Tell them that old Indian fighter got his. Tell them I'll kill if I have to. Tell them they'll never take me alive.
While confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend Lola, Native American man Willie Boy kills the man in self-defense, triggering a massive manhunt, led by Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper.
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- Wuchakon TMDB · Sep 20185/10
Great desert scenery, modern filmmaking and great cast, but it absurdly rewrites history Loosely based on the true story of the West’s last famous manhunt in 1909, a Chemehuevi-Paiute Indian named Willie Boy (Robert Blake) kills a man in self-defense and escapes into the desert wilderness with an Indian woman (Katharine Ross). They are pursued by a posse led by Sheriff Cooper (Robert Redford). Meanwhile, residents of the region are preparing for a visit from President Taft. Redford was in his prime after his breakthrough success with “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (1969) and the outstanding “Downhill Racer” (1969). “Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here” came out next and was critically acclaimed. While a modest hit, it failed to achieve the success of the other two films, especially “Butch Cassidy.” It has since fallen into nigh obscurity and is almost never mentioned in ‘Best Western’ lists. Along with “Hombre” (1967) and “Butch Cassidy,” and soon-to-come Westerns like “The Missouri Breaks” (1976), “Willie Boy” ranks with the breakthrough ‘modern’ Westerns of the 60s-70s. The movie is polished and hardly seems to have dated after all these decades. The director was an admitted commu
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Cast
- Robert RedfordCooper
- Katharine RossLola
- Robert BlakeWillie
- Susan ClarkLiz
- Barry SullivanCalvet
- John VernonHacker
- Charles AidmanBenby
- Charles McGrawWilson
- Shelly NovackFinney
- Robert LiptonNewcombe
Crew
- Abraham PolonskyDirector
- Abraham PolonskyWriter
- Harry LawtonNovel
- Conrad HallDirector of Photography
- Melvin ShapiroEditor
- Jennings LangProducer
- Philip A. WaxmanProducer
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