Will Penny

Wuchak

2022-11-19

⭐ 7

**_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…

CinemaSerf

2026-03-27

⭐ 7

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 …