Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

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Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here is a 1969 American Western film, starring Robert Redford and based on a real 1909 manhunt, that explores themes of racism, injustice, and myth in the American West.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
Western film
film
aspectOfReception noted for political themes
basedOn Willie Boy: A Desert Manhunt NERFINISHED
basedOnAuthor Harry Lawton NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Conrad Hall NERFINISHED
colorProcess Technicolor
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Abraham Polonsky NERFINISHED
distributor Universal Pictures
editedBy Tom Rolf NERFINISHED
era New Hollywood cinema NERFINISHED
filmingLocation California, United States
surface form: California
genre Western
drama film
hasWikipediaPage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_Them_Willie_Boy_Is_Here
historicalBasis 1909 Willie Boy manhunt
mainCharacter Sheriff Christopher Cooper NERFINISHED
Willie Boy NERFINISHED
musicBy Dave Grusin NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus Native American protagonist
manhunt
originalLanguage English
portrays Paiute people NERFINISHED
producer Philip A. Waxman NERFINISHED
productionCompany Universal Pictures
publicationYearOfSource 1960
releaseDateUS 1969-10-07
releaseYear 1969
runtimeMinutes 98
screenwriter Abraham Polonsky NERFINISHED
setInRegion California NERFINISHED
Mojave Desert NERFINISHED
setInTime 1909
starring Barry Sullivan NERFINISHED
John Vernon NERFINISHED
Katharine Ross NERFINISHED
Robert Blake NERFINISHED
Robert Redford NERFINISHED
Susan Clark NERFINISHED
theme injustice
myth-making in the American West
persecution of Native Americans
racism

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Abraham Polonsky directed Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here