The Mountain Men

The Mountain Men (1980)

Genres - Western, Drama, Action, Adventure  |   Sub-Genres - Revisionist Western  |   Release Date - Jun 1, 1980 (USA)  |   Run Time - 102 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Paul Brenner

This gorgeously shot western, filmed in the Bridger-Teton National Forest and the Shoshone National Forest, stars Charlton Heston and was written by his son Fraser Clarke Heston. The story concerns two grizzled mountain men -- Bill Tyler (Heston) and Henry Frapp (Brian Keith) -- during the dying days of the fur-trapping era. The plot begins when Running Moon (Victoria Racimo) runs away from her abusive husband Heavy Eagle (Stephen Macht) 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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fur-trapper, valley, husband, Native-American, spouse-abuse, survivor