Will Penny (1968) | |
| Director(s) | Tom Gries |
| Producer(s) | Fred Engel, Walter Seltzer |
| Top Genres | Romance, Western |
| Top Topics | Frontier |
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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 BlogCharlton 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 BlogWestern 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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[Dutchie has been seriously wounded and the nearest doctor in a hundred miles away]
Catron: Best thing you can do for him, pilgrim, is make him rest easy while he waits till the end. Anything he drinks is on the house. And then you can bury him out back and away from the hogs. And it won't cost much. I'll even carve him a nice head marker. Twenty-five dollars sound about right? The ground is kind of hard this time of year... and the diggin' ain't easy.
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.
Ike Walterstein: [referring to the whiskey] That stuff's for doctorin'! It's not for drinkin'!
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Catron: Best thing you can do for him, pilgrim, is make him rest easy while he waits till the end. Anything he drinks is on the house. And then you can bury him out back and away from the hogs. And it won't cost much. I'll even carve him a nice head marker. Twenty-five dollars sound about right? The ground is kind of hard this time of year... and the diggin' ain't easy.
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.
Ike Walterstein: [referring to the whiskey] That stuff's for doctorin'! It's not for drinkin'!
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Facts about
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.
Charlton Heston blamed this picture's poor box-office performance on the film's downbeat ending as well as the Paramount Studios who he said "more or less buried the release of films made under the previous regime, preferring to press forward with their own plans".
Fifth feature film directed by Tom Gries. As all of Gries' previous films had arguably been B-movies, this film can be considered Gries' first A-movie production. His credits prior to this film were dominated by writing and director gigs on television.
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Charlton Heston blamed this picture's poor box-office performance on the film's downbeat ending as well as the Paramount Studios who he said "more or less buried the release of films made under the previous regime, preferring to press forward with their own plans".
Fifth feature film directed by Tom Gries. As all of Gries' previous films had arguably been B-movies, this film can be considered Gries' first A-movie production. His credits prior to this film were dominated by writing and director gigs on television.
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