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.
Won 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
A thoughtful, intelligent film that nearly makes up in style and conviction what it lacks in dramatic substance.
– Don Druker,
Chicago Reader,
1 May 2013
fresh:
Redford's 'presence' is magnificent, always suggesting the classically-structured, powerful-but-weak American.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
6 Jul 2010
fresh:
A powerful film, even though the script wears its liberal conscience on its sleeve (and further hedges its bets by casting nice Robert Redford as the sheriff), directed with austere authority in desert landcapes marvellously shot by Conrad Hall.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here is another one of the best American movies, and in its own way, equally idiomatic, evocative, and resourceful [as Force of Evil].