Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
PG

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.

1969 • 98 min • Western · Drama

Synopsis

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.

Our family guide

Best from age 10
28
Movie Knight Score
86 reviews
  • 0 Reviewers · 1 · 51%
  • 58 Audience · 85 · 49%

Willie Boy, a Native American man, accidentally kills his girlfriend Lola's disapproving father in self-defense. This tragic event sparks a massive manhunt across the desert, led by Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper, as Willie Boy and Lola try to escape.

Violence & peril
6/10
Language
1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
3/10
Romance & sensuality
2/10
Scary moments
5/10

Heads up

  • Historical racial tensions depicted
  • A character dies from an accidental shooting
  • Characters drink and smoke cigarettes

What it models well

  • Persistence in the face of injustice
  • Loyalty and devotion
  • Courage under pressure

Talk about it after

  • The historical context of Native American treatment
  • Consequences of fear and prejudice
  • Understanding self-defense and accidental violence

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Top billed cast

Director: Abraham Polonsky • Crew: Abraham Polonsky

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Reviewer notes

Not recommendedTrusted family reviewers

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).…

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