The Mountain Men

1980 102 min ★ 5.8 Adventure, Western, Drama

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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Cast

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

Details

Director

Richard Lang

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Polyc International, Columbia Pictures

Reviews

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Wuchak

August 7, 2023

★ 6/10

**_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 (Hes...