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Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
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After being blacklisted from Hollywood for 21 years, writer/director
Abraham Polonsky
made a healthy comeback with Tell Them Willie Boy is Here. The title character, played by
Robert Blake
, is a Paiute Indian living in 1909 California. After several years in the White Man's world, Willie Boy returns to his reservation, hoping to renew his romance with tribeswoman Lola (Katherine Ross). Old Mike (Mike Angel), Lola's father, strongly disapproves of her relationship with Willie Boy and attacks the youth. Acting in self defense, Willie Boy kills Old Mike. Under tribal rules, Willie Boy is now permitted to claim Lola as his woman. But white lawman Christopher Cooper (
Robert Redford
) is forced to charge Willie Boy with murder. The Indian and his girl escape the reservation, pursued by the essentially decent Cooper and a less-than-decent crowd of white vigilantes. What begins as comparative minor incident, snowballs into a huge political crisis, with the bewildered but defiant Willie Boy as the catalyst. Tell Them Willie Boy is Here is distinguished by the fine performances of leading players Redford, Blake, Ross and
Susan Clark
, and by the haunting cinematography of Conrad Hall. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Cast
Charles Aidman
Benby
Susan Clark
Liz
John Day
Sam Wood
Lee de Broux
Meathead
Lou Frizzell
Station Agent
Lloyd Gough
Dexter
Erik Holland
Digger
Robert Lipton
Newcombe
Charles McGraw
Wilson
Shelly Novack
Finney
Ned Romero
Tom
Katharine Ross
Lola
Steve Shemayne
Johnny Hyde
Barry Sullivan
Calvert
Wayne Sutherlin
Harry
George Tyne
Le Marie
John Vernon
Hacker
Garry Walberg
Dr. Mills
John Wheeler
Newman
Mikel Angel
Old Mike
Robert Blake
Willie Boy
Everett Creach
Fake Indian
Robert Redford
Christopher Cooper
Jerome Raphel
Salesman
Johnny Coons
Clerk
Kenneth Holzman
Reporter
Spencer Lyons
Cody
Joseph C. Mandel
Reporters
Stanley Torres
1st Committee Man
Jerry Velasco
Chino
Production Crew
Alexander Golitzen
Art Director
Henry Bumstead
Art Director
Harry Lawton
Book Author
Conrad L. Hall
Cinematographer
Dave Grusin
Composer (Music Score)
Edith Head
Costume Designer
Abraham Polonsky
Director
Melvin Shapiro
Editor
Joseph E. Kenny
First Assistant Director
Bud Westmore
Makeup
Stanley Wilson
Musical Direction/Supervision
Jennings Lang
Producer
Philip A. Waxman
Producer
Abraham Polonsky
Screenwriter
John McCarthy
Set Designer
Ruby Levitt
Set Designer
Waldon O. Watson
Sound/Sound Designer
John Daheim
Stunts
Year: 1969
Runtime: 98
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: PG
Category: Feature
Genre
Western
Produced by
Universal
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