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In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.


“He was left for dead. He would not forget.”
In the early 1800s, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilization and are making a desperate attempt to beat the oncoming winter. When guide Zachary Bass is injured in a bear attack, they decide he's a goner and leave him behind to die. When he recovers instead, he swears revenge on them and tracks them and their paranoiac expedition leader down.

Richard Harris
Zachary Bass

John Huston
Captain Filmore Henry

Henry Wilcoxon
Indian Chief

Percy Herbert
Fogarty

Prunella Ransome
Grace

Dennis Waterman
Lowrie

Sheila Raynor
Grace's Mother

Norman Rossington
Ferris

James Doohan
Benoit

John Bindon
Coulter
Man in the Wilderness is a western, adventure, drama film released in 1971 exploring themes of expedition, wilderness, native american, based on true story, fur trapping, revenge. Directed by Richard C. Sarafian, it stars Richard Harris, John Huston, Henry Wilcoxon. In the early 1800s, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilization and are making a desperate attempt to beat the oncoming winter. When guide Zachary Bass is injured in a bear attack, they decide he's a goner and leave him behind to die. When he recovers instead, he swears revenge on them and tracks them and their paranoiac expedition leader down.
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