger-than-life legend of the Old West. He's an ordinary man, a true working cowboy, and he's spent his entire life on his ... Read full article


Western RoundUp: Will Penny (1967)

By Laura Grieve on Mar 30, 2021 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Western RoundUp: Will Penny (1967) In my?February Western RoundUp column, I wrote about Rio Bravo?(1959), an old favorite I’ve seen countless times over most of my life. This month I chose to write about a film I’ve never seen before, which is also possibly the “newest”... Read full article


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


Will Penny: I'm sure glad no one seen me do that. I'd be laughed off the place.
Catherine Allen: What? Milking?
Will Penny: No self-respectin' cowhand'd be caught dead milkin' a cow!
Catherine Allen: I won't tell anyone.
Will Penny: I sure won't go braggin' on it none.


Catherine Allen: How often do you bathe?
Will Penny: Well, eight or nine times. It depends.
Catherine Allen: On what?
Will Penny: The weather.
Catherine Allen: Eight or nine times a month?
Will Penny: Eight or nine times a month? A year!
Catherine Allen: A year?
Will Penny: Well sure. You have a real good one when you finish the shove up north, like at the hotel in Alfred. Then one or two in the winter, if you don't catch your death. Then a couple in the spring and one more good one before you start the shove up again. The rest depends on what kind of water you hit on the drive. Well, what's wrong with that? That's as much as anybody!


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Facts about

This picture was theatrically released only a week after another Charlton Heston movie, Planet of the Apes. That film was widely released on 03 April 1968 just seven days before this picture's debut on 07 April 1968.
Feature film debut pf Jon Gries. Billed as Jon Francis, it was never the original intention to cast the boy part of Horace (aka Button) with the director's son. According to a DVD Special Feature, Jon would be at the studio whilst the picture was in development. He would spend time playing until one day the film's producers invited him into the office. Later, they told the director they had found their boy for the part.
First credited role in a theatrical film for Lee Majors. Majors had previously appeared uncredited in Strait-Jacket.
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