Plot
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.
Cast
Charlton Heston
Will Penny
Joan Hackett
Catherine Allen
Donald Pleasence
Preacher Quint
Lee Majors
Blue
Bruce Dern
Rafe Quint
Ben Johnson
Alex
Slim Pickens
Ike Wallerstein
Clifton James
Catron
Anthony Zerbe
Dutchy
Roy Jenson
Boetius Sullivan
G.D. Spradlin
Anse Howard
Quentin Dean
Jennie
Crew
Lucien Ballard
Director of Photography
Walter Seltzer
Producer
David Raksin
Original Music Composer
Tom Gries
Director
Fred Engel
Producer
Tom Gries
Writer
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