
Will Penny
Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters. He finds that his cabin in the high mountains has been appropriated by a woman whose guide to Oregon has deserted her and her son. Too ashamed to kick mother and child out just as the bitter winter of the mountains sets in, he agrees to share the cabin until the spring thaw. But it isn't just the snow that slowly thaws; the lonely man and woman soon forget their mutual hostility and start developing a deep love for one another.
Top Billed Cast

Charlton Heston
Will Penny

Joan Hackett
Catherine Allen

Donald Pleasence
Preacher Quint

Lee Majors
Blue

Bruce Dern
Rafe Quint
Featured Crew

Lucien Ballard
Director of Photography
Warren Low
Editor
Walter Seltzer
Producer
David Raksin
Original Music Composer
Hal Pereira
Art Direction

Tom Gries
Director
Roland Anderson
Art Direction
Fred Engel
Producer
Calvin Brown
Stunts
Robert R. Benton
Set Decoration
Paul K. Lerpae
Visual Effects
Charles Blackman
Makeup Artist