Tom Gries' "Will Penny" Blu-ray - Charlton Heston @KinoLorber (Patreon)

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Tom Gries' "Will Penny" Blu-ray - Charlton Heston @KinoLorber

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Hollywood legend Charlton Heston (Secret of the Incas, The Big Country, Ben-Hur) stars as Will Penny, an aging cowboy on a hard-luck streak. He’s out of work, out of money, and staked out to die in the desert by a gang of ruthless outlaws. Moments before death, Will is taken in by the beautiful Catherine (Joan Hackett, Support Your Local Sheriff), who is heading west with her young son to join her husband. As Catherine nurses Will back to health, he catches a glimpse of a lifestyle he’s never known. Suddenly, Will has two more problems to deal with: he’s in love with another man’s wife, and the outlaw gang is on its way back to finish him off. Heston’s favorite film in which he appeared, the elegiac Will Penny was written and directed by Tom Gries (100 Rifles, Breakout, Breakheart Pass), shot by Lucien Ballard (The Wild Bunch), and finely cast with Donald Pleasence, Bruce Dern, Ben Johnson, Slim Pickens, Clifton James, Anthony Zerbe, Jon Gries and Lee Majors.

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Tom Gries' Will Penny was based upon the director's own written episode of the 1960 Sam Peckinpah TV series The Westerner. It was called "Line Camp" with Brian Keith, Slim Pickens (also in Will Penny) and Robert Culp. Will Penny is famously known as Heston's favorite of all his own films - appreciating the pioneering realism that it portrayed. It has a great cast with Joan Hackett, Donald Pleasence, Ben Johnson, Bruce Dern, Lee Majors, and Pickens. We get a slow building character study situated in the Olde West - a wonderful example of the genre. The Kino Blu-ray has the strong film, an appreciated 4K restored image, new commentary and two featurettes. Fans of westerns will really enjoy this one. Absolutely recommended! At the writing of this review it is 50% OFF at Amazon.