He was a peaceful man. But he could kill! He was a hard man. But he could smile! He was a shy and lonely man. But he could love!
Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters. He finds that his cabin in the high mountains has been appropriated by a woman whose guide to Oregon has deserted her and her son. Too ashamed to kick mother and child out just as the bitter winter of the mountains sets in, he agrees to share the cabin until the spring thaw. But it isn't just the snow that slowly thaws; the lonely man and woman soon forget their mutual hostility and start developing a deep love for one another.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and resolved.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Charlton HestonWill Penny
- Joan HackettCatherine Allen
- Donald PleasencePreacher Quint
- Lee MajorsBlue
- Bruce DernRafe Quint
- Ben JohnsonAlex
- Slim PickensIke Wallerstein
- Clifton JamesCatron
- Anthony ZerbeDutchy
- Roy JensonBoetius Sullivan
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- Tom GriesDirector
- Tom GriesWriter
- Lucien BallardDirector of Photography
- David RaksinOriginal Music Composer
- Warren LowEditor
- Walter SeltzerProducer
- Fred EngelProducer
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