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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.


The story concerns two grizzled mountain men -- Bill Tyler and Henry Frapp -- during the dying days of the fur-trapping era. The plot begins when Running Moon runs away from her abusive husband Heavy Eagle and comes across the two seedy fur trappers. The mountain men take her in, unaware that Heavy Eagle has dispatched an army of Indian braves to reclaim her.

Charlton Heston
Bill Tyler

Brian Keith
Henry Frapp

Victoria Racimo
Running Moon

Stephen Macht
Heavy Eagle

Seymour Cassel
La Bont

David Ackroyd
Medicine Wolf

Cal Bellini
Cross Otter

John Glover
Nathan Wyeth

William Lucking
Jim Walter
Ken Ruta
Fontenelle
The Mountain Men is a adventure, western, drama film released in 1980 exploring themes of native american, frontier, frontier justice, 19th century, mountain man. Directed by Richard Lang, it stars Charlton Heston, Brian Keith, Victoria Racimo. The story concerns two grizzled mountain men -- Bill Tyler and Henry Frapp -- during the dying days of the fur-trapping era. The plot begins when Running Moon runs away from her abusive husband Heavy Eagle and comes across the two seedy fur trappers. The mountain men take her in, unaware that Heavy Eagle has dispatched an army of Indian braves to reclaim her.
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