
Based on true events, Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, tells the story of one of the last Western manhunts, in 1909. Willie Boy, a Native American, kills his girlfriend's father in self defense, and the two go on the run, pursued by a search posse led by Sheriff Christopher Cooper.... (Full plot summary below)
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Based on true events, Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, tells the story of one of the last Western manhunts, in 1909. Willie Boy, a Native American, kills his girlfriend's father in self defense, and the two go on the run, pursued by a search posse led by Sheriff Christopher Cooper.
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| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyThis socially conscious Western represents a major comeback for blacklisted writer-director Polonsky, who identifies with the film's message and gets strong performances from Redford as the sheriff and Robert Blake as the hunted man. |
| VarietyVariety StaffRedford's 'presence' is magnificent, always suggesting the classically-structured, powerful-but-weak American. |
| Chicago ReaderDon DrukerA thoughtful, intelligent film that nearly makes up in style and conviction what it lacks in dramatic substance. |
| The SpectatorPenelope HoustonThe picture is reaching out a long way to hold on to its laconic dignity. There's the sloppy, needless rhetoric of a bar-room boaster's chat about democracy... there's the casting of a very white actress, bootpolish- browned, as the Indian girl. |
| User ReviewNora KThe first film by Abraham Polonsky after being blacklisted in the HUAC era starts poorly with the shock of white actors playing Native Americans, but gradually, the rhythms of the film change from TV-movie awkward to something else: Robert Redford vs. Robert Blake in a strung-out psych-tinged Dr Seuss rockscape. |
| User ReviewJenna ISheriff Frank Wilson: We've got nothing to show. What the hell's the matter with you? Goddammit, Coop, people have got to see something! Deputy Sheriff Christopher 'Coop' Cooper: Tell 'em we're all out of souvenirs. |
| User ReviewShawn WPosse hunts down a runaway Indian and his captured bride. Redford rounding into top form but not quite there yet. Director Polonsky was blacklisted and may be making a few subtle statements here, his first directorial effort in 20 years. |
| User ReviewPatricia WSheriff Frank Wilson: We've got nothing to show. What the hell's the matter with you? Goddammit, Coop, people have got to see something! Deputy Sheriff Christopher 'Coop' Cooper: Tell 'em we're all out of souvenirs. |