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The Mountain Men (1980)

R 06/01/1980 Adventure, Western, Drama 1h 42m
59%
User
Score
6.3/10
33%
42/100

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.

Richard Lang

Director

Fraser Clarke Heston

Writer

Top Billed 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

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Media

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written on August 7, 2023

**_Comic booky adult Western about – you guessed it – mountain men_**

Two bickering mountain men in 1838 (Charlton Heston and Brian Keith) are fun-loving best friends who haven't seen each other for a couple of winters and the former is disheartened to discover that the market for beaver pelts has gone sour. Together they trap, fight Blackfeet and party at a mountain rendezvous. When Tyler (Heston) acquires a Blackfoot woman named Running Moon (Victoria Racimo) her ex, a ruthless warrior named Heavy Eagle (Stephen Macht), wants her back and will kill to get her.

"The Mountain Men" (1980) has a bad reputation with critics, but is generally appreciated by Western fans. Due to its subject matter it's not a conventional Western. There are no saloons, quaint Western towns, Sheriffs, M...

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