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Cast
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| Charlton Heston | ... | Bill Tyler | |
| Brian Keith | ... | Henry Frapp | |
| Victoria Racimo | ... | Running Moon | |
| Stephen Macht | ... | Heavy Eagle | |
| John Glover | ... | Nathan Wyeth | |
| Seymour Cassel | ... | La Bont | |
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David Ackroyd | ... | Medicine Wolf |
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Cal Bellini | ... | Cross Otter |
| William Lucking | ... | Jim Walter (as Bill Lucking) | |
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Ken Ruta | ... | Fontenelle |
| Victor Jory | ... | Iron Belly | |
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Danny Zapien | ... | Blackfoot Chief |
| Tim Haldeman | ... | Whiskey clerk | |
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Buckley Norris | ... | Trapper |
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Daniel Knapp | ... | Trapper |
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A pair of grizzled frontiersmen fight Indians, guzzle liquor, and steal squaws in their search for a legendary valley 'so full of beaver that they jump right into your traps' in this fanciful adventure.
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mountain man | indian burial ground | beaver | indian burial | burial ground |Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
1 June 1980 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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One of the scenes in the film is based on an actual historic event, the famous run for life by John Colter. John Colter, who, prior to this event, had served with the Lewis and Clark expedition, is considered by many to be the first authentic mountain man. John Colter was captured by Blackfeet, stripped naked, and forced to race for his life. In real life, just as in the movie, John Colter escaped by killing an Indian who was closest to him with a spear, and hiding inside of a beaver lodge in the river. See more »Goofs
A Mountain Man at the rendezvous (Charlton Heston) brags that he's been from "South Fork to Three Pass!" He should have said "Three Forks to South Pass." Three Forks is in Montana where three rivers come together and give the Missouri River its name and South Pass is in west central Wyoming where it is possible to cross the continental divide on horseback or with wagons. See more »Connections
Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Charlton Heston/Dorothy Stratten/Bobby Kelton/Wally Mohrman (1980) See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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If memory serves, back when this movie first came out, two well-known reviewers (who lived by their thumbs) voted this one of the worst films of 1980. A few years later, I actually saw "The Mountain Men".
Just goes to show that even two well-placed thumbs can be wrong.
This is a fairly entertaining film, detailing the rowdy lives of two hunters (Heston and Keith) living in the mountains, drinking bad whiskey and fighting off attacks by bad guy Indians like Heavy Eagle, who scalps poor Keith at one point. The stereotypes are a little thick in spots, but the story is so well-told that one hardly notices.
The film was written by Fraser Clark Heston, Charlton's son, and a fine writer he is, blending humor, action and sentiment all into one neat little package. And with such beautiful mountain scenery on view, what a pretty package it is.
It's not exactly the easiest film to find but if you do get a hold of "The Mountain Men", be sure to watch it immediately. This is one of those films they REALLY don't make anymore.
Eight stars for "The Mountain Men".