Will Penny

Will Penny (1968) starring Charlton Heston, Joan Hackett, Donald Pleasence, Lee Majors, Bruce Dern, Ben Johnson. Aging, loner cowboy Will Penny (Heston) is thrown together with a woman (Hackett) and her young son in a remote cabin. They fall in love, but can Penny change his ways at this late stage in his life? The answer may surprise you. Well written, well acted movie hardly sounds a false note; cowboys and the cowboy life are as accurately portrayed as is possible for us in modern movies. One of the great films about cowboys on the frontier. (Subtitles in English are available, as well as closed captions.) Grade: A-