TELL THEM WILLIE BOY IS HERE opens in New York. Written and directed by Abraham Polonsky, adapted from the 1960 novel by Hary Lawton. Former blacklisted wri./dir. Polonsky's liberal leaning, political consciousness fuels this allegorical 1909-set, fact-based contemporary Western with Robert Redford as small town sheriff leading a manhunt for Robert Blake's on the run Paiute Indian. Stunningly photographed by Conrad Hall. Featuring Katherine Ross, Susan Clark and Barry Sullivan.