Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

“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.”

5.9(80)19691h 38m

WesternDrama

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.

Director

Abraham Polonsky

Cast

Robert Redford

Cooper

Katharine Ross

Lola

Robert Blake

Willie

Susan Clark

Liz

Barry Sullivan

Calvet

John Vernon

Hacker

Charles Aidman

Benby

Charles McGraw

Wilson

Shelly Novack

Finney

Robert Lipton

Newcombe

Lloyd Gough

Dexter

Ned Romero

Tom

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1 review

Wuchak

7y ago

5.0

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)...