Jeremiah Johnson

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Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

PG 12/21/1972 (US) Adventure, Western 1h 48m

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

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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-to-one combat on the early frontier.

Sydney Pollack

Director
Vardis Fisher

Novel
Edward Anhalt

Screenplay
John Milius

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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
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A review by John Chard

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Written by John Chard on May 6, 2017

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 Bolton and Josh Albee.

Hardened after the war with Mexico, and fed up with everyday life, American Jeremiah Johnson (Redford) leaves civilisation behind to live life as a mountain man. He intends to be... read the rest.

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