The Mountain Men

The Mountain Men

5.8IMDb Score
Released:1980-06-01
Duration:102 min
Director:Richard Lang
Actors:Charlton Heston, Brian Keith, Victoria Racimo, Stephen Macht, Seymour Cassel
Production:Polyc International, Columbia Pictures

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.

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