Jeremiah Johnson

1972 108 min ★ 7.3 Western

A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-on-one combat on the early frontier.

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Cast

Robert Redford

Jeremiah Johnson

Will Geer

Bear Claw

Delle Bolton

Swan

Josh Albee

Caleb

Joaquín Martínez

Paints His Shirt Red

Allyn Ann McLerie

Crazy Woman

Stefan Gierasch

Del Gue

Richard Angarola

Chief Two-Tongues Lebeaux

Paul Benedict

Reverend Lindquist

Charles Tyner

Robidoux

Details

Director

Sydney Pollack

Screenplay

John Milius

Tagline

"Some say he's dead...some say he never will be."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$3,100,000

Revenue

$44,700,000

Production

Sanford Productions (III), Warner Bros. Pictures

Reviews

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John Chard

May 6, 2017

★ 9/10

The Rocky Mountains are the marrow of the World. Jeremiah Johnson is directed by Sydney Pollack and is inspired by two books, Raymond Thorp and Robert Bunker's Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson and Vardis Fisher's Mountain Man. Script was written by John Millius and Edward Anhalt and cinematography is by Duke Callaghan. It stars Robert Redford, Will Geer, Stefan Gierasch, Delle Bolt...

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AmazoniaNOTAmazon

September 16, 2019

★ 10/10

I watched it in September 2019, and found it absolutely amazing. The beauty of the landscapes are astonishing. If you like adventure movies, then this film "Jeremiah Johnson" is for you, do not hesitate a second. Sydney Pollack shows here how a great director he is. You will see how hard the life in mountains is, especially in winter, and especially in the 18th and 19th century. Robert Re...