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An Oregon ranchhand finds that his mountain cabin has been appropriated by a woman and her son.
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Will Penny, a middle-aged cowpuncher who has always been a loner, joins two younger men, Dutchy and Blue, in search of winter work after completing a long cattle drive in Montana in the 1880's. While hunting deer, the three men are attacked by the maniacal Preacher Quint and his three sons; in the ensuing gunfight Will kills one of the sons. Quint and his other two sons, Rafe and Rufus, ride off swearing vengeance on the cowboy. As soon as a doctor is found for the injured Dutchy, Will sets out on his own, gets a job as rider for a large ranch, and heads for a mountain shack to spend the winter. In the cabin he finds Catherine Allen, en route with her 10-year-old son, Horace, to join her husband in California. Obeying orders to evict squatters, he gives them 3 days to move. But when Will is ambushed by Quint and his sons, Catherine nurses him back to health; and in return he allows her to remain at the cabin with her son. The growing warmth between Will and Catherine is disrupted by Quint and his sons, who take Will prisoner and threaten Catherine with sexual assault. Will escapes, meets up with Blue and Dutchy, and with their help kills Quint and wounds his sons. Catherine wants to settle down with Will and help build a ranch, but Will realizes that he will always be a loner and rides off with Blue and Dutchy.
James Byrne
Heston's greatest performance!
WILL PENNY is possibly the last classic western. Charlton Heston gives his greatest performance as the middle-aged cowpuncher who comes ...
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