Monday, February 05, 2018
Will Penny
- Commentary: This movie is a very recent purchase. I've been unaware of it for decades because I don't typically watch or like westerns. I own very few. About a month ago, though, I was idly looking up some information on Charlton Heston, wondering if he ever acted in anything in which he didn't indulge in "spectacle acting", you know, like The Ten Commandments or Ben Hur (admittedly, less so the latter movie), movies I own primarily because of my mother's love for them, although I have to admit, they have fostered in me an appreciation for spectacle acting. Anyway, this movie came up. I checked it out, watched it and decided I had to own it as an example of why Charlton Heston had a reputation for being a good actor. It made me realize that the art of spectacle acting has probably been lost, that's probably a shame, but, in the meantime, Charlton Heston made a western that I really like, this one! Joan Hackett is in it, too, and I love her work.
And, an added bonus: Donald Pleasence, whose work I always love, in anything.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Charlton Heston Will Penny Joan Hackett Catherine Allen John Gries Horace Greeley Allen Donald Pleasence Preacher Quint Lee Majors Blue Bruce Dern Rafe Quint Ben Johnson Alex Slim Pickens Ike Walterstein Clifton James Catron Anthony Zerbe Dutchy Roy Jensen Boetius Sullivan G. D. Spradlin Anse Howard
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1968
Directed by Tom Gries.
Labels: charlton-heston, drama4, historical2, joan-hackett, period2, revisionist-western, romance1
