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The Mountain Men

The Mountain Men

19805.81h 42m

Overview

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.

Directed by Richard Lang
Written by Fraser Clarke Heston
Produced by Andrew Scheinman, Martin Shafer, Cathleen Summers
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Top Cast

Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston

Bill Tyler

Brian Keith

Brian Keith

Henry Frapp

Victoria Racimo

Victoria Racimo

Running Moon

Stephen Macht

Stephen Macht

Heavy Eagle

Seymour Cassel

Seymour Cassel

La Bont

David Ackroyd

David Ackroyd

Medicine Wolf

Cal Bellini

Cal Bellini

Cross Otter

John Glover

John Glover

Nathan Wyeth

William Lucking

William Lucking

Jim Walter

K

Ken Ruta

Fontenelle

Themes & Keywords

native americanfrontierfrontier justice19th centurymountain man

About The Mountain Men

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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