Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)

Directed by

Abraham Polonsky

Genre

drama film, Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 82 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Native American man named Willie Boy runs from law enforcement after a confrontation in early 1900s California. The film follows the manhunt across the desert and the pressures on everyone involved.

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What happens

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here is a 1969 American Western film based on the true story of a Chemehuevi–Paiute Native American named Willie Boy and his run-in with the law in 1909 in Banning, California, United States. The film is an adaptation of the 1960 book Willie Boy: A Desert Manhunt by Harry Lawton. The film was written and directed by the once blacklisted Abraham Polonsky, who, due to his blacklisting, had not directed a film since Force of Evil in 1948. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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